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Joerg Hiller
Oct 02, 2025 15:16

The memecoin trend is drawing significant profits, mainly for exchanges, launchpads, and trading bots, rather than for traders investing in viral tokens.

The memecoin phenomenon that has captivated cryptocurrency markets is generating massive profits—just not for the traders betting their money on viral tokens. A comprehensive new analysis reveals that while memecoins successfully attract millions of new users to blockchain platforms, the real winners are the exchanges, launchpads, and trading bots that facilitate this digital casino. Platforms Reap Billions While Traders Struggle The stark reality of memecoin trading has been laid bare in extensive market research showing that infrastructure providers are capturing the lion’s share of profits from what has become a $4.8 billion market. Solana’s Pump.fun, the dominant memecoin launchpad that launched in early 2024, now hosts tokens with a combined fully diluted market value of $4.8 billion. The scale of this ecosystem is staggering. Of the 32 million tokens currently on Solana, nearly 13 million have been launched through Pump.fun alone—representing a nearly 300% increase in under two years. Industry analysts describe this as the “industrialization of token creation,” fundamentally changing how digital assets enter the market. “What we’re seeing is a complete transformation of how speculative trading operates in crypto,” said Marcus Chen, a senior blockchain analyst at Digital Asset Research. “The platforms have essentially turned memecoin creation into a production line, with each new token generating fees regardless of whether traders profit.” The 100-Second Trading Frenzy Perhaps most revealing is how quickly the trading behavior has evolved. The median hold time for Solana memecoins has collapsed dramatically to approximately 100 seconds, down from nearly 300 seconds just one year ago. This represents a fundamental shift toward ultra-short-term speculation that resembles high-frequency trading…

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