The crypto market has started the week well, with Bitcoin and many altcoins beating the American stock market. Bitcoin price has held steady above $88,000, while the valuation of all cryptocurrencies has jumped to $2.75 trillion. This article provides the forecast of top altcoins like Reserve Rights (RSR), IOTA (IOTA), Pendle, and Solana (SOL).
Raydium's LaunchLab enabled the creation of 3,760 new tokens in its first week, but with only a 1.12% graduation rate, Pump.fun still leads Solana's token launches, commanding over 60% of daily creations. The post Raydium's LaunchLab With 3.7K New Tokens Since Launch, But PumpFun Still Dominates Solana appeared first on Cryptonews.
RAY's rally pauses at resistance as technicals and liquidations hint at possible reversal.
The 2025 market hasn't been kind to most cryptocurrencies, as some of the biggest digital assets have suffered significant year-to-date (YTD) losses or, at best, traded mostly sideways.
Solana (SOL) and Raydium (RAY) have jumped in the past 24 hours after the decentralized exchange launched a new tool called LaunchLab that competes directly with its former partner, Pump.fun.In late March, Pump.fun launched an automated market maker (AMM) and broke up with Raydium after collaborating for many months. Introducing LaunchLab, Raydium's all-in-one token launchpad.
The crypto ecosystem on Solana is experiencing an unprecedented rivalry. Raydium, a giant in decentralized exchanges, unveils LaunchLab, a token creation platform designed to counter the meteoric rise of Pump.fun.
The breakout beyond $2 was accompanied by steady buying pressure, and RAY bulls could drive prices toward $2.8 next.
Story Highlights The live price of the Raydium crypto is . RAY price could reach a high of $5.13 in 2025. Raydium coin price may reach a high of $39.00 by 2030. Built on the Solana chain for the Serum DEX, Raydium is an AMM and a liquidity provider.
Raydium launched LaunchLab to reclaim dominance in the Solana ecosystem after Pump.fun's exit.
Raydium, a Solana-based DeFi platform, has launched its own memecoin launchpad after Pump.fun severed ties with the automated market maker last month.
Raydium launches LaunchLab token creation platform to compete with Pump.fun, causing RAY price to jump 8-14% to $2.50 amid growing competition on Solana.
This platform aims to be a user-friendly, all-in-one token launchpad built for creators, traders, and developers. With LaunchLab, users can create and launch tokens directly on-chain.
Raydium has introduced LaunchLab, a new platform for launching tokens, marking a clear shift in its relationship with Pump.fun.
The firm behind the Solana-based automated market maker (AMM) Raydium has launched its memecoin-making protocol, LaunchLab, which looks to compete with Pump.fun.The arrival of LaunchLab on April 16 comes a month after Pump.fun, previously a key contributor to Raydium's revenue, severed ties with the firm by moving its token migration from Raydium's liquidity pools to its own new decentralized exchange, PumpSwap. LaunchLab will leverage Raydium's liquidity pools and aim to dethrone Pump.fun as the leading Solana memecoin launchpad.
Raydium, Solana's top DEX by volume, has launched LaunchLab, a customizable token creation platform directly challenging Pump.fun and aiming to streamline on-chain token launches and trading across the Solana ecosystem. The post Raydium Fires Back with LaunchLab as $2.5B DEX War with Pump.fun Explodes on Solana appeared first on Cryptonews.
Raydium, Solana's largest DEX and AMM, has officially launched Launchlab, a token launchpad with a similar design and functionality as Pump.fun, one of Solana's most popular meme coin launch platforms. Some hours ago today, April 16, 2025, Raydium took to X, formerly Twitter, to announce Launchlab.
LaunchLab by Raydium is now live, offering a more robust Solana token launchpad following a break with former ally Pump.fun.
Solana's leading decentralized exchange, Raydium, has officially released LaunchLab, an “all-in-one token Launchpad” for developers, creators, and the entire Web3 community. The move represents the latest escalation of the battle between Solana products Raydium and Pump.fun, which used to work together. Raydium hinted at LaunchLab in mid-March and promised unique features that will rival Pump.fun.
Raydium is releasing LaunchLab, a new token launchpad to compete with Pump.fun. The exchange announced this platform last month, and its full release has sparked community enthusiasm.
TL;DR Raydium launched LaunchLab to compete with Pump.fun, allowing token creation with immediate liquidity access and external fee configuration. 25% of the fees generated by LaunchLab are used to buy back RAY, boosting its price by 8% and pushing its market cap above $680 million. Pump.
Solana's top DEX Raydium has reponsed to Pump.fun's AMM launch by fielding a token creation terminal dubbed "LaunchLab."
Most altcoins jumped on Thursday as the recent fear among market participants ended after the Liberation Day tariff's pause. These cryptocurrencies may continue doing well this year as Wall Street titans like Blackrock move deeper into the industry.
The cryptocurrency market rallied sharply on Thursday after President Donald Trump paused tariffs imposed on almost all nations for 90 days, giving the stock and crypto markets a much-needed breather from constant volatility. The crypto market registered substantial gains, with some tokens rallying nearly 50%.
Story Highlights The PENDLE price today is $2.99. Pendle Coin's price could hit a maximum of $7.65 in 2025. Pendle coin price with a potential uptrend may peak at a maximum of $80.21 by 2030.
PumpSwap is growing its share of Solana DEX activity, but has not taken the turf of Raydium. Pump.fun brought back creators, with over 9,800 wallets creating tokens.
The United States' first Bitcoin President is presiding over a crypto market crash. Crypto proponents and firms funded Trump's campaign with hopes of a pro-crypto regulation and policies in the U.S. While initial progress was made on the stablecoin bill and the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Trump is changing world order with his Liberation Day tariff announcements.
Aave DAO members are voting on a proposal to add Pendle's Principal Tokens to its V3 Core market. The proposal, posted on the web3 voting platform Snapshot on Apr. 7, suggests listing an initial PT test asset.
Here is how some of your favorite assets concluded the week.
PENDLE has surged by 10% in the past 24 hours, making it the market's top gainer during this period. The altcoin has even outperformed major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
Raydium's dominance in Solana-based memecoin trading has increased to 83% over the past three months, even as overall memecoin market activity declined. According to Memecoins in Q1 2025 report by CEX.
Pendle just jumped 10%! Is this the start of something much bigger?
The crypto market continues to see-saw, with top assets fluctuating sharply between key support and resistance areas. As Bitcoin sheds gains and looks to hold above $83k, altcoins such as Raydium (RAY) are showing increased weakness.
Recent PENDLE's Coinbase listing, along with its high DeFi yields, has fueled bullish momentum, as whales accumulate millions in tokens.
PENDLE price has led the broader market gains this Wednesday, pumping nearly 8% amid bullish developments. Recent whale metrics indicated that large-scale investors bought roughly $8 million of the token, whereas a crypto exchange behemoth also listed it previously.
Top US-based crypto exchange platform Coinbase is adding three new Ethereum (ETH)-based altcoins to its suite of products, causing the assets to skyrocket.
Raydium's team lead believes the majority of asset issuance will occur on Solana. "We want Raydium to play a central role in that," he said.
While PumpSwap achieved record $426M volume, Raydium maintained dominance with 46.1% market share in Solana's competitive DEX landscape.
Raydium has maintained Solana dominance, and its token has jumped 12% despite the emergence of a competitor in PumpSwap.
PumpSwap introduces zero-fee token migrations and a creator revenue-sharing model, posing a direct threat to Raydium.
It is already active and provides for the automatic and free migration of tokens from the platform.
Pump.fun, the wildest memecoin factory on Solana, has just shut the door on Raydium to launch its own DEX, PumpSwap.
Decentralized exchanges (DEX) like Raydium, Orca, and the newly launched PumpSwap have become the center of the meme coin storm thanks to fast transactions, low fees, and easy accessibility.
Pump.fun has launched its own decentralized exchange (DEX) called PumpSwap, potentially displacing Raydium as the primary trading venue for Solana (SOL) memecoins. Starting on March 20, memecoins that successfully bootstrap liquidity, or “bond,” on Pump.fun will migrate directly to PumpSwap, Pump.fun said in an X post.
Pump.fun launches PumpSwap, its native Solana DEX, offering fee-free migrations and creator revenue sharing amid declining volume. The post Pump.fun rolls out native DEX PumpSwap, ending Raydium migrations appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
RAY's price soared over 28% following speculation about a meme coin launchpad designed to rival Pump.fun and enhance Solana's ecosystem.
Raydium has launched LaunchLab, a Pump.fun clone with unique pricing features, sparking divided opinions across the crypto community. Raydium has announced the launch of LaunchLab, a new platform designed for creating and launching tokens—similar to Solana's Pump.
Raydium fights back against Pump.fun with LaunchLab, boosting its token and reshaping Solana's DeFi landscape
Raydium has announced the launch of LaunchLab, a new launchpad for memecoin alternative to pump.fun.