Daily Memecoin Recap - December 4

Bitcoin Crosses $100 ,000!

Hawk Tuah Rug
$hawk -> hit $491m ,
, $1 .9m in LP Rewards
$tuah -> hit $4m , Straight Tuah Prison
- Currently sitting at 40m
- Terrible LP, only 2% of supply in LP
- There is currently a spaces going on, and it is pure comedy

Coinbase Listings
$giga -> hit $691m
#moodeng -> hit $677m

$100 ,000 For 1 Bitcoin
$100k -> hit $656k
$pbtc -> hit $620k , solana's bitcoin
- People have been talking about $BTC crossing 100k forever. Today is the day

Justice Will Be Served
$conan -> hit $18m , based on a pitbull in NY, ruling came out that allows him to live
$zeta -> hit $2 .9m, justice for zeta the dog
$doja -> hit $744k , justice for doja the dog

Nothing
$void -> hit $17 .6m
- The ultimate conceptual abstraction: NOTHING

Hyped Launches
#m3m3 -> hit $170m , $2 .8m in LP Rewards
$mad -> hit $50m

Artificial Intelligence
#sami1 -> hit $8 .5m
#tsotchke -> hit $7m , tech within the quantum computing space
$⚡️ -> hit $5m
$junior -> hit $4 .2m, RTFKT
AI sentient rapper
$him -> hit $2 .1m

More Cooks
$biao -> hit $70m
$meow -> hit $18 .6m
$tao -> hit $15m , the anthropic order
#chainsaw -> hit $6 .6m
#sagadao -> hit $6 .6m
$sw -> hit $3 .7m, wrapped spotify
$intern -> hit $3 .4m
$saika -> hit $3m , viral gif
$sf -> hit $2 .5m
#soldier -> hit $2 .5m
$father -> hit $2 .5m, the dogefather, elonmusk meme
$spark -> hit $2 .1m, USA Pavilion Mascot
$glam -> hit $2m
#memeables -> hit $2m
$rich -> hit $1 .9m, tiktok elephant
$lambo -> hit $1 .5m
$doug -> hit $1m
$albert -> hit $800k , the world's biggest polar bear
#nicholas -> hit $700k , real santa claus

Bitcoin $150k next?

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 13

Two days in a row where we get pump fun coins over $1b

Monkey Stolen By Police
$jorgie -> $7m to $18m (2.6x)

Free Shayne Coplan
$🦅 -> $41m
- shayne_coplan CEO of polymarket

- elonmusk replied to a tweet and supports the movement

PNUT TO BILLIONS
$pnut -> $900m to $2 .4b (2.7x), second pumpdotfun
coin to $1b
$OPK -> $48m , peanut beta based on an image as a Star Wars character
$betch -> $12 .8m, another peanut deriv
$sugar -> $6 .7m, a squirrel following the animal and squirrel meta from PNUT's attention
$thumb -> $5m , peanut's best friend
#babypnut -> $4 .58m
$jill -> $1 .8m, peanut's girlfriend
$bambam -> $1 .1m, peanut's brother according to the peanut IG page
#babyfred -> $668k
$bop -> $317k , book of peanut
- $PNUT becomes the fastest memecoin to a billion market cap

First PNUT Dev Coin
$vermin -> $7k to $532k (76x), claims to be the first token deployed by the $PNUT dev -> CTO’d

Elon Meta
$banana -> $16m to $60m (3.8x), continues to cook as the SpaceX meme gains attention and volume
$sink -> $287k to $4m (14x)
$vivek -> $4m , from the announcement that he will be the head of D.O.G.E
#babydoge -> $691k , a deriv of the Department of Government Efficiency

High Volume
$luce -> $116m to $310m (2.7x), the cult growsas people speculate an upcoming binance
listing
$ban -> $102m to $255m (2.5x)
$if -> $267k to $3 .2m (12x)

Animal Memes Continue To Cook
$bert -> $1 .7m to $56m (33x), the Pomeranian capitalizing on the animal meta
#petunia -> $5 .5m to $30m (5.4x), viral asf
$shrub -> $4 .6m to $21m (4.5x), Elon’s hedgehog
$solito -> $68k to $1 .4m (20.6x)
$maya -> $12m
$teddy -> $4m
#cricket -> $2 .8m
$odin -> $2m

Artificial Intelligence
$act -> $518m to $884m (1.7x)
#shoggoth -> $29m to $94m (3.24x)
$ret -> $158k to $2 .39m (15.1x), token launched by an AI-powered robot dog
$obot -> $20 .2m, oxyz
AI CEO requested to have her own memecoin
$upg -> $3 .1m
$spence -> $2 .8m
$actiii -> $718k , $ACT beta
$circe -> $525k
$acta -> $342k

More Cooks
$cedar -> $218k to $10 .4m (47.7x), CTO
$merlin -> $5k to $2 .6m (520x), miracle goldfish in the animal meta
#USÐ -> $1m , united states doge
$boggle -> $2 .7m
$hoj -> $1 .4m
$chief -> $1 .2m
$void -> $701k
#pnut2 .0 -> $450k

Amazing volume, multiple metas emerging

This pic is me after I collect the best AI memes

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CA: 7STEmB7mxDczdsQ8PpHbpHrUGtLrECoCC4sfXTkSpump

📊 Market Cap: $46 ,575
👨‍💻 Top 10 Holders (49%)

Want to be a successful trader long-term?

1. Don't blindly follow calls
- Be able to make your own judgement/thesis on coins
- Don't rely on others, you're the only one who can pull the trigger

2. Your biggest asset is your circle
- Find people to grind with & talk to on a daily basis
- More eyes looking at charts = More odds that you catch the next runner

3. Have proper risk management
- Stop aping your entire port in a single play
- Learn to take a loss
- Learn to take profits

Consistency is key

$CHALCIS

CA: AJLLXE78sr7uYXM1JSFdMMJ8UdxiXutGGqsK6eZ3pump

📊 Market Cap: $41 ,985
👨‍💻 Top 10 Holders (30%)

Daily Memecoin Recap - October 26

Decent volume for a Saturday

Minecraft Meta
$pig -> $664k to $9 .18m (13.8x), minecraft pig, first mover
$steve -> $20k to $1m (50x)
$test -> hit $2 .44m, first coin deployed on Minecraft by stevetoshi
#minecraft -> hit $941k
$dog -> hit $367k , minecraft dog

Dubai Baby Rhino
$onyx -> hit $3 .88m
- Dubai Safari releases the name of their baby rhino

Dog Meta
$wiz -> hit $1 .83m, wizard dog, same dev as #moodeng

Artificial Intelligence
$shegen -> $20 .75m to $44 .7m (2.2x)
#project89 -> $4 .58m to $31m (6.7x)
#memesAI -> $4 .6m to $45m (9.8x)
$chaos -> hit $6 .4m
#praiseAI -> hit $2 .45m
#raccoon -> hit $1 .73m, Raccoon AI
$vof -> hit $1 .36m
$ex -> hit $1 .1m, NSFW ai robot
$sara -> hit $800k
#pilgrim -> hit $300k

Goat Betas
#babygoat -> $483k to $8 .3m (17.2x)
$moshi -> $55k to $2 .4m (43x), completely unrelated coin, but since Truth Terminal tweeted "moshi", this one pumped
$moshi -> hit $6 .12m, based on a truth_terminal tweet
#daddygoat -> hit $1m , $goat beta

Place Pixels
$pixel -> hit $6m

More Cooks
$ban -> $2 .5m to $39m (15.6x), viral banana taped to wall
#malakai -> $1 .9m to $6 .33m (3.3x)
$eth -> $600k to $4 .6m (7.6x), based on VitalikButerin's tweet "the ticker is ETH"
#ftj500 -> $390k to $1 .32m (3.38x)
$nofap -> $531k to $1 .6m (3x), ansem replied
$chris -> hit $2 .16m
$x /acc -> hit $1 .8m, extreme accelerationism, good community
$dots -> hit $1 .8m
$swig -> hit $943k , gen z meme
$pan -> hit $816k , comedian pepe
$myst -> hit $782k , $43k + in LP Rewards
$drog -> hit $497k , dog + frog
$escape -> hit $335k , escape the rat race

Are you touching grass?

They say you can’t be successful if you’re a drunken gambler … but then I remember this champ.

Daily Memecoin Recap - October 22

Volume just keeps getting better 🤫

Play Of The Day
$flavia -> hit $59m

Pump Fun Integrates Video Coins
$roll -> hit $2 .2m, rick, "never gonna give you up" song
$cum -> hit $1 .18m, Trump + Kamala video "I'm gonna cum"
- You can now launch video coins on pumpdotfun

- A small NSFW meta followed the launch of this feature

Goat Going For ATH
$goat -> $145m to $538m (3.7x)
$kid -> $60k to $4 .5m (58x), Kidseus Minimus, $goat beta
- Initally crashed 70% due to truth_terminal
making a typo
- People speculated that it's not actually AI
- Already recovered from the 70% decline

Binance Buys An AI Coin
$fiji -> hit $11m
- A wallet associated with binance
bid 160 $sol

Chabenisky
$mark -> hit $9m , woman version mcuban

Crash Game
$hana -> hit $5 .38m
- Gambling + AI

Animal Meta
$kwif -> $4 .2m to $10m (2.38x), kitten $wif hat
$meizhu -> hit $2 .42m, new baby panda at guangzhou
$dog -> hit $2 .36m, just a dog
$new -> hit $1 .6m, new dog

Artificial Intelligence
$catgf -> $5 .6m to $18 .6m (3.3x)
$omega -> $1 .84m to $13 .46m (7.3x)
$wotf -> $1 .5m to $5m (3.3x), way of the future
$cog /acc -> $240k to $3 .1m (12.9x),

$lotus -> $233k to $2 .3m (10x)
$blu -> hit $5 .95m
$ttt -> hit $4m , truth terminal token
#gematro -> hit $4m ,
xenocosmography tweet
$lynx -> hit $3 .63m
$mind -> hit $3m
$memex -> hit $2 .7m
$truth -> hit $2 .53m, Truth Terminal's 1st Tweet
$tol -> hit $2 .45m, terminal of life
$gmtr -> hit $2m
$azure -> hit $1 .73m
$new -> hit $1 .6m, new dog, goal to become the new dog coin
#automated -> hit $1 .3m
$lora -> hit $968k
$cypher -> hit $783k ,
xenocosmography tweet
$hana -> hit $700k , Japanese AI meme
#aijesus -> hit $655k , Ask Jesus

Moonshot
$buddy -> hit $3 .5m, $26k + in LP Rewards
$urs -> hit $2 .2m, $42k + in LP Rewards

More Cooks
$wmm -> $1 .9m to $9m (4.73x), weird medieval memes, pushed by KOLs
$koto -> hit $7 .77m
$jim -> hit $7 .6m, naked jim, good content
$tard -> hit $3 .11m
$nchad -> hit $1m , $giga beta
#realchad -> hit $900k , nonAI Giga Chad, $giga beta
$log -> hit $746k
$txn -> hit $456k , people chatting through solana transactions

Notable: HanaSolanaa just raised 6000 sol ($1m) in 30 minutes
- I am completely unaffiliated with this, just relaying info

Are you locked in?

In April 2024 an elderly victim from the US was targeted by Indian call scammers posing as Coinbase support resulting in a large portion of their life savings stolen.

Pleased to share that I helped recover $275K which was recently seized and will be sent back to them.

Theft txn hash
30125031d32a3a2ec9a6963d218bf2494d4392d9444586061a97d84511479346

During my research I found $5M + stolen from other victims of this group which were laundered from Ethereum/Bitcoin to Tron via centralized exchanges before stablecoins were transferred to OTCs.

🇦🇪 UAE eliminates taxes on all crypto transactions.

The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has announced a review of the country's VAT rules.

The new rules include exemptions for the management of investment funds, the transfer and conversion of virtual assets.

These exemptions will be applied retroactively from January 1, 2018.

🪶 Robinhood launches crypto transfers in Europe.

Customers can now deposit and withdraw over 20 cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC.

“With the launch of crypto transfers in Europe, we are making self-custody and entry into DeFi simpler and more accessible for our customers”
says Johann Kerbrat, VP and GM of Robinhood Crypto

PayPal, one of the world’s largest financial platforms, continues its mission to deliver blockchain-based services to users and businesses alike.

On September 25, 2024, PayPal announced it would be enabling U.S. merchants to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency assets within their business accounts. The move is the latest in a slew of updates made by PayPal as the TradFi giant continues to embrace the cryptocurrency industry.

U.S. Businesses Can Now Store Funds Onchain
Following the successful launch of crypto services for individual users, PayPal remarked that businesses were eager to meet user’s growing demand for more comprehensive crypto services.

"Since we launched the ability for PayPal and Venmo consumers to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency in their wallets, we have learned a lot about how they want to use their cryptocurrency… Business owners have increasingly expressed a desire for the same cryptocurrency capabilities available to consumers. We're excited to meet that demand by delivering this new offering, empowering them to engage with digital currencies effortlessly." - Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Senior Vice President of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Digital Currencies, PayPal.

PayPal’s commitment to providing merchants with expanded crypto services and flexibility goes beyond buying and selling digital assets. Merchants can now withdraw cryptocurrencies to external onchain wallets.

While PayPal has stipulated that this feature will be limited to “eligible” wallets, the move also opens the door to more businesses becoming involved in DeFi. For example, businesses holding capital might be able to lend out assets in various onchain lending protocols, earning additional yield on a merchant’s treasury.

$PYUSD Solana Supply Down 40% Since ATH
Since launching on Solana on May 29, 2024, $PYUSD enjoyed meteoric growth. Spurred on by generous liquidity provision incentives, $PYUSD’s Solana-based supply surged to over 663.4M tokens based on Step Finance data. This eclipsed Ethereum’s $PYUSD supply, making Solana the unofficial home of PayPal’s crypto services.

However, as $PYUSD reward campaigns have slowed and market conditions improved, the supply of PayPal USD on Solana has declined. At its highest point on August 28, 2024, Solana hosted $PYUSD 65.79% supply dominance.

Based on DeFiLlama data, that figure has since fallen to just 50.4%, with PayPal USD’s Solana-based supply currently sitting at 354M.

It's unlikely that PayPal merchants based in the U.S. will rush to bring their stablecoin holdings onchain and deploy them in Solana DeFi protocols. However, the move highlights PayPal’s willingness to respond positively to customer feedback and integrate blockchain technology into its expansive product suite.

Chapter Two Rebrands as ‘Solana Seeker’, Unveiling a Range of New Features and Enhancements
140,000 pre-orders later, Solana Mobile’s next generation web3 smartphone emerges from its ‘stealth phase’.

Solana Mobile, the team behind the wildly popular Solana Saga device, has finally unveiled the eagerly awaited Solana Seeker. The next generation web3 smartphone is slated for release in 2025, offering a host of improved features and benefits.

Following the rampant success of the sellout Solana Saga, Solana Mobile stealth-launched the mysterious ‘Chapter Two’. Despite being light on details, Solana Chapter Two was well-received by the wider crypto-community. Solana Mobile’s next generation device has already been pre-ordered over 140,000 times, with recipients eager to get their hands on fresh Solana hardware.

Both the Solana Saga and the Seeker, formerly ‘Chapter Two’ have been embraced by Solana’s mobile development community. Saga owners and Seeker Genesis token holders have been generously rewarded with a litany of airdrops, as well as a vast selection of dApps and features designed exclusively for the Solana Seeker ahead of the device’s launch.

Since its inception, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has been one of Solana Mobile’s staunchest advocates. Championing mobile devices and services as a key area of growth for the network, Yakovenko contends that the Seeker will improve on the standards set by the Saga at more accessible prices.

“We founded Solana Mobile with the mission of taking crypto mobile. To achieve that, we needed to make Seeker more accessible, more affordable, and for its hardware and software to be even more deeply integrated for web3. The support from across the Solana community so far has been incredible, and with features like the new Seed Vault Wallet and the updated Solana dApp Store, we think Seeker will be the definitive web3 mobile device when it comes out next year.” - Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana Labs co-founder

What new features can users expect from the Saga’s highly-anticipated successor?

New Phone, New Features
While the full range of improvements and hardware specifications is yet to be announced, Solana Mobile has teased the following features for the upcoming Seeker:

Seed Vault Wallet - The Seeker comes complete with a built-in self-custodial Seed Vault to provide a frictionless web3 mobile experience. Designed exclusively for the Seeker in collaboration with Solflare, the Seed Vault support double-tap transactions and simplified account management.

Solana Mobile dApp Store - Competing directly with the Apple/Google duopoly, the Solana Mobile dApp Store debuts a compelling new rewards tracker and offers enhanced discoverability for DeFi, NFTs, DePIN, Gaming, and Payments applications.

Seeker Genesis Token - A soulbound NFT, the Seeker Genesis Token is a non-transferrable asset that gives holders exclusive access to rewards, content and opportunities throughout Solana’s thriving ecosystem.

Enhanced Hardware - Seeker promises a dramatically improved build quality, boasting a superior camera, extended battery life, a lighter design, and a brighter display than its predecessor.

With 2025 just around the corner, the launch and distribution of Solana Seeker may come sooner than expected. Given the generous incentives and rewards enjoyed by Solana holders, the Solana community awaits the launch of Solana Seeker with bated breath.

$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.

Drift Protocol, a rising star in the Solana DeFi space, has secured a $25 million Series B funding round led by crypto venture firm Multicoin Capital. This significant investment follows Drift's series of strategic moves to capture a larger share of the diverse DeFi derivatives market and will fuel an ambitious expansion of its team.

Drift's recent launch of BET on DRIFT, a prediction market built on Solana ahead of the US elections, has garnered considerable attention. Within just one week of launch, Drift flipped PolyMarket in 24-hour volume on August 28th, 2024, signaling a strong user response and a potential shift in the prediction market landscape.

The platform's rapid growth, with $388 million in total value locked (TVL) and a series of successful product launches, has attracted significant investor interest. While details of the latest funding round remain unclear, it is believed to be a private token sale, given Drift's existing $DRIFT token launched in May 2024.

Multicoin Capital's Managing Partner, Kyle Samani, confirmed the private nature of the funding round in a tweet posted a few days before the official announcement. He expressed strong confidence in Drift's potential: "We have been analyzing DeFi derivatives pretty seriously since 2019-2020, and we believe that Drift Protocol is the best positioned protocol to capture that opportunity. We led multiple private rounds and have been buying on the public market since the token launched in May."

The Drift token $DRIFT has surged by 77% in the past 30 days, currently trading at.73 at press time.

Drift's Journey: From Seed to Series B and Beyond
Drift's journey to this point has been marked by steady growth and strategic fundraising. The platform raised $3 .8 million in a seed round in 2021, followed by a $23 .5 million Series A round in May 2023. This latest funding round brings Drift's total funding to an impressive $52 .5 million, positioning it for further expansion and innovation.

Fueling Growth: Doubling the Team
With this fresh injection of capital, Drift is set to embark on an aggressive growth trajectory. The company plans to double its headcount from 25 to 50 within the next year. This expansion will bolster Drift's capabilities across various fronts, including engineering, product development, marketing, and business development.

With fresh capital and a growing user base, Drift is well-positioned to execute its ambitious roadmap. The platform plans to expand its suite of financial services tools, enhance its cross-margin functionality, and further develop its prediction market offerings.

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 23

Maybe uptober isn't a myth after all

Wrapped Dog's Sister
$wPUP -> hit $681k , "wrapped puppy", sister of $wDOG (ATH $30m )

Moo Deng Farm
$moonhippo -> hit $103m
- This was getting shared around a lot
- Heavily bundled
- Actually flipped $moodeng for a bit
- Avoid coins like these, in most cases they're ticking time bombs

Good Volume Plays
$alpha -> $117k to $2 .39m (20.4x), "reject modernity", twitter community continues to go
$conan -> hit $10 .85m, based on realDonaldTrump's honorary dog
$anon -> hit $755k , "Anonymous Dog", good X community
$cmd.exe -> hit $567k , "CowboyMonkeyDuck.exe"

Dog Memes
$popdog -> $2 .35m to $10 .53m (4.48x), dog version of $popcat , new ATH
$doe -> $1 .15m to $3 .37m (2.93x), "Dogs of Elon, NFT collection
$anon -> hit $755k , "Anonymous Dog", decent volume, good X community
$aki -> hit $189k , dog meme, infinitely memeable

Successful Moonshot Launch
$333 -> hit $932k , good content
- Launched on moonshotdotcc

- $51k in LP Rewards

Mother Back To Life
$mother -> $32 .44m to $89m (2.74x)
- IGGYAZALEA's coin
- blknoiz06 continues to bull post

More Cooks
$ball -> $550k to $1 .7m (3.09x), "Ball Up Top", recently made a higher high, chart looks decent
$toto -> $220k to $725k , (3.29x) baby elephant meme
$worldfree -> hit $1m , "let freedom ring", interesting concept, not a meme
$rt -> hit $438k , "random thoughts"
$hoo -> hit $405k , cat with a hoodie meme, CTO
$bb -> hit $303k , "BigBack"
$pawnzi -> hit $253k , cute kitten, play on "ponzi scheme"

Crazy how fast things can change

Feels like just yesterday people were capitulating sol at $120

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.

Citibank is exploring Solana's potential, looking to utilize blockchain technology for seamless money transfers and advanced smart contracts in the future.

(Citi Bank is the 4th largest bank in the US🇺🇸).

😯 Two Bitcoin addresses that had been dormant since January 30 and 31, 2009 have each transferred 50 BTC, worth over $3 million per address, according to lookonchain .

These are two of the oldest addresses in operation 📆

Patience soon rewarded? 🤔

The volume of $BTC olds transferred on the blockchain has plunged by 90% since March.

Investors are waiting for the right moment to cash in their profits again! 💰

I was running through the spaces and found project called $critz , they have mutiple utilities already as far as I know. And they will be dropping huge nft collection with collab with the Jmaxxx. Dont know who this guy is, but as far as I know, he is pretty known artist. They were running the vc and the artist is there was showing the nfts projects in the photoshop.

It is not financial advice, I am pretty sceptic about this project considering the holder distribution (2 wallets connected on the bubble map about 12% is the artist himself)

If I have to gamble I prefer to choose a project like this one than most of the pump.fun shitcoins.

DYOR Bulls

CA: 7tsFrXk2KkY31HLu6UCuVS1R2n5xACikP541yFfKy3Kn

Eric Trump says that World Liberty Finance will sell governance tokens only to accredited investors, and the tokens will not be transferable.

🚨 SWIFT launches system to simplify tokenized asset (RWA) transactions.

SWIFT is updating its system to support real-time transfers of tokenized assets, connecting blockchains, CBDCs and fiat currencies for seamless global transactions.

“Our vision is that our members can use their Swift connection to transact interchangeably using both existing and emerging asset and currency types.”

https://www.swift.com/news...

❌️ More than 600 bitcoin ATMs have been taken offline worldwide in 2 months.

Authorities are searching for and shutting down crypto ATMs that are frequently involved in extortion and scams.

According to data from Coin ATM Radar, the global Bitcoin ATM network lost 435 and 182 machines in July and August.

Losses from ATM scams exceeded $110 million in 2023.
These scams typically involve fraudsters persuading victims to transfer their funds using Bitcoin ATMs under deceptive or fraudulent promises.

Mercuryo, a Web3 payments provider, has announced the rollout of Spend, a virtual debit card promising to streamline crypto payments.

Complete with Apple Pay and Google Pay compatibility, Spend facilitates payments directly from Solana wallets to over 90M Mastercard merchants across the globe.

WHAT IS SPEND??
Mercuryo’s Spend allows wallet apps to integrate virtual Mastercard debit cards directly into their applications. Through the Spend Card, Mercury promises to enable the crypto community to use their crypto assets to “spend on anything. Anytime. Anywhere.”

Spend aims to provide a fast and cost-effective method for crypto users to convert and spend their digital assets from their wallets. Beyond the simplicity of Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay integration, Spend also offers card customization, meaning wallet providers can incorporate their logos into virtual cards.

Spend is fully self-custodial, meaning users have full control over any assets deposited into the card account. Additionally, the platform offers multi-chain support, including Solana, Ethereum, and PolkaDot.

As part of the announcement, Mercuryo teased that several leading Web3 wallets will be adding Spend in the near future. SolanaFloor engaged Mercuryo for comment on the matter but is yet to receive a response.

Why Web3 Needs Better Off-Ramps
Since the birth of the industry, crypto companies have focused tirelessly on streamlining the flow of funds into decentralized economies. According to Mercuryo, “on-ramping is now a user-friendly process, and users can purchase crypto with ease.”

While onboarding has become easier with exchanges and third-party apps readily available, bringing funds back into the real world still poses significant barriers. Mercuryo argues that the biggest struggles facing crypto off-ramping are:

1. Poor UX of existing solutions - Users need to jump through a variety of hoops to withdraw funds. Many platforms are only available in certain regions and popular offboarding platforms offer limited support outside of mainstream cryptos.

2. Bank restrictions - Traditional banks often block payments from crypto-related companies and freeze accounts suspected of interacting with cryptocurrency.

3. Extortionate fees - Third-party apps and intermediaries can charge high fees on crypto-to-fiat withdrawals, discouraging users from transferring funds.

Slow processing times - After becoming accustomed to rapid, permissionless transfers onchain, crypto-to-fiat withdrawals can feel slow and cumbersome.

While the industry loves to discuss and promote progress and efforts toward crypto onboarding, finding seamless methods of getting funds off-chain is equally important.

Mercuryo’s commitment to simplified crypto off-ramps helps to legitimize digital currencies as meaningful financial tools. Through the Spend card, millions of crypto users may be able to enjoy improved access to their funds in real-world contexts, solidifying the role of cryptocurrency in the Web2 world

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.

🇶🇦 Qatar introduces new regulatory framework for digital assets.

This covers tokenization, recognizing ownership rights over tokens and the assets they represent.

The framework includes regulations on custody, transfer, exchange and recognizes In addition, it legally recognizes smart contracts.

https://cryptonews.com/new.../

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

FTX cold storage wallet has transferred 240,247 $mSOL ($46.09M) to Coinbase Prime.

Coinbase Prime offers Marinade staked SOL ($mSOL) custody for institutions.

Tokenized US Treasury Bonds Surpass $2 Billion!

Does this sentence (and its implications) seem incomprehensible to you?

Let's break it down together

1. US Treasury bonds

These are securities issued by the American government, purchasable by anyone on traditional financial markets.

You are literally lending money to the US government and in return for this nice gesture, you are promised a return (currently 3.8 %)

Treasury bills are simply acknowledgements of debt.

The US government is indebted to you (congratulations, you have a superpower in your pocket!)

2. “tokenized”

Literally: injected into a blockchain

Treasury bonds are transformed from a "virtual electronic" state (information on the hard drive of the Fed or a central bank) to a "cryptographic" state by being transposed in the form of digital assets (i.e. tokens) on a blockchain network.

We are talking about "tokenization of financial assets"

3. What for?

Let's simplify:

- Cheaper, lower costs for the issuer (government) and the holder
- Fewer intermediaries (savings on this side too)
- Excellent liquidity
- Unlimited fragmentation potential (a treasury bond is sold at least in tranches of $100 , with tokenization it is possible to divide this threshold by 10, 100, 10,000 to make the asset accessible to a wider audience)
- Transparent
- Ultra secure
- Auditable
- ...

To put it simply, there is SO much upside to using blockchain for financial assets that there is NO scenario where this technological approach will not prevail in the coming decade.

These 2 billion are therefore a very timid incursion into a market of 27,000 billion dollars just for US Treasury Bonds (and this without even counting other asset categories, such as indexes, shares, financial real estate, etc.)

In short and in conclusion, the tokenization of global financial assets and "The (real) next big thing" for blockchain and crypto