{"id":25699,"date":"2025-07-30T19:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/zora-on-base-surpasses-pump-fun-and-letsbonk-in-meme-coin-issuance\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:46:55","slug":"zora-on-base-surpasses-pump-fun-and-letsbonk-in-meme-coin-issuance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/zora-on-base-surpasses-pump-fun-and-letsbonk-in-meme-coin-issuance\/","title":{"rendered":"Zora on Base Surpasses Pump.fun and LetsBonk in Meme Coin Issuance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The launchpad Zora, operating on the L2 solution Base, has surpassed former segment leaders Pump.fun and LetsBonk in the number of meme tokens issued.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the first time since early 2023 that a chain has had more tokens launched on it than Solana <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J333ac1cGj\">https:\/\/t.co\/J333ac1cGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor (@jconorgrogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jconorgrogan\/status\/1950292937390350537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFor the first time since early 2023, more tokens have been issued on this network than on Solana,\u201d wrote Coinbase director Conor Grogan on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month, Zora was issuing approximately 6,500 tokens daily. However, on July 28, the figure exceeded 50,000. For comparison, during the same period, LetsBonk generated 22,554 coins, and Pump.fun 4,173. The new \u201cmeme coin factory\u201d accounted for 67.7% of all launches in the Base and Solana networks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tokens_created.webp\" alt=\"Tokens_created\" class=\"wp-image-262952\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dynamics of the number of tokens issued on launchpads in the Base and Solana networks. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/sealaunch\/zora-coins-analysis#tokens-created-in-launchpads-benchmark\">Dune<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Activity on the platform noticeably increased shortly after the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/coinbase-introduces-base-app-a-super-app-with-social-networking-and-payments\">Coinbase&#8217;s \u201csuper app\u201d<\/a>. The largest American crypto exchange fully supports the protocol and ecosystem of the Ethereum-based second-layer solution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What&#8217;s crazy is that these AREN&#8217;T just bots launches tokens.<\/p>\n<p>These are USERS creating CONTENT. And instead of that content going viral AND THEN being tokenized and traded\u2026.they will happen at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>And it won&#8217;t be the bot who launched the token that earns, it will be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7cSvDuTExi\">https:\/\/t.co\/7cSvDuTExi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johnny_TVL (@john_tv_locke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/john_tv_locke\/status\/1950308556948873304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s crazy, but these AREN&#8217;T just bots launching tokens. These are USERS creating CONTENT,\u201d wrote Base&#8217;s DeFi head under the nickname Johnny_TVL.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bot Overload<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/adam_tehc\/pump-fun-alpha-wallets\">dashboard<\/a> data analyst Adam, of the 50 most profitable wallets on Pump.fun, only one belongs to a human \u2014 trader Cupsey.<\/p>\n<p>The specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/332573\/base-overtakes-solana-in-daily-tokens-created-as-pump-fun-continues-to-shrink\">explained<\/a> that bots massively create tokens, buy up the supply immediately after launch, and then conduct a rug pull within minutes. Earlier this year, one such trader <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/303439\/crypto-trader-840k-17000-meme-coins-three-months\">earned $840,000<\/a> in three months by issuing 17,000 \u201cfunny coins.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zora vs Pump.fun<\/h2>\n<p>Zora significantly differs from the former segment leader Pump.fun. The platform not only issues tokens but also turns each social media post into a token based on Base. Users trade these posts, effectively betting on their viral potential \u2014 in this context, it resembles other \u201cfactories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While bot activity on Zora is possible, supporters believe the platform encourages the spread of \u201cauthentic content.\u201d One of the most successful projects is the <a href=\"https:\/\/zora.co\/@visualizevalue\">Visualize Value<\/a> series by artist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jackbutcher\">Jack Butcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Value-1.webp\" alt=\"Value\" class=\"wp-image-262953\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Zora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAt least Jack is always trying something new,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/confugen\/status\/1950506480836157451\">wrote<\/a> a user under the nickname confugen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-co-founder-labels-memecoins-and-nfts-as-digital-slop\">called<\/a> meme coins and NFTs \u201cdigital junk,\u201d disputing with Base creator Jesse Pollak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launchpad Zora, operating on the L2 solution Base, has surpassed former segment leaders Pump.fun and LetsBonk in the number of meme tokens issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1161,1604],"class_list":["post-25699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-memes","tag-zora"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"147","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}