Developers behind Solana-based memecoin project Bonk Inu (BONK) burned over 5 trillion tokens, or 5% of the total supply, earlier on Friday, blockchain data shows. The move claimed to have effectively burned all tokens earmarked for developers of the project.
Solana community members considered the burn a step towards the legitimacy of the Bonk Inu project – one that calls itself a token “for the people, by the people” by actively avoiding insider token sales and predatory behavior.
In the past 24 hours, centralized exchanges and decentralized applications alike introduced bonk-based trading events and NFT mints, adding to the utility of the memecoin for traders and holders.
Data shows over three million BONK transactions were conducted over the past three days, suggesting active participation from holders. Unique BONK holding wallets have grown to over 86,000 as of Friday from under 25,000 at the start of this week.
However, large token sales have impeded bonk’s price rise, which is now over 2,000% in the past week. The tokens are down over 40% in the past 24 hours as early investors took profit and crypto exchanges, such as Bybit, introduced bonk futures, allowing traders to bet against the token.
The quick rise of Bonk Inu, fashioned around the popular shiba inu dog breed which has spurred popular projects such as Shiba Inu and Dogecoin, can be attributed to several factors.
Last week, Bonk developers airdropped 50% of its entire token supply to several Solana-based NFT collections and creators, resulting in near-instant hype and a market for the project.
Holders of a total of 297,000 individual Solana-based NFTs were said to receive the airdrop. Airdrops refer to an unsolicited distribution of a cryptocurrency token or coin, usually for free, to numerous wallet addresses and are generally used as a tactic to gain users.
The project actively called out the “toxic tokenomics” of embattled funds like Alameda Research – which was widely criticized for distributing a small part of the token supply to retail traders while keeping a majority for private investors and project developers.
Several Solana projects have already integrated bonk tokens for use as payments for listed NFTs, while some introduced “burn” mechanisms for NFT-based events. Token burning means removing coins from the overall supply of a cryptocurrency.
As such, liquidity pools on Solana-based decentralized exchanges (DEXs) such as Orca have attracted over $20 million in volume for trading pairs involving BONK – cumulatively netting thousands of dollars in fees for liquidity providers.
Liquidity providers are investors who stake their cryptocurrency tokens on DEXs to earn transaction fees, usually in the form of token rewards.
Data from Orca shows the BONK/SOL pair has conducted over $14 million in trading volume, while the BONK/USD coin pair saw over $6.2 million. Both pools are paying out nearly 1% hourly to liquidity providers, or over 24% each day.
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Meme coins, which are popular cryptocurrencies often inspired by internet jokes, have seen their fair share of volatility over the years. BONK, which is a Solana-based, dog-themed token, was up 3,174.2% this week as of Thursday, according to CoinGecko data, and rose 29.6% in the past 24 hours. The BONK token was airdropped to Solana (SOLUSD) nonfungible token holders, and it quickly led to hype around the token.
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