Memecoin

An unknown trader made $8.9 million in profit in less than one hour by trading the Shroom memecoin during the same block where developers added liquidity, on-chain data <a href="https://solscan.io/account/AupTbxArPau5H97izWurgska1hEvFNrYM1U8Yy9ijrWU#splTransfers" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">shows</a>.
<h2 id="trader-makes-8-9-million-profit-on-shroom-memecoin">Trader makes $8.9 million profit on Shroom memecoin</h2>
The wallet spent 6,000 SOL (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/solana-price-index">SOL</a>) tokens, worth $1.04 million, on Shroom coins in the same block where the token contract deployer added new liquidity. After an hour, the trader sold for 57,112 SOL, worth $9.93 million, according to a March 20 X post by on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain.
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The Shroom token was launched on Raydium on March 20 as a mushroom-themed memecoin with no underlying utility or intrinsic value. The token’s price has fallen over 70% since launch, and it currently <a href="https://www.geckoterminal.com/solana/pools/9qJpZcMnGD6NqrKC2usxQ3wie5gRwXxaexWUHx6w8vym" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">sits</a> at a market cap of $11.88 million, according to GeckoTerminal.
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 SHROOM/SOL, all-time chart. Source: GeckoTerminal
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The peculiar timing of the profitable trade led to allegations of insider trading among the crypto community. In response to Lookonchain’s post, X user Blockchain Maxi <a href="https://twitter.com/Block_Maxi/status/1770354698861564371" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">wrote</a>:
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 “It’s called Insider Trading. You can never win with new memes, don’t even try.”
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“That’s dev himself,” <a href="https://twitter.com/bull_bnb/status/1770331389805604969" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">wrote</a> pseudonymous trader Bull.Bnb in response to the same post.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/unnamed-pre-sale-amasses-33-million-sol">Unnamed presale address amasses $33M SOL in an hour</a>
The Solana-based memecoin started generating interest after Trippy Labs <a href="https://twitter.com/TrippyLabs/status/1770210932427284627" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">announced</a> a surprise Shroom airdrop in a March 20 X post that amassed over 268,000 views in 12 hours.
<h2 id="memecoin-frenzy-continues">Memecoin frenzy continues</h2>
Memecoins continue <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-memecoin-presales-hit-peak-degeneracy-over-one-hundred-million">attracting retail interest</a>. Recently launched meme token Book Of Meme (BOME) is up over 1,100% on the weekly chart and is the 130th-largest token, with a market capitalization of $617 million, according to CoinMarketCap <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/book-of-meme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">data</a>.
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The Book of Meme token is part of a series of new memecoins that raised money for unreleased coins by way of a controversial presale model. Presales for these <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-memecoin-presales-hit-peak-degeneracy-over-one-hundred-million">Solana-based memecoins raised over $100</a> million worth of SOL in the three days leading up to March 18.
This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.

Memecoin trader nets $8.9M profit in an hour, raising ‘insider’ allegations

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