Standard Chartered Bullish on Bitcoin; SOL Crosses $200 Amid Meme Coin Frenzy
Standard Chartered Bullish on Bitcoin; SOL Crosses $200 Amid Meme Coin Frenzy
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as Standard Chartered raised its year-end forecast for bitcoin's...
Standard Chartered Bullish on Bitcoin; SOL Crosses $200 Amid Meme Coin Frenzy

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Lure of Quick Money Sees $100M Flow to Solana Meme Coin 'Presales'
The trend was fueled by the success of Book of Meme (BOME), which turned a few hundred dollars into hundreds of thousands in paper gains for early investors.
image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Solana's offices in NYC (Danny Nelson)
SOL Crosses $200 as Meme Coin Frenzy Bumps Demand for Solana Network
Scores of newly issued tokens boast trading volumes of tens of millions, showcasing network usage and demand for blockspace.
Solana's offices in NYC (Danny Nelson)

Social media icons juxtaposed on a keyboard. (Anna/Pixabay)
SOL, BOME Trend on Social Media as Ether, Bitcoin Lag
Increased crowd chatter may be a sign of an impending retail investor frenzy.
Social media icons juxtaposed on a keyboard. (Anna/Pixabay)

Bitcoin price on March 14 (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Slumps 4%, Falling Below $70K; Solana Outperforms
Bitcoin could enter a period of consolidation before its next leg in the rally, observers noted earlier.
Bitcoin price on March 14 (CoinDesk)

(Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)
Solana-Based Crypto Exchange Drift Plans Pre-Launch Market for New Tokens
A pre-launch market may help create better price discovery, Drift co-founder Cindy Leow said.
(Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)

Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)
Solana NFT Marketplace Tensor to Issue TNSR Governance Token
The on-chain venue for NFT swaps stayed mum about an airdrop.
Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)

Solana banner in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana DeFi's KMNO Airdrop Sparked Outrage. Kamino Responded With Changes
The Solana DeFi protocol will give extra KMNO to its "longest" users.
Solana banner in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Partial eclipse over a bridge.
Blockchain Builder Eclipse Labs Raises $50M Ahead of Layer-2’s Mainnet Debut
The project mixes tech from Ethereum, Solana and other blockchains.
Partial eclipse over a bridge.

16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)
Unibot Tanks 33% After Ending Collaboration With Solana Group
From trading at a high of $77 at the start of the European morning on Monday, UNIBOT sank 40% to around $45.51 before rebounding slightly
16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)