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Omnichain Launchpad Printr Shuts Down, Cancels Token Launch And Airdrop

Printr said it will cease all operations by Aug. 31 and will not hold the token generation event or airdrop it had promised. The launchpad raised $4.5 million last October and collected 84% of its lifetime fees in a single month.

Ansem Launches Site Where Teams Buy His Attention With Airdrops

Projects launching on ansem.io hand at least 3% of supply to holders of his memecoin and burn $ANSEM to rank higher. Every coin created there is a pump.fun token.

Pump.fun's Share Of Launchpad Fees Fell To 27% In July. Four Weeks Later It's Back Above Half

Two launchpads on Robinhood Chain cut pump.fun's share of launchpad fees from 80% to 27% in two weeks. Pump.fun's fees are up 30% over 30 days anyway, because the category grew 77% around it. Memecoin prices did not participate.

Marinade Says 28.83% of Solana Stake Went Delinquent, Nearing Finality Halt

Teraswitch confirmed a 12-site routing failure; Marinade said 94% of the 118.89 million SOL on its autonomous system went dark.

Solana Community Argues Over Whether Its Foundation Should Pick Winners

Flash.Trade's founder said Foundation backing for a rival contributed to his decision to wind the perps exchange down. Foundation president Lily Liu says the market decides who wins.

Solana Launches Onchain Governance With Stake-Weighted Voting for Validators

Solana Foundation says onchain governance is now live, letting validators with at least 100,000 SOL delegated open proposals that go to a stake-weighted vote once they clear 15% cluster support.