Daily Memecoin Recap - September 16

Never a dull day in this space

Binance Unexpected Listing
$neiro -> $151m to $70 .83m (-45%)
$neiro -> $14 .9m to $180 .6m (12.1x), CTO Neiro
- After influencers were bragging about the $neiro listing, binance actually listed the OG CTO $neiro
- The market has now chosen their winner
- The one that was listed is the one that VitalikButerin
interacted with
- The influencer pushed one dumped, while the CTO one pumped +1300%

Neiro Related Coins
$neiro -> $5m to $9 .47m (1.89x), on $sol
$ginnan -> $209k to $4 .74m (22.6x), $doge 's brother, on $eth , there's another one sitting at $19m
$rintaro -> hit $1m , " $neiro 's twin brother "

Trump Spaces
$fight -> $3 .83m to $18 .57m (4.84x), on $eth
$djt -> $2 .2m to $10 .2m (4.63x), "TrumpCoin"
$fight -> $200k to $871k (4.35x), on $solworldlibertyfi

Runner Of The Week
$moodeng -> $3m to $7 .63m (2.54x), viral hippo, continues ot push

Fomo Launches A Token
$UwU -> hit $362k , good meme
- $35k + in LP Rewards
- Launched by fomomofosol
, one of the realest & most trusted in the space

Hyped Launches
$dwolf -> $2 .4m to $5 .6m (2.33x), secured exchange listings today
$mushy -> hit $4m

Moonshot
$dev -> $5 .63m to $10 .14m (1.8x),
ChartFuMonkey's coin, $556k + in LP Rewards
$luci -> $1 .31m to $4 .13m (3.15x), $121k + in LP Rewards
$jinx -> $130k to $293k (2.25x), $52k + in LP Rewards, good art
$wade -> hit $454k , good dev, random meme

More Cooks
$ball -> $183k to $1 .78m (9.73x), "Ball Up Top", viral meme
$flash -> hit $393k , cute dog, infinitely memeable
$SBCLTR -> hit $363k , "Subculture"
$larp -> hit $323k , "lame ass roleplaying posers", good ticker
$random -> hit $246k , cool concept, website generates a random image
$bwed -> hit $212k , bread meme
$zeus -> hit $210k , good art, pushed by KOLs
$fud -> hit $179k , good ticker
$wong -> hit $162k , CTO

Uptober soon?

Mea culpa: SEC “regrets” having maintained confusion around the nature of certain cryptocurrencies.

In a complaint against #binance , the SEC admits that it regrets any confusion caused by the use of the term "security."

The admission comes as SEC Director Gary Gensler is under pressure, with critics including the presidential candidate realDonaldTrump calling for his replacement 🔄

This recognition could herald a change of direction for the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States 🇺🇸

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 15

Volume is picking up, today was very decent

SCF Lead Gone Rogue
$scf -> hit $2 .67m, new one
$scf -> $37m to $24 .4m (-34%), OG
- SCF's CTO lead feels betrayed by the team
- He decided to launch his own $scf on moonshot
- He claims he will airdrop all OG $scf holders
- $132k + in LP Rewards
- Read through his tweets for more info: PastorKelby

DeGods Launches A Coin
$degod -> hit $326m , hit a low of $52m , now sitting at $92m
- Heavily sniped on launch
- Degods is simplifying their entire ecosystem into a single asset

Iggy Azalea Come Back
$mother -> $32 .5m to $62 .11m (1.91x), whales have been loading up,

Moonshot Launches
$shawk -> hit $3 .35m, hyped launch, $72k + in LP Rewards
$rollie -> hit $438k , $8k in LP Rewards

Moo Deng Wants More
$moodeng -> $1 .54m to $4 .98m (3.23x), viral hippo

Cat Memes
$tole -> $10k to $615k (61.5x), cat meme launched on July 17, CTO started today
$fade -> $183k to $726k (3.96x), "Don't Fade me"
$yumi -> hit $155k , cat meme

More Cooks
$abcde -> $1 .98m to $3 .72m (1.87x), pushing for ATH
$wog -> $285k to $1 .11m (3.89x), $fwog + dog
$ball -> $70k to $615k (8.78x), "Ball Up Top", viral meme
$immortal -> hit $468k , r

Thoughts on the SCF situation? Hope some of you cooked on the new one 🤝

The Head Of Etf Store Has Stated That It Is Unlikely For New Spot Cryptocurrency Etfs To Be Listed Under The Current Administration

Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store, recently stated on X that beyond political factors, it is difficult to foresee any new spot cryptocurrency ETFs being approved under the current administration.

🇺🇸 Republican Rep. John Rose is proposing a bill to establish a joint advisory committee between the SEC and CFTC on digital assets.

It would consist of 20 representatives from the crypto industry and would aim to allow the sector to provide advice to both agencies on their respective rules, regulations and policies 👀

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 12

Decent volume today as $sol starts to pick up

$420k + In LP Rewards
$dev -> hit $16 .7m
- Launch by ChartFuMonkey

- He's taking a more transparent angle to the launch
- Promises to disclose all supply allocations to KOLs
- Over $400k in rewards have been distributed to the top 50 holders pre bond

Usher Gets Hacked
$usher -> hit $1 .9m
$usher -> hit $416k
-
Usher got sim swapped, a bunch of fake usher coins came out on pumpfun

Solana's Pepe
$lumi -> hit $1 .59m
$lumio -> hit $1 .41m
- Posted by solana
, good narrative

Murad's Final Pick
$spx -> $7m to $19 .2m (2.74x), on eth
- MustStopMurad posts his final cult on his top 10 highest meme conviction list
- Murad has 2.8% of supply
- Price instantly pumped following his tweet

Moonshot Launches
$tmn -> hit $350k , Trumpmoon
$clique -> hit $337k , $25k in LP Rewards

Hyped Launches
$woofie -> $167k to $1 .64m (9.8x), dog meme
$dwolf -> hit $3 .49m, "Dark Wolf"
$towd -> hit $262k , toad meme

Fwog Art
$luci -> $8m , $99k in LP Rewards, launched on moonshotdotcc

$bwull -> hit $697k , $fwog + bull
$holi -> hit $240k

Slow Cooks
$abcde -> $840k to $4 .37m (5.2x), was going straight up for the past few weeks, seeing more of it on the timeline
$autism -> $389k to $1m (2.57x), launched on July 16, ATH $7 .3m
$gm -> $93k to $402k (4.3x), cat meme, launched 2 months ago, pushed today

More Plays
$moodeng -> $200k to $959k (4.8x), baby hippo
$fc -> hit $757k , Fishcopter, fish + helicopter, CTO, good volume
$stacy -> hit $600k , $giga stacy
$zaboo -> hit $483k , Zaboomafoo
$minmori -> hit $369k , dog meme, posted by gireumee

$cc -> hit $267k , "CubCat"

I'm personally a fan of this moonshot meta w/ LP rewards. Will be interesting to see how if they're able to update the top 50 holders post merge

Lock in🔒

🇺🇸 Gary Gensler Under Investigation by Congress. SEC May Have Screened Hires Based on Candidates' Political Affiliation.

Released emails show that the director of the Trading and Markets division of the SECGov , Dr Haoxiang Zhu, allegedly made comments suggesting selection based on political affiliation 👀

The House of Representatives believes that an investigation is necessary to verify a possible discriminatory recruitment policy.

If proven, this could constitute a violation of the Civil Service Reform Act 1978 ⚖️

Crypto markets have suffered noticeable pullbacks following September 10’s highly anticipated presidential debate.

In the wake of self-proclaimed ‘Crypto President’ Donald Trump’s performance, scales have tipped in favor of Kamala Harris, with prediction markets illustrating renewed support for the Democrats.

Crypto Markets Tumble as Republican Confidence Wanes
The presidential debate had a resounding effect on the digital asset market. Following the event, $SOL price has dropped 5.1%, sliding from September 10’s high of $137 .9 to currently trade hands at $130 .84.

Beyond asset prices, CoinMarketCap’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index also dropped from a neutral 46.72 to a fearful ranking of 31.6.

The crypto market’s slide is expected to be due to the wider industry’s assumption that a Trump presidency will be favorable for the blockchain industry.

Commentators argue that Trump’s pro-crypto stance will greatly benefit the sector, with many analysts proposing that the approval of a spot SOL ETF hinges on a Republican victory. Meanwhile, some Solana community members expressed that regardless of who emerges triumphant in November, it will make little difference.

Over the past four years, the Biden administration has loomed large over the crypto industry. Gary Gensler and the S.E.C. (Securities and Exchanges Commission) have been widely criticized by the crypto community for their regulation-by-enforcement approach, which has seen the agency hand out a litany of lawsuits to crypto businesses throughout its time in office.

Volume Spikes on Drift Protocol’s Prediction Market
While Trump and Harris clashed heads on camera, traders took their chance to hit the prediction markets. Drift Protocol’s BET platform, a marketplace enabling users to trade the outcomes of real-world events, enjoyed an impressive surge of trading volume during the debate.

According to Dune Analytics, Drift Protocol’s BET protocol witnessed over $851k in daily trading volume. While falling short of market leader PolyMarket’s $14M daily volume, BET’s dramatic volume spike represented a 1,287% increase over the previous day’s trading.

According to BET’s dedicated market, Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election dropped from 54.2% to 49.5% since the debate began.

$TREMP Down, $KAMA Up
Finally, the landmark debate sent waves of volatility through Solana’s PolitiFi memecoin economy.

Unfortunately for $TREMP holders, crypto markets rejected the Presidential hopeful’s debate performance. $TREMP price crumbled under increased selling pressure, plunging 28% from.19 to currently exchange hands at.135, based on Step Finance data.

Meanwhile, the Kamala Harris-inspired $KAMA saw renewed support. $KAMA surged over 34%, rising from 0.007 to currently trade at.0094. Despite $KAMA’s superior performance, the memecoin still has a smaller market cap ($8.3M) than its PolitiFi rival $TREMP ($14.2M).

📊 The DEX landscape is changing!

Uniswap's market share has fallen from over 50% in October 2023 to less than 36% today.

Pancakeswap, Aerodrome, Orca and Raydium all exceed 7% market share 📈

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 9

Market sentiment could flip bullish at any moment

Apple Event
$dbp -> $850k , "Disco Ball Pigeon", emoji shown during the apple event, okx tweeted it $CowboyFrog -> hit $377k , first AI emoji apple showed during the event

Popular Memes & Trends
$gg -> hit $1m , Galaxy Gas, one of the dumbest trends I've ever seen, all over tiktok
$wait -> hit $844k , Correction Guy, viral meme on CT
$legend -> hit $264k , "F*cking Legend", old viral meme

Hyped Launch
$insdr -> hit $1m , "The Insiders", they've been posting for a while w/ twitter gold

Doge Team Post
$cate -> hit $511k , posted by $doge team,

Dog Meta
$jack -> hit $231k , cute dog
$duge -> hit $144k , plushie dog, CTO

Slow Cooks
$moth -> $2 .5m to $7m (2.8x), was stagnant for a couple days, currently breaking out
$deebo -> $350k to $1 .7m (4.85x), CTO, bear meme
$pe -> $370k to $917k (2.47x), " Half of $pepe "
$mope -> $30k to $330k (11x), CTO

Other Plays
$btc2 -> hit $1 .39m, "Bitcoin 2.0", a fake $btc on solana, limited supply of 21,000 tokens
$ct -> hit $732k , "Crypto Twitter"
$bingus -> hit $308k , X community, pushed by KOLs
$fp -> hit $298k , a fluffy pickle
$dwagon -> hit $295k , dragon + $fwog , CTO
$unlock -> hit $178k , "unlock your full potential, unlock unlimited gains on Solana"

Patience & quality over quantity 🤫

💵 List of tapalong listings

Only Hamster Kombat and MemeFi have exact listing dates of September 26 and October 9.

🤔 Tapswap and Czpepe are planning to list this month.

The rest, so far, only promises 😉

A lil weekly recap on #btc

• Analysts: US Fed rate cut could push Bitcoin down 20%
• Bitcoin price dips to new 1-month low after $57K US jobs data 'fakeout'
• Samson Mow: Bitcoin bears base $40K prediction on 'self induced fear'
• Trump vows to make US ‘world capital of crypto,’ taps Musk for new task force
• Coinbase secures partial victory over SEC in motion to compel discovery
• VanEck to shutter Ethereum futures ETF as investors shift to spot ETHV
• Report: US companies forecast to buy $10 .3B in Bitcoin over next 18 months
• Crypto venture capital funding surges to $633M in August rebound
• Chainalysis says Russia’s crypto infrastructure aims to skirt Western sanctions
• Monochrome confident as it files for Australia’s first ETF to hold Ether directly
• Binance CEO says CZ is banned from managing or operating the exchange
• Outlier Ventures says four-year cycle is dead after bitcoin's 'worst price performance following any halving to date.

💸 Tether invests $100 million in the leading agricultural company Adecoagro 🧑‍🌾

Tether acquires a 9.8% stake in Latin American agricultural giant Adecoagro for $100 million to diversify its investments in the agriculture and food sectors

Adecoagro is a major milk producer in Argentina and manages over 193,000 hectares of sugarcane crops in Brazil, producing refined sugar and ethanol.

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😬 BTC miners' profitability has never been so bad!

Hashprice is an indicator of profitability, it is the daily "salary" for each terahash of power.

He went from:
📉 400 in October 2021
📉 to 100 in January 2024
📉 at 40 today...

Binance Kazakhstan claimed today that it is the first to secure AFSA's formal consent for a full regulatory license, though AFSA's public directory shows more than 10 companies, including Bybit already operating in Kazakhstan with the same license.

The Solana Foundation announces $160k in funding for open-source data tooling. Two RFPs, Solana Indexer Tooling ($100k) and Solana Discriminator Directory ($60k), aim to enhance data access and developer tools.

Proposals are now open for submission.

The employment report 🇺🇸 is not bad

Just like ISM Services yesterday

They seem pretty consistent (so far) with the soft landing scenario

However, the probabilities of a 50 bps rate cut at once at the next meeting have climbed considerably in the minutes following the publication of the figures, which could reflect certain market fears about the US economic trajectory

#bullish

🚨 Three good economic news are to be highlighted today:

👉 Job creation in the non-agricol sector from 89,000 to 142,000.

👉 The unemployment rate has increased from 4.3% to 4.2%

👉 The average hourly wage on the rise

And I'm still talking about recession 🤦🏽

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO DePIN GROWTH??
In a recent appearance at ETHToronto, Frank Mathis highlights the next steps for DePIN’s future.

GenesysGo founder Frank Mathis is no stranger to the highs and lows of crypto’s thriving DePIN sector.

Drawing on his years of experience, Mathis joined other DePIN thought leaders at ETHToronto, including Helium COO Scott Sigel, to discuss the future of the sector.

“If DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable”
Like many passionate crypto community members, DePIN advocates staunchly argue that DePIN is inevitable. Speaking to hundreds of crypto enthusiasts at ETHToronto, Mathis offered a refreshing point of view.

The GenesysGo founder argues that value creation for contributors is one of the most integral aspects of running successful DePIN networks. Mathis highlighted that, while DePIN promises to reward contributors as decentralized software scales, “it’s shocking how much of that is running on AWS and Google Cloud.”

For example, over 50% of Ethereum node operators are hosted on AWS, Hetzner, and OVH servers.

Reiterating the importance of wealth creation for contributors, Mathis contends “what DePIN really is, is an attempt to take one of the most centralized layers of the stack and decentralize that amongst the people such that they start to participate in the growth and success of these models.”

GenesysGo’s ShdwDrive is one such example. The decentralized storage solution empowers users to earn $SHDW tokens by providing unused mobile storage to a distributed network, directly generating income from a device that lives in their pocket.

Reflecting the ideal DePIN model proposed by Mathis, network contributors benefit from the growth and success of the platform. The GenesysGo founder reinforced this notion, opining “DePIN is only as inevitable as the value that participants in the network get from it… if DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable.”

POOR PERFORMANCE “ONE OF THE BIGGEST FAILINGS OF DePIN”
On paper, the benefits of DePINs are obvious. However, in practice, these platforms often sacrifice performance and scalability in favor of decentralization. While this aids in value creation for contributors and increases security, it actually hamstrings performance and growth.

DePIN is often considered the natural evolution of the sharing economy, which delivered iconic businesses like Uber and Airbnb.

Drawing parallels between the pearls of the sharing economy and emerging DePIN projects, Mathis illustrated that “Uber became highly successful, not just because you’re able to share in pieces of things you don’t use everyday.. but because it worked well, it was fast, it was easy to use.”

Mathis argues that for DePIN projects to truly take off, they need to rival the performance standards set by centralized industry leaders. Referencing his experience with GenesysGo, the founder posits “in our case, our first principle [is] decentralized storage needs to be as fast, as secure, as stable, and perform every bit as well as a traditional Web2 cloud service.”

ABSTRACTION IS KEY
The Web3 user experience has long been considered one of the industry’s biggest obstacles to adoption. The complexities of wallet management and security have discouraged newcomers to space for over a decade, and continue to repel potential users today.

Mathis insists that abstracting the end-user experience away from blockchain technology is key to the success of the industry. Reinforcing this belief, the founder affirms “Your end user shouldn’t know that they’re interacting with Web3”

Looking towards the future, Mathis considers DePIN regulation will present a significant obstacle to the sector’s growth. However, instead of taking a chagrined approach to future regulatory concerns, the GenesysGo founder suggests that DePIN projects need to take on some responsibility.

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 3

Opportunities are everywhere

Monkey Pox
$pox -> $20m to $71m (3.55x)
- Community & team are continuously grinding
- Steadily moving upwards since launch
- Nice concept & art

First Memecoin On Moonkebiz
$sick -> hit $6 .9m
- Launched on moonkebiz
- "First stake-to-meme protocol on Solana"

Hyped Launch
$korat -> hit $12m
- This launch has been in the works for a couple weeks
- Huge pump on launch, then continuous dumps
- Went from $12m to $3k market cap within 2 hours

Crypto Twitter Memes
$ultra -> $112k to $1 .85m (16.5x), "UltramanGodzillaNebulaM78", viral meme on CT
$look -> $434k to $1 .44m (3.3x)
$sweg69 -> hit $511k , "milleniumsweghunter69", good website with a Yu-Gi-Oh card generator
$bagfag -> hit $359k , "Baguette smoking a Faguette"

Fwog Betas
$pogchi -> hit $384k , "Pepefwogmichi", $pepe + $michi + $fwog
$gowilla -> hit $222k , $fwog + gorilla

Utility
$sae -> hit $493k , "Shill and earn", shill tokens, share them on Twitter, earn 3% referral fees for each trade
$pumprep -> hit $207k , tracks the quality of token developers to help prevent rug-pulls

Other Cooks
$mpig -> $929k to $2 .6m (2.8x), launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$luv -> $30k to $291k (9.7x), cat meme
$jetski -> hit $1 .83m
$mope -> hit $1 .7m, dev rugged, current CTO
$johnny -> hit $340k , cute puppy meme

Focus on preserving capital in such market conditions

Central and Southern Asia Explore Sustainable Alternatives Following Bitcoin Mining Boom
Once a thriving hub for Bitcoin mining, Central and South Asia’s crypto community pivots to more sustainable networks.

While the Wed3 world focuses on international heavyweights like China and the United States, Central and South Asia (CSA) boasts a thriving and diverse crypto economy.

India and Pakistan enjoy some of the highest crypto adoption rates in the world, while cheap energy costs and regulatory clarity made Kazakhstan a Bitcoin mining hub in 2021.

As the crypto community seeks sustainable alternatives, Solana emerges as a prime candidate to support growing adoption in CSA nations.

Central Asia’s Bitcoin Mining Boom
Following the exodus of Bitcoin miners from China in 2021, Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan played host to huge amounts of crypto mining activity.

Abundant in natural resources, low energy costs, and crypto-friendly laws, the area quickly evolved into a thriving hub Bitcoin mining hub. Crypto mining operations paid as little as.03 per kWh for electricity in Kazakhstan, making it one of the world’s most cost-effective nations for Bitcoin farms.

This led to a surge in crypto adoption rates in Central Asia, with Kazakhstan becoming the world’s second-ranked Bitcoin mining nation in 2021. At its peak in October 2021, Kazakhstan accounted for 18% of the global Bitcoin hashrate. However, Central Asia’s mining utopia couldn’t last forever.

KAZAKHSTAN BITCOIN MINING INDUSTRY OVER TIME

The rising demand for energy put a significant strain on the Central Asian power grid, causing sporadic outages as aging Soviet-era infrastructure struggled to keep up. By May 2023, Kazakhstan’s contribution to the global hashrate had dropped to as low as 4%.

A wrath of regulations have since been implemented to curb crypto mining in Kazakhstan. New mining-specific tax rates have been introduced, and crypto miners in the nation are required by law to sell 75% of their revenue via centralized exchanges.

Meanwhile, neighboring countries like Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are exploring more sustainable energy alternatives, including solar and hydroelectric farms.

IS SOLANA A CONVENIENT SOLUTION Solution?
Courtesy of its hybrid Proof-of-Stake/Proof-of-History consensus mechanism, Solana is one of the most environmentally friendly blockchains in the crypto industry. According to Solana Labs, one transaction requires less energy than a Google search. Additionally, Solana is carbon neutral, having implemented numerous carbon offsetting initiatives.

🔥 ATTENTIVE 🔥

This sector wants to revolutionize the industry #crypto and decentralization 👀‼️

The #crypto sector has exploded in recent months, but it still has many problems that limit mass adoption…

But this is about to change ⏳

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 2

The past week has been absolutely dead, but volume picked back up today

GameFi Coins
$explore -> ExploringOnSOL
, functioning game coming out, team is good, hope this starts a new meta

Ethereum Pump Fun
$vista -> hit $30m , ethervista

- Users are responsible for creating their own coin contracts, EtherVista only offers a "Launch" feature
- By supplying coins and ETH, users receive LP tokens for EtherVista's DEX, with the option to burn these tokens
- The DEX has a fixed-fee structure, distributing fees to LP providers, coin creators, and $VISTA developers
- This is more of a unique UniswapV2-style DEX rather than a typical pump-and-dump scheme

Fascist.eth Coins
$xd -> hit $9m , someone threatened that they would leak psyoptrick's past & nudes, instead she did it herself
$obama -> hit $552k , "Bitcoin Obama", pushed by
psyoptrick

Runners Of The Day
$yukie -> $150k to $630k , dog meme, launched in August heavily pushed today, ATH $1 .65m
$tommy -> hit $3 .2m, another cute dog, coordinated push
$gib -> hit $2 .5m, "A marketplace for work"
$ultra -> hit $800k , "UltramanGodzillaNebulaM78", good content
$look -> hit $800k , "Look bro...", viral meme on CT these past few days
$pin -> hit $730k , Post-It Note, memes on a post-it note

Wei Wu Trolls Ansem
$wisdom -> hit $580k , based on WuWei113
, who beefed with blknoiz06 recently

Dexscreener introduces new boosts & gold tickers
$abcde -> hit $850k , slow grind up since launch, based team

Fwog Is King
$fwog -> $45m to $91 .6m (2.03x from the low), one of the strongest memes despite the market downturn
$fwag -> hit $1 .3m, gay $fwog , " You missed $FWOG ? You must be a $FWAG "

Smoking Chicken Fish Betas
$dcc -> hit $2 .5m, "Drunk Chicken Centipede", $scf vibes
$btc -> hit $785k , "Big Titty Chicken"

Other Cooks
$bud -> hit $1m
$bullet -> hit $450k , functioning game
$gugu -> hit $396k , CTO
$frfr -> hit $340k , "Fref & frof"
$katana -> hit $309k , "First Blind Dog On Solana"
$fwc -> hit $258k , "Farting Whoopie Cushion"

Differentiate having a long-term outlook on your spot bags vs a short-term outlook when trading memes

Until October or November, #Bitcoin will not move from the range it is in. I already told you in June that the summer was going to be very quiet, the whales and market makers still have to return from vacation and do not feel like working.

Still, trading in the current market situation seems like a great opportunity to me: I will trade LONG (Futures) and BUY (spot) if we fall below $55K .

Looking ahead, buying at these prices seems like a bargain to me. Last time I said this, #btc was at $15K , in 2022. The rest was history.

Marinade Finance, one of Solana’s original staking providers, has found itself in hot water with validator operators.

Validators argue that Marinade’s new Stake Auction Marketplace (SAM) harms the staking landscape, allowing malicious actors to thrive at the expense of honest validators.

Beyond losing stake in the network, chagrined validators suggest that, left unchecked, the SAM model is a threat to decentralization and Solana’s scalability moving forward.

Marinade has dismissed these accusations. Countering claims of apathetic negligence, Marinade argues those who criticize the new system do so out of spite.

Is this a case of willful blindness, or are validators looking for a scapegoat to blame for their own shortcomings?

WHY ARE VALIDATORS UPSET?
Once heralded as a powerful new model that would push staking APY to new heights, the SAM has drawn scorn and skepticism from certain validators. Marinade’s SAM enables validators to bid on network stake, with winners securing stake and passing on elevated rewards to delegators.

To win auctions, validators competitively bid on network stake. However, surging demand for stake has driven validators to bid at potentially unsustainable levels. In previous epochs, winning validators needed to yield over 10% APY to win auctions, a rate considered impossible to achieve through native staking alone.

This has led certain operators to speculate on how these validators can afford such high bids. Suggesting that such yield can only be achieved through malicious activities, like sandwich attacks, private mempools, and off-chain deals, some validators argue that Marinade is turning a blind eye to dishonest validators.

Distressed validators have created analytics dashboards to express their frustrations and support their claims. Hanabi’s ‘Marinade Stake Selling’ dashboard highlights that a number of validators flagged for malicious activity have won stake through the SAM.

Responding to accusations levied by third-party dashboard creators, Marinade CEO Michael Repetny argues “Hanabi lacks any methodology, they only copy labels from other Stakewiz dashboard to call it a day.”

Adding further context to the claims of disgruntled operators, Repetny affirms “Hanabi lost 1M SOL from Marinade so it’s understandable he fights the new system.”

Concerned validators have taken to Marinade’s Discord server to air their grievances. Operators have claimed that, through the SAM, over 2.7M SOL has been staked to questionable validators, including sybils and sandwiches. Disgruntled operators even suggested “Marinade wants you to have side deals, ethical or not.”

Additionally, validators have argued that if “most of the mSOL pool is delegated to unethical validators it’s a really bad look for the Solana ecosystem.”

In an exclusive statement with SolanaFloor, Max Kaplan, Head of Engineering at Edgevana, credits Marinade for trying something inventive that “had never been done before”.

However, Kaplan admits that Marinade “went full capitalist… basically, the highest bidder wins. Marinade doesn’t really care if a validator bids for stake and is just gonna lose money on that stake, that’s not their problem… They’re happy to take the money and give that to mSOL holders.”

Experts argue that in current conditions, staking yield over 10% simply isn’t sustainable. Kaplan contends “10% APY is higher than the native staking yield that is paid out on chain. The money has to come from somewhere.”

Without making any accusations, Kaplan theorizes that additional yield could potentially come from a validator’s own “marketing/growth budget” or other sources like “SWQoS / private mempool deals”.

Responding to any accusations, Repetny reinforces Marinade's stance that “SAM provides the best yield on the market for delegators. It is not an active policy maker or opinionated strategy to tweak the network.”

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Continuing to defy the expectations of the wider crypto market, Solana has outperformed digital asset rivals like Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH).

During a forgettable week for crypto markets, Solana has bucked the bearish trend, enjoying positive inflows amidst a sea of red.

SOL LEADS WEEKLY INFLOWS ACROSS TOP DIGITAL ASSETS
While much of the crypto market succumbed to bearish forces last week, Solana showed plenty of resilience. According to CoinShares data, Solana digital asset products attracted over $7 .6M in net inflows, outperforming both Bitcoin (-$319M) and Layer 1 rival Ethereum (-$5.7M).

However, despite positive inflows in digital asset products, $SOL price suffered a significant decline. Over the past week, Solana has dropped 15.45%, sliding from $157 .2 to currently exchange hands at $132 .91, based on Step Finance data.

In this sense, Solana has underperformed both $BTC and $ETH , which lost 7.5% and 7.3% respectively over the same period.

The diverging trends highlight a curious dynamic. Despite Solana suffering a more significant price drop than both $BTC and $ETH , institutional inflows for Solana-based digital asset products were positive.

Solana’s favorable performance suggests higher demand from institutional investors and traders, who are taking advantage of turbulent market conditions to establish positions heading into Q4.

Alternatively, the comparatively smaller range of Solana-based products allows for a reduced sample size, which could skew results. The abundance and accessibility of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs mean that these assets are likely to witness more consistent trading behavior.

MONTHLY STABLECOIN INFLOWS INCREASE BY 21%
Beyond positive digital asset product inflows, the Solana network also enjoyed increased stablecoin flows.

Having continually grown throughout 2024, Solana’s monthly stablecoin inflows increased by 21%, rising from $371M in July to $449M in August.

The growth indicates a growing desire for greater liquidity onchain. The trend is further supported by an increase in the total value of bridged assets arriving on the Solana network.

According to data provided by deBridge and Artemis, over $345M worth of assets were bridged to Solana from alternative chains, a 23% increase from the $280M bridged in July. August’s bridge traffic included over $279M from Ethereum, the industry’s largest Layer 1 network.

The inflow of capital suggests that investors and traders could be eager to establish positions in both Solana’s thriving DeFi scene and the ecosystem’s native tokens. With increased liquidity arriving onchain, network participants hope that the Solana ecosystem can maintain its bullish trajectory in Q4.

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