11 days ago
Magic Eden, Solana’s leading NFT marketplace by trading volume, has surprised network participants with an unexpected announcement.
On September 5, the crypto juggernaut revealed it would be splitting its trading platform into two separate sites, Magic Eden International and Magic Eden US.
The move has drawn skepticism from the wider community, who speculate that the regulatory landscape in the U.S. could impact user eligibility for Magic Eden’s highly-anticipated airdrop.
MAGIC EDEN'S U.S. USERS FEAR AIRDROP EXCLUSION
In the official announcement, Magic Eden posited that the U.S. site “will still have great products you know and love while .IO [the international site] will give us the ability to cook up (and sauté) even more features…”, suggesting that the U.S. platform will offer a limited range of services compared to its international equivalent.
Magic Eden users have expressed concerns that these limitations could extend to airdrop eligibility. Throughout the year, Solana users based in the United States have frequently found themselves unable to claim tokens due to geographic restrictions.
Due to regulatory concerns and the ongoing scrutiny of the SEC (Securities and Exchanges Commission), many crypto projects, like Sanctum and Grass, avoid distributing airdropped tokens to U.S. users.
Regulatory clarity around NFTs and digital assets were further exacerbated in late August, when the SEC issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, an alternative NFT marketplace.
Claiming that the platform facilitated the sale of unregistered securities, the notice serves as a preliminary warning and often precedes formal legal action.
In what could be considered a tongue-in-cheek gag, the official Magic Eden 𝕏 account also added a playful line to it’s bio, stipulating that “Tweets are only for non US Residents”.
SolanaFloor engaged the Magic Eden Foundation for clarity sounding the airdrop eligibility of its U.S. users. At press time, the Magic Eden Foundation declined to respond.
$ME TRADES AT.20 DESPITE LACK OF TOKENOMIC CLARITY
Since the initial announcement of the Magic Eden airdrop, pre-market trading for $ME has witnessed volatility. After opening at.08 on August 28, $ME pre-market prices rose as high as.24 before stabilizing at.20.
Despite attracting over $700 ,000 in trading volume, pre-market trading platform Whales Market has been criticized for opening a market for a coin with an unknown supply.
Without any publicly revealed tokenomics, pre-market traders are speculating on $ME at unknown valuations, which could lead to significant losses for participants.
COINGECKO NAMES MAGIC EDEN CRYPTO’S LARGEST NFT MARKETPLACE
Despite 2024’s NFT market suffering challenging conditions and diminishing volumes throughout the year, Magic Eden has managed to reassert its position as the industry’s top marketplace.
Coingecko, a popular cryptocurrency analysis site, recently declared Magic Eden as 2024’s top NFT marketplace. Boasting 36.7% market share, much of Magic Eden’s success this year could be credited to its adoption of the Bitcoin ecosystem, including its integration of Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens, and Runes.
On September 5, the crypto juggernaut revealed it would be splitting its trading platform into two separate sites, Magic Eden International and Magic Eden US.
The move has drawn skepticism from the wider community, who speculate that the regulatory landscape in the U.S. could impact user eligibility for Magic Eden’s highly-anticipated airdrop.
MAGIC EDEN'S U.S. USERS FEAR AIRDROP EXCLUSION
In the official announcement, Magic Eden posited that the U.S. site “will still have great products you know and love while .IO [the international site] will give us the ability to cook up (and sauté) even more features…”, suggesting that the U.S. platform will offer a limited range of services compared to its international equivalent.
Magic Eden users have expressed concerns that these limitations could extend to airdrop eligibility. Throughout the year, Solana users based in the United States have frequently found themselves unable to claim tokens due to geographic restrictions.
Due to regulatory concerns and the ongoing scrutiny of the SEC (Securities and Exchanges Commission), many crypto projects, like Sanctum and Grass, avoid distributing airdropped tokens to U.S. users.
Regulatory clarity around NFTs and digital assets were further exacerbated in late August, when the SEC issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, an alternative NFT marketplace.
Claiming that the platform facilitated the sale of unregistered securities, the notice serves as a preliminary warning and often precedes formal legal action.
In what could be considered a tongue-in-cheek gag, the official Magic Eden 𝕏 account also added a playful line to it’s bio, stipulating that “Tweets are only for non US Residents”.
SolanaFloor engaged the Magic Eden Foundation for clarity sounding the airdrop eligibility of its U.S. users. At press time, the Magic Eden Foundation declined to respond.
$ME TRADES AT.20 DESPITE LACK OF TOKENOMIC CLARITY
Since the initial announcement of the Magic Eden airdrop, pre-market trading for $ME has witnessed volatility. After opening at.08 on August 28, $ME pre-market prices rose as high as.24 before stabilizing at.20.
Despite attracting over $700 ,000 in trading volume, pre-market trading platform Whales Market has been criticized for opening a market for a coin with an unknown supply.
Without any publicly revealed tokenomics, pre-market traders are speculating on $ME at unknown valuations, which could lead to significant losses for participants.
COINGECKO NAMES MAGIC EDEN CRYPTO’S LARGEST NFT MARKETPLACE
Despite 2024’s NFT market suffering challenging conditions and diminishing volumes throughout the year, Magic Eden has managed to reassert its position as the industry’s top marketplace.
Coingecko, a popular cryptocurrency analysis site, recently declared Magic Eden as 2024’s top NFT marketplace. Boasting 36.7% market share, much of Magic Eden’s success this year could be credited to its adoption of the Bitcoin ecosystem, including its integration of Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens, and Runes.
15 days ago
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
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
19 days ago
You won't want to miss realfast
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21 days ago
WHAT'S NEXT FOR SOLANA’S STRUGGLING RWA SECTOR?
Once touted as one of this cycle’s biggest sectors, RWA has underperformed in recent months. What lies ahead for Solana’s RWA projects?
Despite dominating other Layer 1’s in DePIN adoption and a growing number of DeFi metrics, Solana’s RWA (Real World Assets) ecosystem struggles to keep pace. Promising to bring tangible assets, like real estate, stocks, and precious metals onchain, RWAs are one of crypto’s most popular sectors in 2024.
Compared to rival networks, Solana faces a shortage of native RWA protocols, relying on multi-chain protocols to provide the bulk of onchain TVL (Total Value Locked).
WHAT CAN NETWORK PARTICIPANTS EXPECT FROM SOLANA RWA IN THE REMAINDER OF 2024?
In recent months, uncertainty has plagued market dynamics across the crypto industry. Geo-political tensions and TradFi disruptions have been major sources of volatility in the market. However, while DePIN has weathered turbulent conditions, RWA has struggled to solidify its market position.
According to Artemis data, the RWA has been crypto’s worst-performing sector over the past month. With the weighted average of token FDVs (Fully Diluted Valuation) in the sector down over 28%, RWA has fared even worse than other beleaguered niches, such as memecoins and AI.
RWA’s poor performance in recent months defies market expectations. Prior to the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs in the U.S., traders were optimistic that ETH’s debut in traditional markets would be a boon for RWA projects across the market.
Since then, RWA tokens throughout the industry have struggled, suggesting that the ETH ETF approval may have been a ‘sell-the-news’ event.
That being said, it should also be noted that the RWA sector has vastly outperformed the market over a longer timeframe. Over the last year, the weighted average of RWA token FDVs has increased by 1,280%, an 883% increase over the average performance of all sectors.What’s Next for Solana’s Struggling RWA Sector?
Once touted as one of this cycle’s biggest sectors, RWA has underperformed in recent months. What lies ahead for Solana’s RWA projects?
Despite dominating other Layer 1’s in DePIN adoption and a growing number of DeFi metrics, Solana’s RWA (Real World Assets) ecosystem struggles to keep pace. Promising to bring tangible assets, like real estate, stocks, and precious metals onchain, RWAs are one of crypto’s most popular sectors in 2024.
Compared to rival networks, Solana faces a shortage of native RWA protocols, relying on multi-chain protocols to provide the bulk of onchain TVL (Total Value Locked).
What can network participants expect from Solana RWA in the remainder of 2024?
RWA Sector Underperforms Amidst Market Turbulence
In recent months, uncertainty has plagued market dynamics across the crypto industry. Geo-political tensions and TradFi disruptions have been major sources of volatility in the market. However, while DePIN has weathered turbulent conditions, RWA has struggled to solidify its market position.
According to Artemis data, the RWA has been crypto’s worst-performing sector over the past month. With the weighted average of token FDVs (Fully Diluted Valuation) in the sector down over 28%, RWA has fared even worse than other beleaguered niches, such as memecoins and AI.
RWA’s poor performance in recent months defies market expectations. Prior to the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs in the U.S., traders were optimistic that ETH’s debut in traditional markets would be a boon for RWA projects across the market.
Since then, RWA tokens throughout the industry have struggled, suggesting that the ETH ETF approval may have been a ‘sell-the-news’ event.
That being said, it should also be noted that the RWA sector has vastly outperformed the market over a longer timeframe. Over the last year, the weighted average of RWA token FDVs has increased by 1,280%, an 883% increase over the average performance of all secto
Once touted as one of this cycle’s biggest sectors, RWA has underperformed in recent months. What lies ahead for Solana’s RWA projects?
Despite dominating other Layer 1’s in DePIN adoption and a growing number of DeFi metrics, Solana’s RWA (Real World Assets) ecosystem struggles to keep pace. Promising to bring tangible assets, like real estate, stocks, and precious metals onchain, RWAs are one of crypto’s most popular sectors in 2024.
Compared to rival networks, Solana faces a shortage of native RWA protocols, relying on multi-chain protocols to provide the bulk of onchain TVL (Total Value Locked).
WHAT CAN NETWORK PARTICIPANTS EXPECT FROM SOLANA RWA IN THE REMAINDER OF 2024?
In recent months, uncertainty has plagued market dynamics across the crypto industry. Geo-political tensions and TradFi disruptions have been major sources of volatility in the market. However, while DePIN has weathered turbulent conditions, RWA has struggled to solidify its market position.
According to Artemis data, the RWA has been crypto’s worst-performing sector over the past month. With the weighted average of token FDVs (Fully Diluted Valuation) in the sector down over 28%, RWA has fared even worse than other beleaguered niches, such as memecoins and AI.
RWA’s poor performance in recent months defies market expectations. Prior to the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs in the U.S., traders were optimistic that ETH’s debut in traditional markets would be a boon for RWA projects across the market.
Since then, RWA tokens throughout the industry have struggled, suggesting that the ETH ETF approval may have been a ‘sell-the-news’ event.
That being said, it should also be noted that the RWA sector has vastly outperformed the market over a longer timeframe. Over the last year, the weighted average of RWA token FDVs has increased by 1,280%, an 883% increase over the average performance of all sectors.What’s Next for Solana’s Struggling RWA Sector?
Once touted as one of this cycle’s biggest sectors, RWA has underperformed in recent months. What lies ahead for Solana’s RWA projects?
Despite dominating other Layer 1’s in DePIN adoption and a growing number of DeFi metrics, Solana’s RWA (Real World Assets) ecosystem struggles to keep pace. Promising to bring tangible assets, like real estate, stocks, and precious metals onchain, RWAs are one of crypto’s most popular sectors in 2024.
Compared to rival networks, Solana faces a shortage of native RWA protocols, relying on multi-chain protocols to provide the bulk of onchain TVL (Total Value Locked).
What can network participants expect from Solana RWA in the remainder of 2024?
RWA Sector Underperforms Amidst Market Turbulence
In recent months, uncertainty has plagued market dynamics across the crypto industry. Geo-political tensions and TradFi disruptions have been major sources of volatility in the market. However, while DePIN has weathered turbulent conditions, RWA has struggled to solidify its market position.
According to Artemis data, the RWA has been crypto’s worst-performing sector over the past month. With the weighted average of token FDVs (Fully Diluted Valuation) in the sector down over 28%, RWA has fared even worse than other beleaguered niches, such as memecoins and AI.
RWA’s poor performance in recent months defies market expectations. Prior to the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs in the U.S., traders were optimistic that ETH’s debut in traditional markets would be a boon for RWA projects across the market.
Since then, RWA tokens throughout the industry have struggled, suggesting that the ETH ETF approval may have been a ‘sell-the-news’ event.
That being said, it should also be noted that the RWA sector has vastly outperformed the market over a longer timeframe. Over the last year, the weighted average of RWA token FDVs has increased by 1,280%, an 883% increase over the average performance of all secto
22 days ago
XNET airdrop for top Solana communities is now live.
Eligible users, including Bonk lockers, Mad Lads holders, 'Saga Genesis' DAO members, and others, can claim their airdrop.
Eligible users, including Bonk lockers, Mad Lads holders, 'Saga Genesis' DAO members, and others, can claim their airdrop.
1 month ago
BridgeFinance airdrop checker is now live.
👉Total of 491,000 users eligible for the Airdrop.
👉The top 10% from the points leaderboard will receive 76% of the total airdrop allocation.
👉6% of the total DBR supply is allocated for Season 1 participants.
👉Total of 491,000 users eligible for the Airdrop.
👉The top 10% from the points leaderboard will receive 76% of the total airdrop allocation.
👉6% of the total DBR supply is allocated for Season 1 participants.
1 month ago
After years of development behind the scenes, the Paladin team is finally showing its hand. Proposing a more egalitarian approach to MEV rewards, Paladin aims to discourage MEV frontrunners and provide an alternative that is more profitable for everyone.
With MEV bots reportedly extracting millions from Solana DEX markets every month, Paladin might just be the knight in shining armor that Solana DeFi needs.
Fully decentralized, open-source, and permissionless, Paladin’s mission is to eliminate predatory MEV on Solana. But how does it work?
THE PALADIN BOT
Designed to run within the Jito client, the Paladin bot is a fast open-source arbitrage bot. It runs locally in a validator and only operates when that particular validator is the leader.
The Paladin bot relies on three distinct features to improve a validator’s APY (Annual Percentage Yield):
- Atomic Arb Bot - Not to be confused with a frontrunning sandwich bot, Paladin is a high-performance arbitrage bot that is faster than external searchers.
- CeFi/DeFi Arb - Leveraging a permissionless DeFi bulletin board that communicates directly with slot leaders, Paladin is able to capture MEV through CeFi/DeFi price discrepancies.
- PALAggregator - Running exclusively within the leader, Paladin bot knows with certainty the exact price of every asset in real time. The bot can use this advantage to find a better path on trades and share the surplus rewards with the wallet that executed the transaction.
Essentially, the Paladin bot is a powerful tool that is altruistically employed to benefit and incentivize honest validator behavior.
To reap the benefits of Paladin, validators need to operate the Paladin bot, which in turn rewards holders and stakers of the protocol's native token, PAL.
PALADIN REWARD DYNAMICS - THE PAL TOKEN
Breaking the trend of providing speculative governance tokens, Paladin has opted for a more tangible token economy driven genuine value accrual.
PAL, the protocol’s native token, serves as the means by which MEV rewards are distributed to stakers and validators running the Paladin Bot, or ‘Palidators’.
MEV rewards captured by Palidators are distributed as follows:
- 90% is returned to the leader
- 5% is directed to Palidators and their stakers, proportionate to the amount of SOL staked
- 5% is passed to PAL token holders. However, given that 50% is airdropped to validators and PAL stakers, unstaked PAL holders receive 2.5%
While PAL is not a governance token, it does play a crucial role in the ecosystem outside of reward distribution. If Palidators are believed to be operating dishonestly, PAL stakers can vote to slash that Palidator’s stake, burning its PAL.
The protocol aims to distribute MEV rewards among honest ecosystem contributors in a way that everyone wins, as opposed to a competitive scramble for larger pieces of the MEV pie.
Despite a relatively muted social presence, the Paladin launch is generating excitement behind closed doors. In an exclusive statement with SolanaFloor, Paladin representative Uri Klarman revealed that “8% of Solana stake have committed to being a launch partner and run Paladin ahead of the launch.”
Additionally, the protocol has plenty of resources to encourage continued development and expansion from ecosystem developers.
According to Klarman, a budget of $5M per year has been committed to continued development, meaning that ecosystem developers may be sufficiently inspired to expand Paladin beyond the Jito client to Firedancer and any subsequent clients in the future.
Paladin’s unique approach to MEV and reward distribution acknowledges that it’s impossible to prevent validators from frontrunning transactions. However, should the Paladin protocol prove successful, its reward structure would be a more economical alternative, hopefully making Solana an efficient DeFi ecosystem for all users.
With MEV bots reportedly extracting millions from Solana DEX markets every month, Paladin might just be the knight in shining armor that Solana DeFi needs.
Fully decentralized, open-source, and permissionless, Paladin’s mission is to eliminate predatory MEV on Solana. But how does it work?
THE PALADIN BOT
Designed to run within the Jito client, the Paladin bot is a fast open-source arbitrage bot. It runs locally in a validator and only operates when that particular validator is the leader.
The Paladin bot relies on three distinct features to improve a validator’s APY (Annual Percentage Yield):
- Atomic Arb Bot - Not to be confused with a frontrunning sandwich bot, Paladin is a high-performance arbitrage bot that is faster than external searchers.
- CeFi/DeFi Arb - Leveraging a permissionless DeFi bulletin board that communicates directly with slot leaders, Paladin is able to capture MEV through CeFi/DeFi price discrepancies.
- PALAggregator - Running exclusively within the leader, Paladin bot knows with certainty the exact price of every asset in real time. The bot can use this advantage to find a better path on trades and share the surplus rewards with the wallet that executed the transaction.
Essentially, the Paladin bot is a powerful tool that is altruistically employed to benefit and incentivize honest validator behavior.
To reap the benefits of Paladin, validators need to operate the Paladin bot, which in turn rewards holders and stakers of the protocol's native token, PAL.
PALADIN REWARD DYNAMICS - THE PAL TOKEN
Breaking the trend of providing speculative governance tokens, Paladin has opted for a more tangible token economy driven genuine value accrual.
PAL, the protocol’s native token, serves as the means by which MEV rewards are distributed to stakers and validators running the Paladin Bot, or ‘Palidators’.
MEV rewards captured by Palidators are distributed as follows:
- 90% is returned to the leader
- 5% is directed to Palidators and their stakers, proportionate to the amount of SOL staked
- 5% is passed to PAL token holders. However, given that 50% is airdropped to validators and PAL stakers, unstaked PAL holders receive 2.5%
While PAL is not a governance token, it does play a crucial role in the ecosystem outside of reward distribution. If Palidators are believed to be operating dishonestly, PAL stakers can vote to slash that Palidator’s stake, burning its PAL.
The protocol aims to distribute MEV rewards among honest ecosystem contributors in a way that everyone wins, as opposed to a competitive scramble for larger pieces of the MEV pie.
Despite a relatively muted social presence, the Paladin launch is generating excitement behind closed doors. In an exclusive statement with SolanaFloor, Paladin representative Uri Klarman revealed that “8% of Solana stake have committed to being a launch partner and run Paladin ahead of the launch.”
Additionally, the protocol has plenty of resources to encourage continued development and expansion from ecosystem developers.
According to Klarman, a budget of $5M per year has been committed to continued development, meaning that ecosystem developers may be sufficiently inspired to expand Paladin beyond the Jito client to Firedancer and any subsequent clients in the future.
Paladin’s unique approach to MEV and reward distribution acknowledges that it’s impossible to prevent validators from frontrunning transactions. However, should the Paladin protocol prove successful, its reward structure would be a more economical alternative, hopefully making Solana an efficient DeFi ecosystem for all users.
2 months ago
Jupiter airdrop concludes, 639,109 addresses claim tokens, $800 million worth of $JUP distributed, 33.1% unclaimed.
The $JUP airdrop by Jupiter, a leading Decentralized Exchange (DEX) aggregator on Solana, has successfully concluded. Launched on January 31st, 2024, it was the largest airdrop in Solana's history.
The airdrop aimed to distribute 1 billion $JUP tokens to 955,000 wallets that had previously interacted with Jupiter. The claim deadline was set for July 31st, 2024. while a substantial number of users participated, over 300,000 eligible addresses failed to claim their tokens.
The $JUP airdrop by Jupiter, a leading Decentralized Exchange (DEX) aggregator on Solana, has successfully concluded. Launched on January 31st, 2024, it was the largest airdrop in Solana's history.
The airdrop aimed to distribute 1 billion $JUP tokens to 955,000 wallets that had previously interacted with Jupiter. The claim deadline was set for July 31st, 2024. while a substantial number of users participated, over 300,000 eligible addresses failed to claim their tokens.
2 months ago
Breaking new all-time highs in TVL every month this year, Solana LSTs (Liquid Staking Tokens) have established themselves as one of the fundamental pillars of the ecosystem.
Yet, despite its growing popularity and the wealth of benefits, only 6.4% of all staked SOL is liquid staked, suggesting plenty of Solana users still have some lingering questions about LSTs.
What is liquid staking on Solana? How do Solana LSTs work and why should Solana users consider leveraging LSTs to optimize their DeFi strategies?
With one of Solana's longest-standing protocols launching liquid staking services, there's never been a better time to refresh your knowledge.
What is Liquid Staking MEV?
MEV, or Maximum Extractable Value, is an umbrella term that covers a range of profit-generation strategies and arbitrage opportunities that occur within block production.
For example, by rearranging the order of transactions within a processing queue, MEV tools can profit from mismatched prices in liquidity pools across different DEXes. Some Liquid Staking providers, like Jito, eliminate MEV spam transactions and pass these rewards on to stakers, effectively boosting their staking rewards.
To date, Jito has captured over 31,000 SOL in MEV fees, sharing a percentage of these fees with over 100,000 active accounts who liquid stake their SOL tokens through the Jito protocol.
What are the Benefits of Liquid Staking?
Liquid staking has become a key component of Solana’s DeFi landscape, and for good reason. Here’s why:
1. Earn staking rewards without locking SOL - Solana LSTs make it possible to continue earning generous staking rewards, without losing immediate access to your staked assets.
2. Expanded liquidity and DeFi strategies - Users can leverage their LSTs to capitalize on DeFi yield generation strategies, while still earning staking rewards.
3. Contribute to Solana’s security and decentralization - By liquid staking SOL tokens, users help to further decentralize and secure the Solana network by delegating SOL across a variety of validators.
What are the risks of liquid Staking?
While there are plenty of reasons to use liquid staking on Solana, it’s not without its flaws. Some of the risks associated with Solana LSTs include:
Smart contract risk - LST protocols rely on smart contracts to operate. If any of these contracts is exploited by a malicious actor, stakers could be a
risk of losing their funds.
LST price depeg - Despite typically maintaining their pegged value, LST tokens on other blockchains have fallen victim to temporary price depegs in the past. This could be problematic during black swan events or periods of market turmoil.
Where Can I Liquid Stake my SOL Tokens?
Now that you’ve got a better understanding of how liquid staking on Solana works, let’s recap some of the most reliable and trustworthy liquid staking providers in the market
ANNOUNCING STEPSOL - POWERED BY STEP FINANCE & SANCTUM
STEPSOL
Entering Solana's flourishing LST landscape for the first time, Step Finance is one of the oldest Solana applications in the ecosystem. Doubling as an intuitive portfolio dashboard and a comprehensive DeFi and NFT analytics platform, Step recently expanded its extensive product offering to include its LST, stepSOL.
On top of earning generous APY, stepSOL holders are also eligible to earn additional STEP Reward Options, which are claimable every five days via the Step Finance dashboard. Stakers who've already delegated their SOL to the Step Validator can head to Sanctum's Stake Accounts page and convert their stake account to stepSOL.
What's more, Step Finance has partnered with Meteora and will be offering incentivized rewards through the following pools:
•STEP/stepSOL
•xSTEP/stepSOL
•stepSOL/edgeSOL
Yet, despite its growing popularity and the wealth of benefits, only 6.4% of all staked SOL is liquid staked, suggesting plenty of Solana users still have some lingering questions about LSTs.
What is liquid staking on Solana? How do Solana LSTs work and why should Solana users consider leveraging LSTs to optimize their DeFi strategies?
With one of Solana's longest-standing protocols launching liquid staking services, there's never been a better time to refresh your knowledge.
What is Liquid Staking MEV?
MEV, or Maximum Extractable Value, is an umbrella term that covers a range of profit-generation strategies and arbitrage opportunities that occur within block production.
For example, by rearranging the order of transactions within a processing queue, MEV tools can profit from mismatched prices in liquidity pools across different DEXes. Some Liquid Staking providers, like Jito, eliminate MEV spam transactions and pass these rewards on to stakers, effectively boosting their staking rewards.
To date, Jito has captured over 31,000 SOL in MEV fees, sharing a percentage of these fees with over 100,000 active accounts who liquid stake their SOL tokens through the Jito protocol.
What are the Benefits of Liquid Staking?
Liquid staking has become a key component of Solana’s DeFi landscape, and for good reason. Here’s why:
1. Earn staking rewards without locking SOL - Solana LSTs make it possible to continue earning generous staking rewards, without losing immediate access to your staked assets.
2. Expanded liquidity and DeFi strategies - Users can leverage their LSTs to capitalize on DeFi yield generation strategies, while still earning staking rewards.
3. Contribute to Solana’s security and decentralization - By liquid staking SOL tokens, users help to further decentralize and secure the Solana network by delegating SOL across a variety of validators.
What are the risks of liquid Staking?
While there are plenty of reasons to use liquid staking on Solana, it’s not without its flaws. Some of the risks associated with Solana LSTs include:
Smart contract risk - LST protocols rely on smart contracts to operate. If any of these contracts is exploited by a malicious actor, stakers could be a
risk of losing their funds.
LST price depeg - Despite typically maintaining their pegged value, LST tokens on other blockchains have fallen victim to temporary price depegs in the past. This could be problematic during black swan events or periods of market turmoil.
Where Can I Liquid Stake my SOL Tokens?
Now that you’ve got a better understanding of how liquid staking on Solana works, let’s recap some of the most reliable and trustworthy liquid staking providers in the market
ANNOUNCING STEPSOL - POWERED BY STEP FINANCE & SANCTUM
STEPSOL
Entering Solana's flourishing LST landscape for the first time, Step Finance is one of the oldest Solana applications in the ecosystem. Doubling as an intuitive portfolio dashboard and a comprehensive DeFi and NFT analytics platform, Step recently expanded its extensive product offering to include its LST, stepSOL.
On top of earning generous APY, stepSOL holders are also eligible to earn additional STEP Reward Options, which are claimable every five days via the Step Finance dashboard. Stakers who've already delegated their SOL to the Step Validator can head to Sanctum's Stake Accounts page and convert their stake account to stepSOL.
What's more, Step Finance has partnered with Meteora and will be offering incentivized rewards through the following pools:
•STEP/stepSOL
•xSTEP/stepSOL
•stepSOL/edgeSOL
2 months ago
Get free banana token equivalent to $60 one banana token....now listed in Binance to be eligible for the airdrop distribution. Aug 01, 2024 is the distribution.
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2 months ago
Spain still owns 3 parts of Africa. Ceuta and Melilla (claimed by Morocco) and the Canary Islands.
Keep them and enjoy them.
But stop talking shit about Gibraltar being yours. It isn’t.
Keep them and enjoy them.
But stop talking shit about Gibraltar being yours. It isn’t.
2 months ago
A few hours ago we conducted our first random user rewards initiative! Random holders of over 1M $MIM were airdropped 17,940 $MIM ($9.73 at time of writing)!
These rewards come from our Orca LP and the amount of recipients and amount of $MIM will only increase as volume rises! Get your 1M now to become eligible for next months wave!
These rewards come from our Orca LP and the amount of recipients and amount of $MIM will only increase as volume rises! Get your 1M now to become eligible for next months wave!
2 months ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - July 8
In these market conditions, 99.9% of coins die within the same day
Learn to make your money & move onto the next opportunity
Messi Promotion
$water -> $24 .95m to $133m (5.33x)
- Lionel Messi posts a promotion for $water on his ig story
- Water team has hella money to spend
Pauly Pushes a New Coin
$cam -> hit $3 .84m,
Pauly0x, coin about bigbendoteth
Solly Relaunch
$solly -> hit $11m , claims they relaunched because some KOLs dumped the chart
Retardio ATH
$retardio -> $12 .6m to $74 .7m (5.96x from the low)
- One of the most insane communities on CT
Dog Memes
$boppy -> $182k to $1 .2m (6.62x), CTO
$gibby -> hit $1m , CTO, good volume
$pluto -> hit $990k
$ranchy -> hit $900k , CTO, infinitely memeable cute dog
$pup -> hit $490k , "pupcorn"
Cat Memes
$mao -> $760k to $4 .57m (6x), CTO, either a dead cat bounce or coming back to life
$gm -> $405k to $1 .48m (3.65x), good ticker
$bub -> hit $1m , this meme has been done multiple times
$tard -> hit $550k , CTO
$chandi -> hit $520k ,
bsol_x's cat, not her coin
Moonshot Launches
$landlord -> $1 .81m to $7 .34m (4.05x),
dexscreener's moonshot
$notsec -> hit $3 .64m
$josh -> hit $900k , "strongest man on solana"
$obema -> hit $560k , redacted MichelleObama
More Cooks
$lockin -> $16 .56m to $37m (2.23x), solid community, lockin has cemented itself as a leader in the slang meta
$nomnom -> $802k to $4m (4.98x)
$shork -> $555k to $1 .42m (2.55x), team continues to push, originally launched by yelotree
$typeshit -> $420k to $2 .7m (6.42x), normie approved meme, goated CTO team, good community
$max -> hit $14 .5m, heavily bundled
$rocky -> hit $2 .2m, good team & community, literally just a rock
$glitch -> hit $1m
$mitty -> hit $826k , "
Matt_Furie's pet hamster"
Volume is low, most coins are pump & dumps
It's all about who can exit first at the moment, no one wants to hold for long
$sol to $250 asap pls
In these market conditions, 99.9% of coins die within the same day
Learn to make your money & move onto the next opportunity
Messi Promotion
$water -> $24 .95m to $133m (5.33x)
- Lionel Messi posts a promotion for $water on his ig story
- Water team has hella money to spend
Pauly Pushes a New Coin
$cam -> hit $3 .84m,
Pauly0x, coin about bigbendoteth
Solly Relaunch
$solly -> hit $11m , claims they relaunched because some KOLs dumped the chart
Retardio ATH
$retardio -> $12 .6m to $74 .7m (5.96x from the low)
- One of the most insane communities on CT
Dog Memes
$boppy -> $182k to $1 .2m (6.62x), CTO
$gibby -> hit $1m , CTO, good volume
$pluto -> hit $990k
$ranchy -> hit $900k , CTO, infinitely memeable cute dog
$pup -> hit $490k , "pupcorn"
Cat Memes
$mao -> $760k to $4 .57m (6x), CTO, either a dead cat bounce or coming back to life
$gm -> $405k to $1 .48m (3.65x), good ticker
$bub -> hit $1m , this meme has been done multiple times
$tard -> hit $550k , CTO
$chandi -> hit $520k ,
bsol_x's cat, not her coin
Moonshot Launches
$landlord -> $1 .81m to $7 .34m (4.05x),
dexscreener's moonshot
$notsec -> hit $3 .64m
$josh -> hit $900k , "strongest man on solana"
$obema -> hit $560k , redacted MichelleObama
More Cooks
$lockin -> $16 .56m to $37m (2.23x), solid community, lockin has cemented itself as a leader in the slang meta
$nomnom -> $802k to $4m (4.98x)
$shork -> $555k to $1 .42m (2.55x), team continues to push, originally launched by yelotree
$typeshit -> $420k to $2 .7m (6.42x), normie approved meme, goated CTO team, good community
$max -> hit $14 .5m, heavily bundled
$rocky -> hit $2 .2m, good team & community, literally just a rock
$glitch -> hit $1m
$mitty -> hit $826k , "
Matt_Furie's pet hamster"
Volume is low, most coins are pump & dumps
It's all about who can exit first at the moment, no one wants to hold for long
$sol to $250 asap pls
3 months ago
Despite uncertainty across the wider crypto markets, the Solana ecosystem continues to reward its loyal users with a wealth of liberal incentives and airdrops.
Which rewards programs and incentives should you have on your radar?
JUPITER ASR (ACTIVE STAKING REWARDS)
Ever since the $JUP TGE supporters and community members have been able to stake JUP tokens within Jupiter’s platform and vote on decentralized governance proposals that shape the direction and future of the protocol.
All voters and contributors, regardless of how they cast their votes, are eligible for a share of around $60M in Jupiter ASR (Active Staking Rewards). Allocations are calculated based on an individual account’s voting power and will be comprised of:
50M JUP
7.5B WEN
7.5M ZEUS
7.5M UPT
750,000 SHARK
These highly anticipated Active Staking Rewards are expected to be distributed before July 10, with an official allocation checker scheduled to go live sometime on July 5. It’s important to note that JUP claimed during the event will automatically added to your wallet’s staked amount.
SANCTUM $CLOUD AIRDROP
Following the success of its gamified LST loyalty program, Wonderland, Sanctum’s initial $CLOUD airdrop is slated to go live in mid-July. Attracting over 300,000 participants and amassing over $1B TVL (Total Value Locked) in early June based on DeFiLlama data, Sanctum’s CLOUD airdrop is one of the ecosystem’s most eagerly awaited events.
Sanctum's CLOUD airdrop introduces a novel approach to token distribution. With 10% of the total allocated to the event, the Sanctum has made the decision to split reward users based not only on their Wonderland XP, but also on their 'Earnestness'.
An official date for the CLOUD airdrop is yet to be announced, but it expected to go live sometime in mid-July.
MARINADE SEASON 3
One of the largest DeFi applications by TVL in the Solana ecosystem, Marinade’s Season 3 Rewards program is well underway.
Expected to run for three months, Marinade Season 3 promises to distribute 25M MNDE tokens, currently valued at $2 .7M, to community members who deepen total mSOL liquidity. Users are encouraged to earn bonus MNDE incentives by providing mSOL liquidity in three different ways:
Kamino mSOL/SOL LP Vault - Up to 12.5M MNDE tokens will be allocated to users who provide mSOL/SOL liquidity on Kamino Finance. LP providers will also be eligible for Kamino rewards.
Looping Meteora mSOL/SOL LP Tokens - Up to 5M MNDE tokens will be allocated to users who deposit into mSOL/SOL pools on Meteora and strategically loop their yield through Solend.
Discretionary LP/Partner Rewards - The remaining 7.5M MNDE tokens will be distributed to community members who deepen mSOL liquidity through various other partnerships. These partnerships are dynamic and currently undisclosed.
KAMINO SEASON 2
Another Solana DeFi powerhouse, Kamino’s Season 2 records program is thriving in full force and scheduled to end around the end of July.
Reward allocations are calculated linearly based on points accrued through using the protocol’s various functions, including lending and borrowing markets. By staking KMNO, the platform’s native token, users receive multipliers that boost their point generation.
Kamino’s Season 2 rewards program has been further bolstered by the integration of PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, which has attracted over $38M in TVL at press time.
DEBRIDGE
A clear winner of Jupiter’s Round 3 LFG Launchpad candidates, Debridge’s ongoing rewards program has attracted over 470,000 unique accounts and transferred over $3 .1B across different blockchains.
Accruing points through Debridge’s rewards program is straightforward, users simply need to transfer funds between chains using the protocol and by referring new users.
PARCL PERPETUAL POINTS SEASON 2
As of July 1st, the Parcl Perpetual Points program has entered its second season. Expected to last for the remainder of 2024, the
Which rewards programs and incentives should you have on your radar?
JUPITER ASR (ACTIVE STAKING REWARDS)
Ever since the $JUP TGE supporters and community members have been able to stake JUP tokens within Jupiter’s platform and vote on decentralized governance proposals that shape the direction and future of the protocol.
All voters and contributors, regardless of how they cast their votes, are eligible for a share of around $60M in Jupiter ASR (Active Staking Rewards). Allocations are calculated based on an individual account’s voting power and will be comprised of:
50M JUP
7.5B WEN
7.5M ZEUS
7.5M UPT
750,000 SHARK
These highly anticipated Active Staking Rewards are expected to be distributed before July 10, with an official allocation checker scheduled to go live sometime on July 5. It’s important to note that JUP claimed during the event will automatically added to your wallet’s staked amount.
SANCTUM $CLOUD AIRDROP
Following the success of its gamified LST loyalty program, Wonderland, Sanctum’s initial $CLOUD airdrop is slated to go live in mid-July. Attracting over 300,000 participants and amassing over $1B TVL (Total Value Locked) in early June based on DeFiLlama data, Sanctum’s CLOUD airdrop is one of the ecosystem’s most eagerly awaited events.
Sanctum's CLOUD airdrop introduces a novel approach to token distribution. With 10% of the total allocated to the event, the Sanctum has made the decision to split reward users based not only on their Wonderland XP, but also on their 'Earnestness'.
An official date for the CLOUD airdrop is yet to be announced, but it expected to go live sometime in mid-July.
MARINADE SEASON 3
One of the largest DeFi applications by TVL in the Solana ecosystem, Marinade’s Season 3 Rewards program is well underway.
Expected to run for three months, Marinade Season 3 promises to distribute 25M MNDE tokens, currently valued at $2 .7M, to community members who deepen total mSOL liquidity. Users are encouraged to earn bonus MNDE incentives by providing mSOL liquidity in three different ways:
Kamino mSOL/SOL LP Vault - Up to 12.5M MNDE tokens will be allocated to users who provide mSOL/SOL liquidity on Kamino Finance. LP providers will also be eligible for Kamino rewards.
Looping Meteora mSOL/SOL LP Tokens - Up to 5M MNDE tokens will be allocated to users who deposit into mSOL/SOL pools on Meteora and strategically loop their yield through Solend.
Discretionary LP/Partner Rewards - The remaining 7.5M MNDE tokens will be distributed to community members who deepen mSOL liquidity through various other partnerships. These partnerships are dynamic and currently undisclosed.
KAMINO SEASON 2
Another Solana DeFi powerhouse, Kamino’s Season 2 records program is thriving in full force and scheduled to end around the end of July.
Reward allocations are calculated linearly based on points accrued through using the protocol’s various functions, including lending and borrowing markets. By staking KMNO, the platform’s native token, users receive multipliers that boost their point generation.
Kamino’s Season 2 rewards program has been further bolstered by the integration of PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, which has attracted over $38M in TVL at press time.
DEBRIDGE
A clear winner of Jupiter’s Round 3 LFG Launchpad candidates, Debridge’s ongoing rewards program has attracted over 470,000 unique accounts and transferred over $3 .1B across different blockchains.
Accruing points through Debridge’s rewards program is straightforward, users simply need to transfer funds between chains using the protocol and by referring new users.
PARCL PERPETUAL POINTS SEASON 2
As of July 1st, the Parcl Perpetual Points program has entered its second season. Expected to last for the remainder of 2024, the
3 months ago
🦅Hello $TPUMP VOTERS! RT, LIKE, COMMENT🦅
It's time for a community competition.
Whoever has the most invitations for new people to join the group. Only the TPUMP official Group counts:
💰1 place: 30 USD - 5Mil $TPUMP
🇺🇸2 place: 10 USD - 1Mil $TPUMP
🦅3 place: 100K $TPUMP
The people can be your friends, family or other investors or interested parties. It just has to be clear that you have invited them.
Join here to take part: https://t.me/makeTPUMPgrea...
We will create a ranking board which will be updated daily.
Please send us the names of the invited/ or related people. So that we can assign them to you.
The winners must have at least 1$ in TPUMP to be eligible to win.
Contest ends in 4 days.
It's time for a community competition.
Whoever has the most invitations for new people to join the group. Only the TPUMP official Group counts:
💰1 place: 30 USD - 5Mil $TPUMP
🇺🇸2 place: 10 USD - 1Mil $TPUMP
🦅3 place: 100K $TPUMP
The people can be your friends, family or other investors or interested parties. It just has to be clear that you have invited them.
Join here to take part: https://t.me/makeTPUMPgrea...
We will create a ranking board which will be updated daily.
Please send us the names of the invited/ or related people. So that we can assign them to you.
The winners must have at least 1$ in TPUMP to be eligible to win.
Contest ends in 4 days.
3 months ago
Friends,today I'm very sad.I had worked very hard to complete #zksync tasks I had created two wallets but today both wallets became Not eligible for airdrop.All the wallets of my friends who had done the task with me have become eligible
#Scam
#Scam
4 months ago
Introducing the Gold Checkmark on BullVerse!
We’re excited to unveil the Gold Checkmark, a new verification badge for distinguished individuals, brands, and organizations on BullVerse. This exclusive mark signifies enhanced credibility, increased visibility, and community trust.
How to Get Verified:
Eligibility: Currently available only for our partners and distinguished projects joining BullVerse.
Reach Out: If you are interested in partnering with BullVerse, contact us today!
Elevate your presence on BullVerse !
We’re excited to unveil the Gold Checkmark, a new verification badge for distinguished individuals, brands, and organizations on BullVerse. This exclusive mark signifies enhanced credibility, increased visibility, and community trust.
How to Get Verified:
Eligibility: Currently available only for our partners and distinguished projects joining BullVerse.
Reach Out: If you are interested in partnering with BullVerse, contact us today!
Elevate your presence on BullVerse !
4 months ago
🎯 Competition Alert:
For the next 48 hours, we're running a competition where the objective is to refer as many people as possible to BullVerse via your personal link. Your unique link can be found here: bullverse.io/affiliates
You'll earn $3 per referral and the top 5 referrers will win these exclusive rewards:
1st: 2 SOL
2nd: 1 SOL
3rd: 0,5 SOL
PS: To be eligible for any rewards, the winners must have refered more than 15 people
For the next 48 hours, we're running a competition where the objective is to refer as many people as possible to BullVerse via your personal link. Your unique link can be found here: bullverse.io/affiliates
You'll earn $3 per referral and the top 5 referrers will win these exclusive rewards:
1st: 2 SOL
2nd: 1 SOL
3rd: 0,5 SOL
PS: To be eligible for any rewards, the winners must have refered more than 15 people
