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Launchpads, trading tools and the words of airdrop farming

Sourced explainers on token launchpads, memecoin trading tools, prediction markets and the words of airdrop farming, each dated and checked against the project's own pages.

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Launchpads

  • Four.meme: how it works, fees and comparison with pump.fun

    Four.meme is a token launch platform on BNB Chain that began as a memecoin fair-launch site and now also offers 4stock stock-themed tokens and OpenFour white-label launch infrastructure. As of 28 October 2026, launching costs only a network fee of about 0.005 BNB, and trading carries a 1% fee, against 1.25% on pump.fun's bonding curve.

  • Raydium LaunchLab: how it works and how it compares

    Raydium LaunchLab is Raydium's token launchpad on Solana. New tokens trade on a bonding curve and, once the curve has collected enough of its quote asset, graduate to a Raydium CPMM pool. As of 28 October 2026, Raydium's docs describe every new launch as CPMM-only since the September 2026 upgrade, and third-party platforms can build on it.

  • What is Zora? The onchain social app and coin protocol

    Zora is an onchain social app and coin protocol where memes, videos, art and podcasts become tradable coins. Creator Coins are paired with the ZORA token, half of each trade's 1% fee goes to the creator, and as of 28 October 2026 Zora's Custom Pairs feature covers Solana, Base, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum and BNB Chain.

Trading tools

  • Axiom vs Fomo: how the two trading apps differ

    Axiom is a Y Combinator-backed trading platform and non-custodial wallet with limit orders and wallet tracking; Fomo, run by FOMO Labs, Inc., is a social trading app on iOS and web with a feed and leaderboards. As checked on 28 October 2026, Axiom's fee page lists net fees of 0.75% to 0.95%, while Fomo has not published a percentage for its own fee.

  • Axiom, GMGN, pump.fun, fomo: where to trade memecoins

    Memecoins trade on launchpad apps such as pump.fun, trading platforms such as Axiom, the multi-chain terminal GMGN and mobile wallets such as fomo. As of 28 October 2026, pump.fun lists a Platform Fee of 0.45% per app trade without a referral code, Axiom describes a non-custodial wallet, and GMGN supports Solana, BSC, Base and Ethereum.

Prediction markets

  • Kalshi or Polymarket: regulation, access and fees compared

    As of 28 October 2026, Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated exchange in the United States (a Designated Contract Market) that is open to people who pass its account checks, while Polymarket blocks trading on polymarket.com in the United States and sends American users to a separate American site. Kalshi charges a trading fee on orders that match immediately; Polymarket charges takers, and its geopolitics markets are fee-free.

Explainers

  • Bonding curves on Pump.fun, LaunchLab and Four.meme

    A bonding curve is a pricing formula that quotes buys and sells from a launchpad's own reserves, so a new token can trade from the moment it exists. As of 28 October 2026, Pump.fun, Raydium LaunchLab and Four.meme each open launches on a curve, then move liquidity to a liquidity pool (PumpSwap, a Raydium CPMM pool or PancakeSwap) at graduation.

  • Kaito mindshare meaning: what the metric measures

    Kaito defines Mindshare as a metric that quantifies how prominent a project is within the overall crypto market. As of 28 October 2026, the Mindshare Arena appears on Kaito's site, and Kaito's docs describe Kaito Pro with Token Mindshare and Narrative Mindshare. The Yap FAQ defines Mindshare beside Yaps terms. Kaito does not publish a formula.

  • Stonkbrokers: the NFT collection on Robinhood Chain

    Stonkbrokers is a 4,444-piece NFT collection on Robinhood Chain, run by the StonkBrokers project. A separate ERC-20 token, STONKBROKER, also exists. The collection is fully minted and trades on the project's Anvil NFT AMM and on OpenSea. As of 28 October 2026 the docs list Smart Launch V2, Stonk Launcher, Anvil AMM and Stonk Exchange as live.