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LIBRA Apparent Rug Pull Is Latest 'Sordid Episode' Emerging From Solana's Memecoin Complex: Galaxy

LIBRA Apparent Rug Pull Is Latest 'Sordid Episode' Emerging From Solana's Memecoin Complex: Galaxy

CointimeCointime2025/02/18 13:18
By:Cointime

From coindesk By Will Canny| Edited by Sheldon Reback

What to know:

  • Fallout from the LIBRA token has hurt the Solana memecoin ecosystem, the report said.
  • Galaxy said the memecoin narrative began to sour following the introduction of the TRUMP token in January.
  • SOL has slumped against both the U.S. dollar and ether following the launch of LIBRA, Galaxy noted.

The apparent  LIBRA token rug pull  is the the latest incident to negatively affect the Solana memecoin ecosystem, Galaxy Research said in a report on Monday.

The narrative had already began to sour following the  TRUMP token's introduction  in January and the ensuing "liquidity suck" that it caused. LIBRA could lead to more damage to the memecoin complex, the report said.

This could reduce the need for investors to hold Solana's sol ( SOL ), Galaxy said, noting that sol's rise has been driven mainly by demand for SOL-denominated assets such as  memecoins .

Galaxy noted that the cryptocurrency has plummeted in U.S. dollar terms and versus rival ether ( ETH ), since the launch of LIBRA. Solana was trading 8.6% lower over 24 hours at $168.73 at publication time.

Argentina's President Javier Milei has faced impeachment threats after promoting LIBRA, which supposedly helps small businesses. The token surged to a market cap of around $4.5 billion before crashing 90%.

This is the "latest sordid episode" to emerge from Solana's memecoin complex, which is "down significantly since topping in January on the launch of TRUMP and its brief rise to $75b fully diluted valuation (FDV)," wrote Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy.

Kelsier CEO Hayden Davis, who launched the LIBRA memecoin, said he was also responsible for issuing the MELANIA token, and that his team sniped both cryptos as soon as the contract addresses went live.

The token was "not a  rug pull ," Davis insisted in an  interview with crypto scam hunter Coffeezilla . "It's just a plan gone miserably wrong with $100 million sitting in an account that I'm the custodian of."

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