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Bonk invested half of Solana's supply at around $8

2026-08-26 12:16:42
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Christmas gift for a broken ecosystem

In December 2022, Solana is in a free fall. The collapse of FTX, an exchange closely linked to Solana, sent $SOL down about 96% from its all-time high. The token traded for nearly $8, and confidence in the ecosystem was almost wiped out.

Subsequently, on Christmas Day, an anonymous team launched @bonk_inu and airdropped half of the total supply of $BONK to the Solana community. Airdrops cover approximately 297,000 Solana wallets and are targeted at NFT holders, traders, DeFi users and developers. There are no pre-sales, no venture capital, and no traditional white papers. The project is community-driven, backed by risk-free capital, managed by BonkDAO, and built around a deflationary destruction mechanism.

Timing is crucial. The airdrop pushed $SOL back sharply, with the token rising about 34% in 48 hours. In the next few days, SOL recovered above $13, ending a nine-consecutive trading day of decline.

Destruction mechanisms continue to reduce supply as tokens circulate

$BONK's built-in deflation mechanism has continued to reduce its circulation supply since its release. The team destroyed the initial allocation of 5 trillion tokens within weeks of the airdrop. Subsequent community activities accelerated the process. The December 2024 BURNmas event removed 1.69 trillion BONK tokens from circulation, worth more than $51 million. The current circulation supply is about 88 trillion yuan, lower than the initial 100 trillion yuan.

The project currently has more than 350 on-chain integrations and is available on 10 blockchain networks, far beyond its origins as a simple memecoin. According to the original report, the token has a market value of approximately $264 million, up nearly 29% this week.

The story of $BONK remains one of the most unusual chapters in cryptocurrency history: a simple, anonymous airdrop that appeared at the right time gave a scarred ecosystem a focus to focus on.

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