LetsBonk stuns Solana memecoin launchpad rankings: Finance Redefined

Solana’s memecoin race gets a shakeup as LetsBonk overtakes Pump.fun in daily revenue, while TradFi and DeFi move closer to convergence.

Pump.fun lost the top spot in the Solana memecoin launchpad rankings for the first time since its release, hinting at a shift in the memecoin sector. 

As Cointelegraph previously reported, a newly created memecoin launchpad called LetsBonk flipped Pump.fun in daily protocol revenue, according to DefiLlama. While overall network activity shows a potential reshuffle instead of an expansion, some metrics indicate that Solana may be on the rise, with a potential expansion in memecoin activity. 

In addition, decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi) may converge sooner than people think. Nelli Zaltsman, head of blockchain payments innovation at JPMorgan’s Kinexys, said this could happen in the next few years. 

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