Thursday links: Dashboards, money laundering and a golden age of ‘crypto’
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“What unites people? Armies? Gold? Flags? Stories. There’s nothing more powerful in the world than a good story.”
— Tyrion Lannister
Blockworks Research launchpad dashboard
Here’s an incredible chart from Blockworks Research:
Incredible because it illustrates just how fast fortunes can change in the low-moat business of crypto.
As measured by trading volumes, Pump.fun (in green) went from a nearly 100% share of the market for launchpad tokens on June 9 to under 10% now.
But the even more incredible part might be what happened in between: the Pump.fun ICO.
Has there ever been a similar case where the underlying…
