🔥 Should You Join the Pump.fun ICO? Pros & Cons Breakdown

Let’s be real — opinions are split. Here's a quick run-through of both sides:

❌ Why You Might Want to Skip:
• Exit-First Mentality: Pump.fun has been mostly market-selling their SOL profits, draining liquidity instead of building long-term value.
• Bonk > Pump: Bonk’s platform is pulling 2x more revenue and 2x more market share, and they're actually using fees for buybacks — unlike Pump.
• Greedy Strategy: They could’ve gone for a fair launch like Hyperliquid (use fees to pump the token), but chose to maximize retail extraction instead.
• Bottom Line: They’ve already dumped over $700M+ in fees into the market — and now want more from retail via the ICO.

✅ Why You Might Still Ape In:
• PUMP = Ecosystem Glue: If $PUMP dies, so does the memecoin game. Whether you're in Launchcoin or Bonk, you want Pump to moon.
• It’s a Real Business: They identified a pain point, built a unique product, and scaled fast. That’s what winning looks like.
“They dumped $750M in SOL!”
• That’s called treasury management. They cashed out to stable value so they can pay staff, servers — and maybe pizza.

“Why raise more if they’re rich?”
Every major startup (Amazon, OpenAI…) raises capital to accelerate. More $$ = faster growth = more users = more value.

👉 So… which camp are you in?

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🇺🇸 Trump’s Truth Social Plans to Launch a Utility Shitcoin

Truth Social — Trump’s media platform — is reportedly cooking up its very own utility token, to be farmed through user activity and subscriptions to their upcoming streaming service, Truth+.

💳 The token will supposedly let you:

• Pay for Truth+
• Possibly buy other “premium” products from the ecosystem

👉 No mention of real-world utility (shocker), but sounds like another reward token with questionable value.

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🏆 Backpack Launches Achievements – Trade, Earn & Flex

✨ Backpack just dropped a new feature — Achievements, designed to make trading more fun, competitive, and rewarding.

You can unlock badges for things like:

▪️ Trading newly listed pairs first
▪️ Hitting volume milestones
▪️ Referring new users
▪️ Being the first to get liquidated on new pairs (yes, really)
▪️ Keeping daily trading streaks
▪️ And much more

⭐️ There are currently 48 active achievements, with more dropping weekly.

Some past events even got retroactive badges — so go check your Achievements tab to see what you’ve earned.

🔎 Bonus: If you took part in the Fragmetric trading campaign, your $FRAG rewards should already be in your wallet.

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🪙 Massive Inflow: Bitcoin Spot ETFs See 2nd-Highest Daily Spike Ever

Yesterday, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded over $1.1 billion in net inflows — marking the second-largest daily inflow in history.

📈 The biggest winner? BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, which claimed the lion’s share of the capital.

The appetite for institutional BTC exposure is very real.

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🍪 Farming Datagram — a DePIN Project

🔍 Datagram is a real-time DePIN infrastructure project aiming to scale cutting-edge technologies. They’ve raised $4M from top players like Blizzard Fund, Avalanche, Animoca Brands, and more.

The protocol will feature two tokens: $DATA and $DGRAM, with a confirmed 50% allocation for node operators — making it a smart move to spin up a node early.

How to farm points now:
1️⃣ Head to the Datagram website
2️⃣ Sign up
3️⃣ Download the desktop app
4️⃣ Log in and start farming points

👉 Deadline: TBA — early birds are likely to be rewarded.

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🕹️ Farming Ronin Profiles = Future Airdrop Potential

Ronin is an EVM-based chain focused on Web3 gaming infrastructure, backed by $150M in funding from Binance, a16z, Paradigm, and more.

🗓️ On July 10, Ronin launched the "Ronin Profiles" campaign, where you earn points (and possibly rewards) for building and upgrading your profile.

What to do:
1️⃣ Create an account on the official site
2️⃣ Set up and personalize your Ronin Profile
3️⃣ Check in daily to earn points

👉 More quests and activities are coming soon — upgrading your profile now is a smart move to stay early in the Ronin gaming ecosystem.

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🇬🇧 Standard Chartered Launches Spot Trading for BTC and ETH in the UK

The banking giant Standard Chartered has officially launched spot trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum through its UK-based crypto unit.

🔎 This move makes it one of the first major global banks to directly offer spot crypto trading services.

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⭐️ Nice Bonus from Backpack!

💰 A rank-based airdrop just landed — between 20 and 1000 $ES tokens distributed! Check if you got it HERE.

Those who were actively trading received this extra bonus on top of their regular points.

👉 Not life-changing, but definitely a nice reward for staying active!

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🚨 BigONE Exchange Hacked — $27M Drained from Hot Wallets

🧾 Seychelles-registered crypto exchange BigONE has reported a security breach that led to a loss of $27 million from its hot wallets during the night of July 16.

Breakdown of losses:
- 120 BTC
- 350 ETH
- 1,800 SOL
- 8.54M USDT
- funds in 8 more tokens, including DOGE, SHIB, and CELR

🔍 The cause:
Hackers injected malicious code into the exchange’s backend infrastructure, enabling them to alter withdrawal logic. Fortunately, private keys were not compromised.

All losses will be fully covered from the exchange’s reserves, as BigONE says.

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🚀 Coinbase Launches Base App — the Crypto Super App

Coinbase just introduced Base App, a revamped version of its wallet that combines social, payments, trading, and dApps into one unified experience.

Here’s what’s inside:

🔹 Post as NFTs via Zora
🔹 Social layer powered by Farcaster
🔹 USDC payments, starting with Shopify
🔹 Universal onchain account across apps

👉 Built on Base (L2 on Ethereum), the app is now in beta — available to users on the waitlist.

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🔧 Farming $STRAND from Blockstranding — Solana OMRPG

⚡️ Blockstranding is an onchain MMO built on Solana with MagicBlock. While investment details are still under wraps, the project ranked 4th in a Solana community vote — definitely one to watch.

How to farm $STRAND:
• Visit the site and connect your Solana wallet
• Link your X
• Post daily with #blockstranding
• Keep an eye on the leaderboard
• There's a referral system — feel free to farm it smart

🕐 Deadline: TBA — get in early and stay active.

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🔸 Binance Leads Liquidations This Morning

This morning, Binance topped the charts in short liquidations — with one trader getting rekt for $22,490,000 in a single position.

🪒 Markets still got teeth. Stay sharp.

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🚀 New DEX on Hyperliquid with Airdrop Potential

Project X is a freshly launched DEX on HyperEVM focused on swaps and liquidity. The team positions it as “Uniswap 2.0” — but faster, more scalable, and frictionless.

📈 The platform is live, activities are running, and points are farming — with strong airdrop potential down the line.

Here’s what to do:
• Head to the site and connect your wallet
• Do a swap under the Swap tab
• Add liquidity under Liquidity
• Claim rewards in Portfolio (refreshes every 24h)

⚡️The project is gaining traction fast — don’t wait too long to start farming.

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💳 Mastercard Backs Stablecoins After GENIUS Act — But Without Decentralization

Right after the U.S. passed the GENIUS Act, Mastercard came out in support of stablecoins. But let’s be clear — they’re not here for the decentralized dream.

Mastercard wants to integrate stablecoins into the existing banking model: middlemen, fees, regulations — the whole TradFi package. The company positions itself as the trusted gatekeeper needed for mass adoption.

👉 Stablecoins may be going mainstream, but decentralization? Not on their watch.

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🚀 Join the Private Testnet of Citrea — zk-Rollup for Bitcoin

Citrea is a zk-rollup built on Bitcoin, enabling dApps without changing the Bitcoin base layer. It supports zkEVM, STARK proofs, and a two-way BTC bridge via cBTC.

💸 $16.7M raised from Galaxy, Delphi, Balaji Srinivasan, Mirana Ventures, Maven 11, and more.

How to Get In?
🔹 Watch for invite drops on Twitter and Discord
🔹 Write a detailed post/thread about Citrea, tag @ citrea_xyz — they might DM you a code

Got the Code? Here’s What to Do:
1. Head to the testnet page
2. Connect your wallet
3. Explore and test the features

✨ This is not just a formality — testers will likely be rewarded, and early access = early advantage.

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⚡️ Alpha Olympics — Altcoin of the Month

Alpha Olympics = one weekly bracket-post, three fresh contenders, you vote, we track the champ across 2025.

1️⃣ Sahara AI ($SAHARA) — “Day-One AI Rocket”

Launch: Listed 26 Jun 2025 on Binance, Gate, Upbit.
Why care: Raised $51.5 M, AI-data marketplace, 64 % of supply for community + airdrops. First-hour candle printed +368 %. Miss it now, chase later.

2️⃣ Ether.fi ($ETHFI) — “Restake & Chill”

Launch: Hit Coinbase 6 Feb 2025; $32 M VC, liquid-restaking narrative.
Why care: Real yield from eETH + EigenLayer, cross-chain bridge to Avalanche live. CeFi listing + DeFi flywheel = liquidity magnet.

3️⃣ Taiko ($TAIKO) — “ZK-Rollup Goes Live”

Launch: First exchange listing 31 May 2025 via Gate Alpha; mainnet already pushing 20× tx-speed upgrade.

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$HATIES on BONK

A famous artist launched project in the style of trenchers, on the site you can choose your own character and share it on X

https://hatiesworld.com/

CA: HiXEDzPvyJ5bf3T1H57sFuJ7UYuba7dVFcMBqpeFbonk

Trade with low commission on the most innovative DeFi trading platform Axiom HERE

Get 10% off your trade 🤑

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🔥 Biggest CryptoPunks Sweep Since 2021?

📦 In just 5 hours, 76 CryptoPunks were purchased for a total of $13.5 million — potentially the largest sweep since 2022, maybe even 2021.

At the same time, over 35 Chromie Squiggles were also scooped.

🧠 Total NFT market cap has crossed $6 billion, hitting its highest point since February 2024.

Bullish? Or exit liquidity? You decide.

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🌝 SpaceX Moves 1,308 BTC for the First Time in 3 Years

After three years of dormancy, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just transferred 1,308 BTC (~$84M) to an unknown wallet.

👉 Is it internal reallocation, OTC prep, or something bigger?

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✨ Join the Gem Event with $STX Rewards on Zealy

Stacks is a Bitcoin L2 that enables smart contracts and DeFi apps on the Bitcoin network. Backed by $95M in fundingfrom Pantera, Spartan Group, Union Square Ventures, HashKey, and more.

🕐 They’ve just launched a Zealy campaign with a $50,000 STX reward pool, distributed in several waves.

How to join:
1️⃣ Go to Zealy and connect your wallet + socials
2️⃣ Complete the "Welcome to Stacks!" quests to unlock more
3️⃣ Keep grinding the quests that open up

💬 The first wave is over, and 10,000 STX are up for grabs in the current second wave. Yes, we’re starting a bit late, but don’t sleep on this — even if you’re not in the top 100, you can still win 50 / 100 / 150 STX randomly by completing all quests in TIER 1–3.

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