Deep Dive
1. Strategic Reserve Expansion (29 October 2025)
Overview:
Graphite Protocol announced accumulating 3.79% of GP’s total supply (~5.95% of circulating supply) through a $400,000 hourly DCA strategy. This follows earlier buybacks, including a $15,000 USDC purchase at $0.41/GP on 30 October, to strengthen its strategic reserve.
What this means:
This is bullish for GP as buybacks reduce circulating supply and signal long-term confidence. However, sustainability depends on continued revenue from platforms like @bonk_fun, which holds 80%+ meme coin market share. (Graphite Protocol)
2. Price Volatility (11 August 2025)
Overview:
GP dropped 48.6% to $1.60 in a week, underperforming rivals like Pump.fun ($PUMP +32.3%) due to thin liquidity and competition in Solana’s meme coin sector. The decline coincided with Bitcoin’s dominance rising to 58.55%.
What this means:
Bearish short-term pressure reflects GP’s sensitivity to market-wide risk-off sentiment. Metrics like RSI (70.9 for AERO) and MACD signaled overbought conditions for peers, but GP lacked technical support. (AMBCrypto)
3. Website Overhaul (16 August 2025)
Overview:
Graphite launched a redesigned website with real-time treasury tracking ($16.8M cash reserves), revised tokenomics (proposed 10% supply relock), and wallet transparency to counter FUD.
What this means:
Neutral-to-bullish: Transparency may rebuild trust post-FUD, but the unexecuted relock proposal risks dilution if rejected. Revenue remains tied to @bonk_fun’s volatile launchpad activity. (Graphite Protocol)
Conclusion
GP balances strategic buybacks and transparency efforts against meme coin market turbulence. While its $16.8M treasury and @bonk_fun’s dominance offer foundational strength, reliance on speculative trading and unresolved tokenomics questions linger. Will GP’s DCA strategy outpace sell pressure from altcoin rotation?