correct! every piece of volume and activity adds value very directly for
$ANSEM
holders, every burn, every airdrop, all trading volume in exchange for marketing to group of 150k+ holders & me directly, current graduation rate of coins is ~20% so thesis is playing out already for first day much higher than the average 1-3% i expected this to be a highly criticized experiment, we will see how well this works over the next few months, if the next slew of 100M+ runners spawn and the burns continue so
$ANSEM
holders benefit then i will say that it has been a win-win for both sides token creation is a solved game, token curation & token marketing is not
Join us Wednesday for a Solana DeFi special, celebrating @onrefinance's year of growth.
Hear from @kamino, @exponent, @FWDind, @onrefinance, and @RockawayX on how they add liquidity, utility, products, and ways to access ONyc.
Live on Solana's X @ 11AM ET, August 19
The Privacy Show: Workshop Series?
Tomorrow: @tilo_cpn from @Helius will guide @catmcgee and her AI agent through building an app on Helius' new privacy protocol.
Watch the livestream on @solana_devs @ 10 AM ET, August 18th
Somewhere between a corner store, a silver vault, and a gacha machine, Solana had a week. Cash access hit nearly 500K retail locations, silver came onchain fully audited, and a luxury watch is waiting to be pulled.
Hereโs everything that shipped this week:
๐ฐ Headline News
- @MoneyGram launched Ramps on Solana, giving builders access to 60M+ customers across ~500K locations in 170+ countries via one API
- @Bullish executed the first tokenized equity trades on a regulated exchange, settling Solana-tokenized $BLSH 24/7 in stablecoins
- Solanaโs RWA ecosystem reached a new all-time high of $3.9B in total value
- Solana set a new single-day record processing 171.9M non-vote transactions
- @sunrise brought tokenized Nebius shares ($NBIS) to Solana, issued by @Backpack Securities
๐ฐ Launches
- @JupiterExchange launched Lend v2, with Smart Vaults turning loans into active DEX liquidity
- $SILV launched via @sunrise, backed 1:1 by @Dominion_Marketโs audited physical silver reserves
- @reโs reUSD went live on Solana
- @ThunesPayments enabled 24/7 EURC prefunding on Solana, bridging digital assets with 90+ fiat currencies
- @project0 and @_gammafi launched ML Vaults to capture cross-market spreads and optimize yields in real time
- @Collector_Crypt and @watchdotfun launched vault-backed luxury watch RWAs with gacha and arena redemptions
- @Pumpfun launched daily, volume-based Callout Rewards for callers in its app
- @MonkeDAO launched JungleFun with @magicblock, offering verifiable onchain pack openings
- @birdeye_so introduced Wallet Tracker for monitoring traders, holdings, and watchlists in one dashboard
- @Artifacte_inc launched Rip Room, enabling live-streamed pack openings with direct-to-wallet onchain minting
- @fomo launched Dev Tags, letting teams claim tags to update holders and build communities in-app
- @SuperteamCAN announced Solana Summit Canada for September 23โ24
- @JurassicFi announced its tokenized dinosaur fossils launch on August 17
- @tokens open-sourced its platform
- @BitRobotNetwork opened applications for Access IDs to its Open Robotics Lab
- @solana_devs unveiled a seven-week Solana School fall program, running August 31-October 16
- @solanaspaces and @spenders_club announced Solana Summer House on Aug 29
- @SuperteamUK launched their 24/7 office in Somerset House
๐ฐ Milestones
- @Collector_Crypt officially crossed $1B in cumulative gross revenue
- @crediblefin crossed $1B in total payments volume
- @kaminoโs Institutional Commodity Yield Vault crossed $25M in deposits
- @LaunchOnSF has crossed over $86,000,000 of volume in 10 days, with 19k+ unique holders
- @metaplex set a July record with 900K+ Core assets created, pushing the total past 8M
- @HusherExchange surpassed $200M in cumulative private Solana swaps
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