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BRC-2.0: Can Bitcoin’s Smart-Token Standard Recapture the Magic of the 2023 Inscription Boom?
The Upgrade That Went Live at Block 912,690 On 2 September 2025, at Bitcoin block height 912,690, the BRC20 stack received its biggest overhaul since launch. Dubbed BRC-2.0, the release—co-authored by original designer Domo and the Ordinals team Best in Slot—drops a fully functioning Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) inside the BRC20 indexer. The move turns Bitcoin into a Turing-complete settlement layer, promising DeFi, NFT markets, borrow-lend and synthetic-asset apps without leaving the BTC s...
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The battle between meme launchpads Pump.fun and Letsbonk.fun has raged for over a month. We’ve seen Pump.fun execute one of crypto’s largest ICOs, Letsbonk.fun aggressively capture market share, and new entrants attempt—and fail—to disrupt the duopoly.
Let’s start with the data from Jupiter:
![Jupiter Market Share Chart]
While Letsbonk.fun still leads in weekly market share, the two platforms are now diverging in strategy and community momentum.
After a disastrous live interview on July 24 that tanked $PUMP’s price by 20%, Pump.fun and founder @a1lon9 went silent for two weeks. Yet during this period, its ecosystem meme coins quietly thrived:
$TROLL: 9x surge, $100M+ market cap
$Tokabu: 5x, peaked at $35M
$USDUC, $CHILLHOUSE, $neet: 2-3x gains
These "officially endorsed" coins (highlighted in Pump.fun’s July 23 tweet) defied the bearish trend through consistent community engagement—aligning with Pump.fun’s vision of sustainable memes.
The Silent Counterattack
On August 5, Pump.fun broke its silence with:
A $PUMP buyback dashboard, revealing 8,740 SOL ($1.3M) spent—102% of platform fees—to support the token.
A new cover image doubling down on its "curated meme" narrative.
Notably, @a1lon9’s meme portfolio (mostly underwater post-interview) has fully recovered, with some positions up significantly.
The Road Ahead
With Binance/OKX avoiding Solana memes, Pump.fun must innovate—airdrops, live events, or deeper ecosystem plays—to reignite broader interest.
Despite holding 50%+ market share, Letsbonk.fun’s top tokens have slumped:
$USELESS: $400M → $200M
$Ani: $86M → $30M
$Bluechip: $17M → $1.5M
Yet its buybacks and ecosystem support continue. The real challenge? Restoring faith in memes as a whole—a battle both platforms share.
Once a social trading app, Bags pivoted to launchpads in May. Its "donation narrative" gained brief attention:
$CANCER: Donates fees to breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen ($35K+ sent).
$WINRAR: Redirects fees to WinRAR’s Twitter (eliciting a response).
But both tokens crashed post-hype, and Bags lacks a clear flagship meme.
Backed by 9GAG, Memeland, and MoonPay, Moonit’s new AI meme-to-token protocol auto-launches coins based on viral 9GAG content.
Problems remain:
Liquidity > Tech: Even with AI, meme coins need trader consensus.
Community gaps: If 9GAG’s audience doesn’t onboard, the model fails.
No breakout hits yet.
The "war" is really a collective test: Can meme launchpads rebuild trust after months of speculation fatigue?
With CEXs ignoring Solana memes, on-chain infrastructure and liquidity must step up. The lesson from inscriptions (tools improved, hype died) looms large.
For meme culture to survive, platforms must move beyond short-term pumps—or risk becoming relics themselves.
Peace, love, and memes. 🚀
The battle between meme launchpads Pump.fun and Letsbonk.fun has raged for over a month. We’ve seen Pump.fun execute one of crypto’s largest ICOs, Letsbonk.fun aggressively capture market share, and new entrants attempt—and fail—to disrupt the duopoly.
Let’s start with the data from Jupiter:
![Jupiter Market Share Chart]
While Letsbonk.fun still leads in weekly market share, the two platforms are now diverging in strategy and community momentum.
After a disastrous live interview on July 24 that tanked $PUMP’s price by 20%, Pump.fun and founder @a1lon9 went silent for two weeks. Yet during this period, its ecosystem meme coins quietly thrived:
$TROLL: 9x surge, $100M+ market cap
$Tokabu: 5x, peaked at $35M
$USDUC, $CHILLHOUSE, $neet: 2-3x gains
These "officially endorsed" coins (highlighted in Pump.fun’s July 23 tweet) defied the bearish trend through consistent community engagement—aligning with Pump.fun’s vision of sustainable memes.
The Silent Counterattack
On August 5, Pump.fun broke its silence with:
A $PUMP buyback dashboard, revealing 8,740 SOL ($1.3M) spent—102% of platform fees—to support the token.
A new cover image doubling down on its "curated meme" narrative.
Notably, @a1lon9’s meme portfolio (mostly underwater post-interview) has fully recovered, with some positions up significantly.
The Road Ahead
With Binance/OKX avoiding Solana memes, Pump.fun must innovate—airdrops, live events, or deeper ecosystem plays—to reignite broader interest.
Despite holding 50%+ market share, Letsbonk.fun’s top tokens have slumped:
$USELESS: $400M → $200M
$Ani: $86M → $30M
$Bluechip: $17M → $1.5M
Yet its buybacks and ecosystem support continue. The real challenge? Restoring faith in memes as a whole—a battle both platforms share.
Once a social trading app, Bags pivoted to launchpads in May. Its "donation narrative" gained brief attention:
$CANCER: Donates fees to breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen ($35K+ sent).
$WINRAR: Redirects fees to WinRAR’s Twitter (eliciting a response).
But both tokens crashed post-hype, and Bags lacks a clear flagship meme.
Backed by 9GAG, Memeland, and MoonPay, Moonit’s new AI meme-to-token protocol auto-launches coins based on viral 9GAG content.
Problems remain:
Liquidity > Tech: Even with AI, meme coins need trader consensus.
Community gaps: If 9GAG’s audience doesn’t onboard, the model fails.
No breakout hits yet.
The "war" is really a collective test: Can meme launchpads rebuild trust after months of speculation fatigue?
With CEXs ignoring Solana memes, on-chain infrastructure and liquidity must step up. The lesson from inscriptions (tools improved, hype died) looms large.
For meme culture to survive, platforms must move beyond short-term pumps—or risk becoming relics themselves.
Peace, love, and memes. 🚀
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