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Debate shifts negative as Solana memecoin trading volume dips

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Tom Mitchelhill5 hours agoDebate shifts negative as Solana memecoin trading volume dipsA Messari data engineer has called it the “most extractive crypto phenomenon” since the ICO boom, but the jury"s still out on that one. 3436 Total views5 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onMemecoin skeptics have become slightly louder this week amid a fall in Solana-based memecoin trading volumes and recent data showing that most pump.fun traders are losing money. 


In an Aug. 19 newsletter, Messari data engineer Mike Kremer became the latest to add his voice to a long-running debate, calling memecoins the “most extractive crypto phenomenon” since the ICO boom of 2017.


He argued that while speculative bubbles and assets have always been a part of the crypto ecosystem, the retail rush toward crypto’s latest fad had always “left behind some residual value.”Kremer suggests DeFi Summer bore fruit compared to ‘memecoin mania’ Source: Messari


“During DeFi Summer, projects like Uniswap Labs launched protocols that provided real utility to the crypto economy,” said Kremer. 


“When the speculative frenzy subsided, there was still underlying value in these tokens because they were tied to functioning, valuable services,” he added. 


However, Kremer argues that memecoins have had a “far more destructive dynamic.”


“Here, insiders or cartels create tokens like supercumrocket69, hype them up, and lure retail investors into bidding on these ‘revolutionary’ new assets,” said Kremer.


He added that once the price inflates, insiders dump their bags, leaving tokens with no real value or utility. “The entire process is a zero-sum game where value is not just redistributed but destroyed.”


It comes amid recent ire against Solana memecoin deployer pump.fun, which critics on social media claim has made memecoins far more treacherous and dilutive than they had been in the past. 


A staggering 1.7 million new tokens have been launched on the memecoin deployer since its launch in January, with less than 1.5% of these tokens ever attaining a total value of more than $63,000. 


Another recent piece of data suggests that 60% of pump.fun traders have lost money on the platform, while only 3% of all traders have netted gains of more than $1,000.


There is ongoing debate around the accuracy of this data though, with some claiming that it doesn’t account for realized gains.


Kremer’s criticisms also follow a sharp decline in Solana-based memecoin trading volumes, which have slumped by as much as 80% in the last two weeks. 


Additionally, a new CoinShares report showed Solana exchange-traded products witnessed a record $39 million in outflows last week. Solana memecoin volumes have declined in recent weeks. Source: Dune AnalyticsOr maybe it’s good for crypto?


However, there’s been a long-running debate about whether memecoins are actually good for the ecosystem.


Alon, the pseudonymous developer of the pump.fun platform said the market “clearly thinks” lowered costs to memecoin deployment are a good thing, pointing to the outsized activity on the platform. 


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In an Aug. 7 post to X, Alon said that prior to pump.fun, the memecoin sector was marred by developers rugging liquidity pools, honeypots, and other scams. He added that each iteration of new memecoin tech makes it “far more accessible for outsiders to join” the crypto market.

“[Memecoins] are almost ready for mass adoption,” said Alon.Source:Alon


Others say that memecoins are clearly a net positive for the crypto industry, marking an “easy” entry point for newcomers despite the inherent risk involved.


In April, Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer told Cointelegraph that memecoins — while inherently worthless — are still useful for “social signaling” and forming strong crypto communities. “They’re great for the space because they bring people in, they keep them excited, occupied, and concentrated on what the technology can do.”


In December, Avalanche said it would begin utilizing its $100 million community fund — originally launched to support NFT artists — to start buying memecoins.  


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