A SURGE OF SCAMS IN THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY. Since April 1, 372,642 new tokens have appeared on the Ethereum network, of which 88% are launched on the Base L2 solution. This activity is likely due to cheap transactions and the hype around meme tokens. According to the analytical platform Step Finance, since the beginning of April, 643,227 new tokens have been created on Solana. According to another dashboard, Dune, which tracks assets on the pump.fun platform based on Solana, out of the total number of new coins, 466,914 were meme tokens.
Experts see the sharp increase in the number of meme coins as a 'pure negative' that leads to the spread of scams. 'These are real money that could have gone to larger 'legitimate' projects. Instead, they are now in the hands of scammers who will cash them into fiat,' wrote Talented Gamblers. In March, CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju expressed concern about the boom in the meme token segment. According to the expert, such projects simply harm the market. #блокчейн crypto #финансы investment #economics
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A SURGE OF SCAMS IN THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY. Since April 1, 372,642 new tokens have appeared on the Ethereum network, of which 88% are launched on the Base L2 solution. This activity is likely due to cheap transactions and the hype around meme tokens. According to the analytical platform Step Finance, since the beginning of April, 643,227 new tokens have been created on Solana. According to another dashboard, Dune, which tracks assets on the pump.fun platform based on Solana, out of the total number of new coins, 466,914 were meme tokens.
Experts see the sharp increase in the number of meme coins as a 'pure negative' that leads to the spread of scams. 'These are real money that could have gone to larger 'legitimate' projects. Instead, they are now in the hands of scammers who will cash them into fiat,' wrote Talented Gamblers. In March, CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju expressed concern about the boom in the meme token segment. According to the expert, such projects simply harm the market.
#блокчейн crypto #финансы investment #economics