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Is Pons dominating the Robinhood Chain launchpad race, or just getting tokens across the finish line faster? New research from Uprally covering from October 25th to November 1st, shows Pons pulling significantly ahead in token graduations. Across 24,885 launches on seven launchpads: • Pons: 9,314 launches, 75 graduations (0.81%) • Flap: 7,573 launches, just 2 graduations (0.026%) That's roughly 30x the graduation rate despite both platforms launching thousands of tokens. What's interesting is the participation behind those numbers. Around 87% of Pons launches recorded trading activity, compared with roughly 3% on Flap. The median Pons graduation took just 19 minutes. Pons is clearly attracting more early trading activity, but there's another side to this. Graduating a token doesn't necessarily mean it survives. Uprally found that approximately 23% of the sampled Pons launches showed bundled wallet activity, while 49% had a buyer enter within the first three seconds. That doesn't automatically mean those tokens are manipulated. But it does raise questions about how much of that early momentum comes from genuine interest versus copy trading, bundling and speculation. And while 69 of 73 graduates old enough to measure were still recording trades after 24 hours, a trade isn't the same as sustained liquidity or a healthy holder base. An earlier Bitquery study also found that the median graduated Pons token in its August to September sample had fallen roughly 85% from its first hour of open-market trading. Pons is winning the graduation race. Whether those graduations turn into lasting projects is a different competition entirely. As Robinhood Chain grows, the real metric worth watching may not be how many tokens graduate, but how many maintain organic volume, liquidity and active holders afterward. Is Pons building the strongest memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, or are bots and short-term speculation doing much of the heavy lifting?

What happens when a $6.3B exchange hack puts pressure on DeFi protocols that weren't even compromised? We're getting a real time look at how Solana's lending markets handle a major liquidity shock. Following the Binance breach, Jupiter Lend experienced a sharp $USDC liquidity crunch that temporarily restricted withdrawals. Jupiter confirmed it had no direct exposure to Binance and reported no losses. The issue was liquidity, not a protocol exploit. Onchain research from Bitquery identified a single $44M USDC withdrawal on October 29 that drained nearly all the available cash from Jupiter's lending pool. By October 30, Jupiter confirmed USDC withdrawals were available again. Early October 31 data showed roughly $29.4M immediately withdrawable against $441M supplied. Liquidity had recovered, although most deposits remained lent out. Meanwhile, @VelocityDEX took a different approach. In direct response to the Binance hack, Velocity temporarily paused new deposits and account creation to prevent stolen funds from entering its protocol. The team confirmed it had not been compromised. Withdrawals remained operational, with existing accounts and positions unaffected. Kamino also temporarily restricted SOL/BTC borrowing before restoring access following additional risk checks. The bigger picture? The Binance breach is exposing how closely connected crypto's liquidity markets have become, even when protocols have no direct exposure to the affected exchange. We're seeing the difference between preventing stolen funds from entering a protocol and managing liquidity when depositors rush for the exits. Can DeFi build enough resilience to absorb shocks like this without restricting access to capital?