Trading when you're bored is one of the easiest ways to lose money

-> Hop online
-> Assess overall volume
-> If its ass don't try to force an opportunity
-> If its good, lock in

Always aim to *ideally* trade during high volume, that's when you have the best odds

The Strongest Force in the Universe

Daily Memecoin Recap - October 9

Dolphins + FBI + ZachXBT sums up today

Dolphin Dilemma
$hanbao -> hit $11 .7m, Hanbao the finless porpoise, viral dolphin meme
$miharu -> hit $9 .36m, smiling dolphin
$miharu -> hit $1 .39m
$taotao -> hit $615k , first finless porpoise born in captivity
- Dolphin picture has been going viral and being used as a meme
- People were quick to find its name, but there was many debates on whether Miharu or HanBao was the correct one

FBI Launched A Coin
$nexf -> hit $670k , Nex Fund AI
$nfa -6900 -> hit $366k , NexFunDai-6900, $spx + NexFundAI
- The FBI created their own coin called NexFundAI and hired some firms so that they can catch them doing fraudulent activities
- NexFundAI was a coin created at the direction of law enforcement on $eth

Major Volume
$skbdi -> $2 .78m to $49 .1m (17.6x from the low), skibidi toilet
$cb -> $9 .4m to $22 .5m (2.39x), cheeseball, wizard cat, fire content
$alpha -> $2 .45m to $8m (3.26x), reject modernity
$1 % -> hit $1 .71m, "The One Percent", the 1% club, pushed by MarcellxMarcell
$casino -> hit $308k , crypto is the world's greatest casino, same dev as #supercycle

ZachXBT Exposes Murad's Wallets
$spx -> Initially dumped from $650m to $395m (-40%) on the news. Currently climbing back up, sitting at $576m .
#mpx6900 -> hit $2 .58m, memecoin index, $spx beta

Sigma Heads For $100m
$sigma -> $25 .6m to $83 .1m (3.24x from the low), pushed by idrawline
$ligma -> hit $483k , ligma males, beta to $sigma

Mini Breaks $50m
$mini -> $24m to $59 .85m (2.49x

Lieutenant Dan
$dan -> $49k to $1 .37m (27.96x)
- Viral Floridian who refuses to leave his boat in Florida despite Hurricane Milton

More Cooks
$r /snoofi -> $5 .5m to $13 .3m (2.4x from the low), reddit dog makes a higher high
$labubu -> $1 .35m to $10 .75m (7.96x from the low), #1 toy in Asia
$diddy -> $488k to $2 .56m (5.25x)
$arc -> $182k to $866k (4.75x), villain arc
$todd -> hit $2 .32m
#hawktoshi -> hit $1 .2m, Hawktoshi Tuahmoto, Satoshi + Hawk Tuah
$risk -> hit $1m
$penis -> hit $870k , dinosaur + penis
$boys -> hit $729k , moonshot launch
$rosa -> hit $658k , viral otter
$wif -> hit $544k , "Your second chance at wif", launched in June
$alpha -> hit $448k
$scream -> hit $364k
$sato -> hit $354k

pumpdotfun save the trenches pls

Arcium first Fortress Quest, Defirius, led by Orca, is now live, focusing on encrypted onchain markets. Participants need to complete the Arcium Citadel and hold the Apprentice NFT, unlocking future quests and potential rewards.

🇺🇸 Tether announced today that it has helped the U.S. Department of Justice seize more than $6 million in assets linked to an Asia-based scam.

To date, Tether has assisted over 180 authorities in 45 jurisdictions, and has blocked over $1 .8 billion, redistributing over $128 million to its rightful owners.

“Tether is unwavering in its commitment to helping law enforcement agencies around the world put an end to the misuse of cryptocurrency.”

“We stand ready to work with government agencies and provide all the tools necessary to ensure that global bad actors are brought to justice and ultimately, victims are supported.”

$HONEY , $MPLX , $CROWN Lead Solana Ecosystem Token Performance During Breakpoint
Which native tokens outperformed the market during Solana Breakpoint 2024?

Solana Breakpoint delivered a bounty of massive announcements not only for Solana, but also for a host of applications and projects building in the ecosystem.

However, market dynamics don’t always line up with protocol updates. Hype and speculation can push prices up ahead of the event, only to be met with disappointing price action when teams don’t deliver the news traders are hoping to hear.

On the other hand, projects that were ignored by speculative traders can enjoy solid price appreciation when they deliver unexpected announcements.

In the eyes of the market, who were Solana Breakpoint’s best and worst performers?

Solana Breakpoint Market Dynamics
To illustrate market dynamics during Breakpoint, analysts compiled and analyzed price data from 20 key projects in the ecosystem. Tokens were shortlisted from the following criteria:

In the industry’s top 1,000 tokens by market capitalization.

Made announcements, or participated in Breakpoint panels and debates.

If not presenting at the event, proven ecosystem OGs like Orca and Raydium were included.

Other than BONK Memecoins were excluded. BONK’s inclusion is due to its announcements and significant presence at the event.

Using Step Finance data, prices were pulled from Breakpoint’s opening and compared that with the price recorded at the closure of the event.

While the market anticipated big announcements from the likes of Jupiter and Sanctum, it was the projects that no one expected updates from who performed the best. $HONEY , $MPLX , and $CROWN outperformed the market, while most of the ecosystem remained largely unchanged.

Hivemapper, the company behind $HONEY , shared impressive growth statistics. The DePIN protocol has successfully mapped over 26% of the world’s road network and now sells mapping data to three of the ten largest mapmakers.

Metaplex, one of Solana’s longest-standing infrastructure providers, held a stealthy presentation in The Pod, one of Breakpoint’s smaller spaces. During the session, Metaplex teased the upcoming launch of the Metaplex Aura Network, a mysterious new addition to Metaplex’s product suite.

Finally, Photo Finish announced that its mobile app was approved for distribution on the Apple App Store. According to Photo Finish CEO, this makes the app the world’s first real-money horse racing mobile game approved by Apple.

However, Breakpoint is a relatively short event with plenty of other dynamics influencing price movements. For example, $CLOUD’s appears to have traded sideways during Breakpoint, but it needs to be said that the asset enjoyed an impressive surge both before and after the event.

Despite stale price action throughout Breakpoint, $CLOUD is up 67% on a weekly time frame and has been one of the Solana ecosystem’s best performers, based on Step Finance data.

SOLANA BREAKPOINT: The Biggest Announcements From Day One
Hopes were high for some big announcements, but even the most devout Solana maxi wasn’t ready for this.

Over 5,700 Solana fans, users, and bulls descended on day one of Singapore Breakpoint. The biggest conference event in Solana history, Breakpoint delivered a wrath of key updates, with crucial developments announced from both native teams and institutional players.

If you weren’t at Breakpoint, here’s what you need to know:

FIREDANCER LIVE ON TESTNET
Solana users and investors alike were delighted to see Kevin Bowers, Jump Crypto’s Chief Science Officer take the stage to deliver one of the network’s most eagerly awaited updates.

Firedancer, the novel validator client promising to bring unparalleled levels of scalability, decentralization, and security to Solana, is now live on testnet.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Bowers also took the opportunity to outline the development history of the client and its evolution from Frankendancer, an experimental synergy of existing software with Jump’s new codebase, to the optimized final Firedancer product.

To rounds of raucous applause from the Solana faithful, Bowers announced that the existing Frankendancer client is now live on the Solana mainnet.

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON BUILDING ON SOLANA
While existing SOL ETF applications find themselves unlikely to be approved in the short term, that doesn’t mean that TradFi giants aren’t eager to launch Solana-based products to their institutional clients.

Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest financial players boasting over $1 .3T in AUM (Assets Under Management) announced its intention to launch a mutual fund on the Solana blockchain.

CITIBANK EXPLORING SOLANA
Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, and VanEck aren’t the only Wall Street players with an eye on crypto’s most performant Layer-1.

Citibank, the fourth largest bank in the United States, shared that it was exploring Solana’s potential, suggesting that seamless money transfers and advanced smart contract composability present unique opportunities in the future.

JUPITER MAKES BIG MOVES
Traditional Finance may have dominated the headlines, but Solana-native DeFi teams also commanded their fair share of the spotlight.

Jupiter co-founder Siong presented an immense range of updates coming to Jupiter’s expansive ecosystem. Crucial announcements included a refreshed v2 perps platform, the reveal of the Ape Pro memecoin trading platform, further details surrounding the Jupiter mobile wallet, and Jupiter’s acquisition of the SolanaFM explorer.

SKY, FORMERLY MakerDAO, DEPLOYS ON SOLANA
MakerDAO, one of the crypto industry’s longest standing DeFi protocols, recently rebranded to SKY, migrating its iconic decentralized stablecoin from $DAI to $USDS . Building on top of the momentum achieved with the rebrand, SKY announced a proposal to leverage Wormhole’s cross-chain infrastructure to bridge $USDS to Solana.

Reinforcing SKY’s desire to be present on the Solana network, the protocol announced an rewards campaign to incentivise deeper liquidity on the network. According to SKY governance, the maximum distribution of weekly rewards is capped at 2M $SKY .

The move helps to bring greater stability to Solana DeFi by providing a more diversified range of stablecoin assets onchain.

Continuing the trend of Solana migration, the Huma Finance PayFi network also announced its intention to launch on the network.

🇧🇹 The Kingdom of Bhutan owns 13,029 Bitcoin, worth over $750 million.

Unlike most governments, Bhutan's BTC does not come from asset seizures by law enforcement, but from Bitcoin mining operations run by the Kingdom of Bhutan's investment arm, Druk Holdings.

Meta Will Use Public Data From Adults In The Uk For Artificial Intelligence Training

Meta will start using publicly shared content from adult users in the UK on Facebook and Instagram to train its artificial intelligence models. The company will assess publicly available information, such as posts, comments, photos, and descriptions, from users on both platforms.

Meta emphasized that its AI is designed to reflect diverse global communities and plans to expand its AI initiatives to more countries and languages later this year. The company clarified that it does not use data from accounts of individuals under 18 in the UK.

In July, Meta halted AI assistant deployments in the EU following an order from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) due to data privacy concerns. Meta claims it uses Facebook and Instagram user data with their consent and offers an option to opt out.

UK-based adults on Facebook and Instagram will receive in-app notifications detailing Meta's data usage practices and offering an option to object to the use of their data for AI training. Meta stated that it will accept all existing and new objection forms.

The DPC, responsible for enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is intensifying its oversight. On September 12, it launched a cross-border investigation into Google Ireland Limited to determine if it complies with EU data protection laws in developing its AI models.

The investigation will focus on the use of EU citizens' personal data in training Google’s advanced language model, Pathways Language Model 2 (PaLM2), introduced on May 10, 2023.

The DPC also investigated the social media platform X and concluded the investigation after X agreed to meet the necessary compliance standards. On September 4, X agreed to stop using personal data of EU and European Economic Area (EEA) users to train its AI chatbot, Grok.

Imagine hating me but reading every few weeks/months that a corrupt police force find and steal from me MORE MONEY than you’ll make in your entire life.

Then tweeting that I’m poor “this time”.

😅😅.

Nobody can ever imagine how hilarious I find this.

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 📈

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 29

Market's waiting for a catalyst - there currently isn't a meta

6ix9ine Launch
$trolli -> hit $20 .9m
- 6ix9ine has been engaging with crypto twitter for the last couple of days
- He's joined the retardio community and has opened a tg channel

Mbappe Hacked
$mbappe -> hit $320m
- KMbappe's twitter was hacked
- The exploiter made a bunch of tweets and eventually tweeted a CA
- Someone 1 clip bought $1 ,000,000 worth and is down 95%+

Snoofi Comes Back To Life
$snoofi -> $2 .9m to $17 .9m (6.2x from the low)
- Reddit dog
- Community keeps getting stronger
- Dexscreener added a "reddit" button

NFT Collection Coins
$chungo -> hit $230k
$clown -> hit $230k , "Amphiprion ocellaris", fish meme

Dog Memes
$chua -> hit $1 .2m, $wdog team CTO, cute dog, "jotchua"
$def -> hit $475k , "Default Dog", blank picture of a dog

Cat Memes
$keycat -> $1m to $3 .7m (3.7x), viral meme, ATH $7m
$hmu -> $75k to $1 .3m (17x), "hit me up", coin that launched in July, randomly got CTO'd today, ATH is $3 .3m
$poor -> hit $615k , "wife wants a divorce", cat meme

Matt Furie Coins
$vix -> hit $645k
$brotty -> hit $500k , hyped launch, $brett as a robot

More Cooks
$art -> hit $2 .4m
$pac -> hit $1 .45m, "Photorealistic Autism Creature"

What did you hit today? 🤔

BIG SUPPLY, BIG PROBLEMS AS SOLANA’S NFT MARKET REJECTS LARGE COLLECTIONS

Fresh minting mechanics are bringing greater security to Solana NFTs, but new mints and large collections struggle to garner attention and are trading below mint price.

New NFT collections have learned a painful lesson this week. If it wasn’t obvious due to stagnant floor prices and diminishing trade volume, launching a fresh collection in these conditions is a difficult task.

Despite commentators claiming these hyped collections will usher in a “new era” and whitelist spots selling at over $50 apiece on open markets, launches from Pathfinders and Hermans have failed to meet expectations.

Will Solana’s NFT market ever witness another successful 10,000 NFT collection? Or are small supplies the only way of conserving value?

ONLY 21% OF PATHFINDER'S RISK-FREE NFTs MINTED

Despite proposing a new, risk-free method of launching Solana NFTs, the Pathfinders collection faces difficulty minting out. At press time, only 2,125/10,000 NFTs have been minted, falling well short of expectations.

Pathfinder’s novel LST-backed NFT collection launched with noble intentions. Providing an alternative mechanic that aims to protect minters, the collection has launched Solana’s first un-ruggable NFTs.

Unlike standard NFT mints, Pathfinders NFTs are minted using pathSOL, the project’s native liquid staking token. Holders reserve the right to redeem their NFT for the underlying pathSOL used to mint the asset, essentially securing the NFT’s value at a minimum of 2pathSOL.

Regardless, Solana’s NFT community has largely ignored the project’s novel approach to minting. Supporters of the new mechanic took to social media to express their disappointment with the NFT community’s apparent apathy. 

Commentators noted that network participants have collectively poured thousands of SOL into extractive and malicious actors, but are unwilling to support builders providing meaningful alternatives.

‘Hyped’ New Mint Immediately Under Floor - Are Presales to Blame?

Boasting a sold-out presale that constituted 55% of the total supply, the Hermans NFT collection suffered a similar fate. Priced at 1.5 SOL per NFT, Hermans struggled to attract interest during the public mint, forcing the team to take drastic action.

Hermans trading on secondary marketplaces like Tensor and Magic Eden was locked until the mint was complete, meaning holders were unable to list their assets. The team took it upon themselves to buy all unminted assets. The Hermans’ treasury now holds over 1,600 NFTs, roughly 33% of the supply.

Almost immediately, the collection began trading beneath mint price as presales and regretful minters clamored to liquidate their holdings for SOL. Hermans currently exchange hands at 0.84 SOL, down 44% from the original mint price.

While poor NFT market conditions are a significant contributor to the recent slew of disappointing NFT launches, social media commentators have argued that NFT presales are also to blame.

Low Supply NFT Collections Retain Value

In recent years, NFT markets have witnessed countless large supply collections suffer devastating downtrends. 

Top Solana collections like Mad Lads, Tensorians (pictured), and Claynosaurs have all endured significant drawdowns, while dozens of less-resilient projects have effectively plummeted to zero.

Comparatively, low supply and 1/1 NFT collections have retained their value remarkably well. Limited supply art collections like Boogles, Dead King Society, and The SixNine are typically only available through OTC deals and have maintained comparatively stable floors, regardless of SOL price fluctuations.

Arguably, this suggests that the most valuable utility NFTs offer is access to exclusive communities. Alternatively, it could also indicate that low-supply collections with low market liquidity create an elite sense of perceived value, which has supported the valuations of these co

🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron reacts to the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.

He rejects any political motivation.

"I saw false information about France after the arrest of Pavel Durov."

"France is deeply attached to freedom of expression and communication, to innovation and to the spirit of enterprise. It will remain so."

"It is up to the judiciary, in complete independence, to enforce the law."

"The arrest of the Telegram president on French soil took place as part of an ongoing judicial investigation. This is in no way a political decision."

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 23

Crypto is pumping

$btc closes +6% today
$eth & $sol follow at +5% and +7% respectively

Runners Of The Day
$ptc -> $880k to $2 .7m (3.06x), 70% of supply burnt, paper drawings of $btc
$ufo -> hit $2 .4m, decent team, heavily sniped on launch
$sym -> hit $1 .65m, "the most symmetrical dog on Solana",
$nibo -> hit $1 .2m, large buys on launch, decent team, dog meme
$susdog -> hit $950k , based on a viral suspicious dog meme

Smoking Chicken Fish Gains Volume
$scf -> $19m to $83m (4.4x from the low), reversal, banger video drop, team is heavily dedicated
$sed -> $500k to $1 .95m (3.9x), beta to $scf , has been slow cooking since its launch on August 20th, heavy push today following $sc

Fwog Making Higher Highs
$fwog -> $10m to $28m (2.8x),
- Community continues to get stronger
- Some of the best art in the space
- Great background story (dev rugged -> artist/community relaunch)

Utility Play
$chat -> $5m to $18m (3.6x from the low), ATH $174m , shilled by MarioNawfal

Other Cooks
$ong -> $400k to $1 .94m (4.85x), "On God", gen z/tiktok meta, was dead but slowly reviving, ATH is $25m
$afc -> hit $440k , "Airforce Chicken"
$bb -> hit $435k , "Bubble Buddies", based on a spongebob character, twitter community instead of a twitter account
$belief -> hit $375k , influencer coin, dog meme
$mow -> hit $310k , "Monkey On Watermelon"
$kak -> hit $278k , "Kakling Kamala", based on KamalaHarris' laugh, launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$ascend -> hit $240k , cat meme, CTO

The market has been absolutely dead lately, but if majors continue to pump, volume will start to pick up

It's important to consider that September is historically one of the worst months for the market (S&P500)

This doesn't necessarily mean that history will repeat itself, but it is interesting data nonetheless

Lock in 🔒

Brazilian Regulator Approves Second $SOL ETF Reinforcing Solana Adoption in Latin America

The 🇺🇸 have added 1/3 of their public debt since 2020.

This is untenable.

They will be forced to continue printing exponentially and destroy the value of the currency faster and faster

Will Bitcoin be the lifeline of the US?

Seven hours ago a suspicious transfer was made from a potential victim for 4064 BTC ($238M)

Transaction hash
4b277ba298830ea538086114803b9487558bb093b5083e383e94db687fbe9090

Funds were quickly transferred to ThorChain, eXch, Kucoin, ChangeNow, Railgun, Avalanche Bridge.

Don't burn yourself out

The worst thing you can do is waste all your time & energy forcing plays when the market is slow

There's a fine line between trench grinding & forcing plays, learn to be patient

Only a matter of time before $BTC blasts past ATH & your memes will follow

❌ According to @zachxbt , a suspicious transfer was made by a potential victim for 4,064 BTC, or $238 million.

Funds were quickly transferred to ThorChain, eXch, Kucoin, ChangeNow, Railgun, Avalanche Bridge

https://x.com/zachxbt/stat...

⚠️ATTENTION; Forms 19b-4 for ETF spot requests #Solana de VanEck and 21Shares DO NOT APPEAR on the CBOE website!!️ 👀

The two candidates would have WITHDRAWN these forms, with the main theory that the #SEC 🇺🇸 gave them comments that $SOL is not a commodity, and there is NO POSSIBILITY for them to be approved🚨

According to several ETF analysts, those of Ethereum were approved only for legal reasons and in a forced manner, and Gary Gensler has NOT changed his negative attitude towards the crypto market (no surprises)

So in the short term THERE WILL BE NO Solana ETF spot, and there would only be a slight possibility if there is a change of seat in the White House ⚠️

Holding an open discussion on 𝕏, BitGo’s Mike Belshe joined Justin Sun and original WBTC contributor Meow to address concerns about WBTC custody changes.

Earlier this week, BitGo announced changes to WBTC’s existing custody model that included distributing influence across several parties and geographic jurisdictions.

The move drew a wrath of criticism from the cryptocurrency community, notably due to the involvement of Tron founder Justin Sun.

Seeking to clear the air, Jupiter co-founder and original WBTC contributor Meow welcomed BitGO CEO Mike Belshe, Justin Sun, and BitGlobal representatives to a public forum to shed some light on the situation.

MIKE BELSHE PUTS BTC USAGE CONCERNS TO REST
One of the key concerns outlined by the crypto community following BitGo’s original announcement was what the Bitcoin used to back WBTC would be used for. Acting as a voice for the crypto community at large, Meow posed the question of BTC utilization to BitGo CEO Mike Belshe.

Assuring over 5,000 captivated listeners, Belshe put their nervous minds to rest, highlighting that “when you put [Bitcoin] inside of a trust company you’ve got it wrapped in a mechanism which has got a fiduciary responsibility in a very legal way.”

Reinforcing his statement with additional context, Belshe acknowledged that people’s “number one question” was that “the bitcoin behind [WBTC] is not gonna get hypothecated, rehypothecated, lent out, used, taken, put somewhere else.”

Highlighting the legal constraints of BitGo’s position, Belshe assured listeners “The regulatory construct that we have makes it so that it’s actually illegal to do that.”

A TRANSFER OF TRUST?
Part of the BitGo X GitGlobal collaboration means that multi-signature keys with access to custodied assets will be distributed across several companies. While on paper this aids in decentralization and security, Meow and the community raised concerns regarding the involvement of BitGlobal, a relatively new and unknown entity in the space.

By transfering ownership of keys, Meow theorized that the “transfer of trust will take a long time” arguing it could be “quite a hard pill for the community to swallow”.

Responding to Meow’s claims, Belshe asserted “BitGo is not asking you to take the same trust that you had in BitGo and just give it to somebody else.”

Hammering his point home, Belshe contended that decentralization remains one of the strongest security measures available. Posing the rhetoric, Belshe asked “Is it more secure to have the two parties, or is it more secure to have BitGo hold two keys?”

THE JUSTIN SUN FACTOR
The announcement of Justin Sun’s involvement in the arrangement has been one of the collaboration’s biggest items of contention. Some long-standing crypto protocols like MakerDAO have argued that Justin Sun’s involvement adds an “unacceptable level of risk” to WBTC, proposing to reduce their WBTC exposure to 0.

Justin Sun’s commentary during the forum was admittedly brief. Downplaying his role and involvement, the controversial figure noted “the protocol, how to mint, how to burn and also the transparency and all the procedures remain the same.”

Adding further clarity, Sun contended “other than some of the keys being moved out of the U.S., I don’t really think there is much difference.”

Beyond assuring listeners that nothing had changed, Sun revealed his vision for the future of WBTC. Positing that “not everything we do is purely to make money” Sun believes the team should focus on expanding WBTC market cap, TVL, and helping the asset establish a presence of more blockchains.

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 15

Memes are following majors, which are following traditional markets

The best advice right now is to not force any trades, patience is a virtue

Runners Of The Day
$aco -> hit $2m , good team, shiba inu girl
$db -> hit $1 .5m, "DogeButt", picture of Kabosu's butt, $doge , 50% of supply sent to blknoiz06

Teams With Large Capital
$fluffi -> hit $10 .6m, dogeofficialceo
used grok to generate a picture, elonmusk reposted it
$analos -> hit $4m , decent content

Zoomer Meta
$sigma -> $3 .5m to $11m (3.14x), first higher high in a while
$demure -> $315k to $2m (6.5x)
$iktfb -> hit $560k , "I know that feeling bro", launched on dexscreener's moonshot

Giga Programmed
$giga -> $60m to $265m (4.4x from the low), new ATH day after day

Dog Memes
$cane -> hit $700k , all dev supply burnt, "dog" in Italian
$gracie -> hit $850k , 1 month old, "Neuralink Dog"
$gringo -> hit $250k

Cat Memes
$mystery -> hit $270k , "lovebeings cat"
$if -> hit $250k , "wat if", cat meme

Other Cooks
$t1500 -> $1 .5m to $4 .5m (3x), new ATH, "TOPG1500", The dev is walking 1500 miles from The UK To Romania to meet the Tate brothers
$feg -> hit $1m , pushed by KOLs
$kunt -> hit $880k , anime type girl
$paul -> hit $800k , CTO, pencil drawing
$poxed -> hit $800k , "Monkey pox"
$abcde -> hit $395k , the alphabet
$reygun -> hit $240k , based on the viral olympic Australian break dancer
$study -> hit $220k , popular word in crypto twitter

Can aeyakovenkosave us?

In a move that could significantly reshape the Solana DeFi landscape, Renzo Protocol and Jito Network have joined forces to introduce $ezSOL , the first-ever Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) on the Solana blockchain. This groundbreaking partnership combines Renzo's expertise in liquid restaking with Jito's MEV-enhanced validator network, promising to unlock new levels of capital efficiency and yield optimization for Solana users.

JITO'S RECENT FORAY INTO RESTAKING
This development comes just weeks after Jito, a leading Solana liquid staking protocol, officially entered the restaking market. The protocol released Jito Restaking, an open-source module designed for the Solana blockchain, supporting both staking, restaking, and LRTs. This move signaled Jito's ambition to expand its offerings and capitalize on the growing interest in restaking within the Solana community.

Renzo brings a wealth of experience from successful Ethereum protocols like EigenLayer and Symbiotic, where it currently boasts a TVL of $1 .28 billion, having reached a peak of $4 billion in June.

UNDERSTANDING LIQUID RESTAKING TOKENS(LRTs)
Restaking, a concept gaining traction on Ethereum, allows users to restake their staked assets to secure additional networks and protocols, thereby earning additional rewards. LRTs take this a step further by providing users with a liquid representation of their staked assets, which can be used across various DeFi protocols while still earning staking rewards.

$ezSOL : UNLOCKING NEW POSSIBILITIES
$ezSOL , minted using JitoSOL as the underlying staked asset, leverages Jito's MEV-enhanced validator network to offer users the potential for compounded rewards from staking, restaking, and MEV extraction. This unique combination makes $ezSOL a powerful tool for maximizing yield within the Solana DeFi ecosystem.

Their goal is clear: to put you to sleep and then make you surrender through boredom.

👉 The plan is to create a period of stagnation or low activity to decrease engagement and interest. Meanwhile, they work behind the scenes to prepare their next big move. Once general interest has waned and investors have become less vigilant, they launch a new wave of euphoria.

👉 This price increase attracts not only new investors, but also those who panicked and sold during the boredom period. These buyers provide the liquidity needed for those who orchestrated this strategy to sell their positions at high prices.

👉 By selling at the height of the euphoria, they make significant profits on the liquidity provided by those who were attracted by the price rise. Ultimately, new investors are left with devalued assets when the wave of euphoria ends and prices fall following massive selling by whales and institutions.

Their strategies are essentially based on manipulating investors' emotions to maximize the manipulators' profits, to the detriment of those caught in the trap of excitement and FOMO.

#Bitcoin