Jupiter ($JUP) Pre-Airdrop Trading, Coinbase To Integrate Solana & More

Welcome back!

This is J264G and this week I’ve got these titbits for you:

• The Inevitable: Coinbase considers Solana integration. 

• $JUP Airdrop: Aevo lists JUP-PERP before the official airdrop.

• Crypto Transfers: Fluxbot Fast Pay for instant crypto transfers is live.

The tide seems to be turning — the vibes are back and bridge volumes are growing day by day. 

If you’d like to get up to speed or would like to onboard someone you know, make sure to bookmark and save the Solana Starter Pack. 

Stay focused and keep to the bull market roadmap ⬇️

Now, let’s dive right in!

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Spotlight

Conviction

Yesterday I got a notification from my internet service provider, reminding me to renew a domain: thesleuth.co 

It's official: I've been writing this newsletter for 12 months — starting in the depths of a bear market and when the price of SOL was at $13. 

I'll be real with you: It wasn't easy. 

But I had conviction. 

Not just in the technical fundamentals of Solana, but in newsletters as a platform as well.

Mobile audience reach of leading smartphone
apps in the United States

In the digital age, there’s an overwhelming amount of content vying for attention. 

This abundance can lead to information overload and make it challenging to differentiate noise from value. 

Moreover, most of what happens in crypto takes place on X. As we all know, however, Crypto X is fast-paced, information gets lost in the ether quickly — even when we try to bookmark as much as we can.

As such, discoverability remains a challenge in crypto.

My goal was and is to change just that. 

Consequently, I launched The Sleuth as a weekly curation of the most relevant developments in the Solana ecosystem and beyond — delivered to your inbox for convenience. 

When The Sleuth launched at the beginning of December 2022, no one was interested — the churn rate was high, the open rate was terrible. 

Today, approximately 3,000 subscribers receive The Sleuth — weekly. 

The readership encompasses blue chip builders from Ethereum, Solana, Monad, Sui, and Aptos. 

Additionally, I count myself lucky that The Sleuth has a large following among researchers, journalists, and media personalities from Messari, Nansen, Bankless, Coin Bureau, NFT Now/Now Media, rug(dot)fm, Bloomberg, FT, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, Blockworks, and Morning Brew — to name but a few.

Lastly, investors and KOLs from e.g. a16z, Coinbase, Gauntlet, Electric Capital, Collab+Currency, Robot Ventures, Maelstrom, Galaxy, Delphi Digital, Seven Seven Six, Variant, Placeholder, 6th Man Ventures, Asymmetric, and Global Macro Investor read The Sleuth to keep tabs on new developments within the Solana ecosystem.

I’m grateful for every single one of you — thank you so much for your unwavering support!

Here are the most read posts from the last 12 months: 

• Solana Starter Pack

• ERC-20 Tokens On Solana

• Solana vs. Ethereum: Validators & Staking

So, what's next? 

Until now, the lion share of the community was manually invited — which allowed for the creation of a curated and bespoke core readership to validate the vision.

The foundation has been laid. 

Up next: Significantly growing the subscriber base — onboarding even more crypto-natives and people from outside crypto in order to bring self custody to as many people as possible. 

Stoked!

By the way, The Sleuth probably has one of the most extensive Solana content catalogues in the industry — ranging from technical fundamentals to DeFi and NFTs. Here's how you can search through the archive both effectively and efficiently:

• Head over to Google and type in “site:thesleuth.co [keyword]”

• Choose a post you’d like to read and click through

• Next, hit "Command+F" or "Control+F" and key in the keyword

• Enjoy the read!

Number Of The Week

News Bites

The Inevitable: Coinbase aims to increase the speed and reduce the costs of transactions — which is why the exchange is considering integrating L1s such as Solana. 

$JUP Airdrop: Jupiter has unveiled its token allocation page. On Aevo, a derivatives exchange, price discovery for $JUP is already taking place via perpetual futures. Current standing (as of December 5, 2023): $0.20/JUP. 

Crypto Transfers: Fluxbot Fast Pay now enables instant crypto transfers via QR codes — eliminating the need to download additional apps. 

Airdrop Checkers: If you'd like to keep track of your airdrop eligibility, the Solana Airdrop Checker is your best option. If you'd like to check more than 100k+ addresses, however, check out this script.

Quantum Leap: SolanaFM has rolled out its newly revamped block explorer to the public. Highlighter features include transaction headers, RPC multiplexer, and advanced transaction filters.

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Weekly Take

Keks & Giggles

And that's a wrap!

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Talk soon!

J264G

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