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  Solana Exchange Jupiter: LIBRA Launch ‘An Open Secret’ In Meme Coin Circles

  Crypto exchange Jupiter has denied any involvement in the collapse of Solana meme coin LIBRA, which saw its market cap plummet by over 90% after insiders reportedly cashed out millions in liquidity. LIBRA’s dramatic rise and fall within hours of its launch, triggered by Argentine President Javier Milei’s endorsement, has fueled suspicions of insider trading and market manipulation. On $LIBRA Since the start, Jupiter has always placed a massive premium on transparency. The memecoin launch game...

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  Tether May Launch New Stablecoin If US Regulators Push Out USDT, Says CEO

  With all the talk about how stablecoin legislation in the United States may or may not negatively impact foreign issuers, you might expect the biggest (and most controversial) issuer on the planet to be feeling the heat. But that’s far from the case, according to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino. In fact, Tether has no real issue with its flagship stablecoin, USDT, being banned in the United States by new regulatory legislation, Ardoino told Decrypt on Friday.  To circumvent the potential issue, Tether...

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  Trump, Associates Net $390 Million Payday From World Liberty Token Sale

  President Donald Trump, and other principals of DT Marks DEFI LLC, have already netted roughly $390 million in revenue from their Ethereum-based decentralized finance project—and that’s just for promoting it.  On Monday, World Liberty Financial announced it had completed its second round of token sales. All in all, the project has brought in $550 million from two rounds of sales of WLFI, its native governance token, according to the company’s own accounting.  Though Trump himself is technically...

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  Solana DeFi Exchange Jupiter Launches Rewards Checker Ahead of $575 Million Airdrop

  Jupiter, the Solana-based decentralized exchange aggregator, launched an airdrop checker allowing users of its products to view their eligibility ahead of the upcoming “Jupuary” airdrop.  Designed to “grow the pie” and bring more users into the Jupiter ecosystem, the Jupuary airdrop event will reward the community with 700 million JUP tokens, more than $575 million worth at current prices.  The 700 million JUP tokens are broken into three categories of recipients, led by “users,” a category defi...

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  What is LIBRA? The Solana Meme Coin That Sparked a Political Scandal

  Argentina’s foray into cryptocurrency took a dramatic turn when President Javier Milei tweeted in support of LIBRA, a Solana-based meme coin. Within hours, LIBRA crashed nearly 90%, sparking accusations of fraud and calls for Milei’s impeachment. Among the outside entities involved with the launch of LIBRA were Kelsier Ventures, headed by CEO Hayden Davis; KIP Protocol, led by CEO Julian Peh; and Solana-based platform Meteora, which had previously facilitated launches for both the Donald and Mel...

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  Pump.fun X Account Hacked to Promote Fraudulent PUMP Solana Meme Coin

  Popular Solana token launchpad Pump.fun had its X (formerly Twitter) account compromised early Wednesday and used to promote a handful of fake tokens, including a purported official token for the platform. The first post falsely promoted the “official governance” token of Pump.fun, using an image from the platform’s recent mobile app launch video alongside a Solana contract address for a fraudulent PUMP token.  Despite early calls that the account was compromised and the token was heavily bundle...

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  Co-Founder of Crypto Firm Behind Trump, Melania Tokens Resigns Amid Insider Trading Allegations

  Ben Chow, co-founder of Meteora—the Solana-based platform behind the controversial Trump and Melania token launches—has resigned following insider trading allegations that have surfaced after the collapse of LIBRA token, a crypto initially backed by Argentine President Javier Milei whose value plummeted over 90% within hours of its launch. Meow, the pseudonymous co-founder of both Meteora and Jupiter exchange, confirmed in a tweet on Monday that Ben’s resignation came following his lack of judgm...

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  Here's a Look at One Contributor’s Proposal to Overhaul Jito’s Tokenomics

  Solana transaction volume has surged over the past three years, and building out tooling for the network has opened a lucrative dilemma: what to do with rapidly accumulating treasury funds. For Jito Network, which processes over half of Solana's transaction fees and has amassed protocol revenues, the question has led some to think of ways to deploy available capital rather than hoarding it. Jito Foundation contributor Andrew Thurman published a comprehensive proposal Thursday, examining how the...

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  Jupiter Set to Drop $630 Million Worth of JUP in Solana Airdrop Claim

  JUP, the native token of the Solana-based decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter, has fallen by 3% in the last 24 hours to a current price of $0.90 as the platform prepares to open its latest airdrop claim.  The token has dropped 25% from its local high price of $1.20 as the token jumped over the weekend as decentralized exchange—or DEX—trading volumes exploded. Solana DEXs more than tripled their previous weekly marks according to DefiLlama, boosted by the launch of President Donald Trump’s...

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  Trump Meme Coin Creates Hurdles in the Trenches for Solana Traders

  Cashing in on President Donald Trump’s meme coin may not have been as easy as it sounds. Solana-based applications like the decentralized exchange Jupiter and digital wallet Phantom experienced degraded performance Sunday, with users reporting issues not long after First Lady Melania Trump’s own meme coin caused Official Trump’s (TRUMP) price to plummet. As markets mulled the first lady’s move, Phantom said on X that user activity had thrown off its platform’s stability. A few hours later, Phant...

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