Uphold CEO Simon McLoughlin has taken a hard-line stance on the long-term prospects for digital assets, but he finds the “fraudulent nature of certain segments” of cryptocurrencies disappointing.
And for McLaughlin, the Mimecoin explosion is the biggest topic of conversation.
“It’s depressing that we’ve reached a point where 7,000 new mimecoins are being created every day,” he told The Block in a recent interview. “This AI-driven mimecoin creation… is just going to devalue and destroy the entire segment.”
Popular Mimecoin creation launchpad Pump.fun has earned $100 million in cumulative revenue from over 1 million Mimecoins created using the platform since its launch in January. At that rate, over 4,500 new Mimecoins are created using the platform every day on average. Pump.fun makes it easy for people to create Mimecoins on Solana, and it’s cheaper than many other blockchains.
Despite McLaughlin’s belief that there is a low barrier to entry for creating Mimecoins, Uphold offers its clients a way to capitalize on the Mimecoin craze. Meme BasketThe Uphold app allows customers to invest in a “curated selection of popular Mimecoins,” including top tokens such as: viceroy
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“We are very picky about what we register,” McLaughlin said.
According to McLaughlin, who took over as CEO in 2022, Uphold has about 12 million total users. The trading platform launched in 2015 and currently serves customers in more than 14 countries.
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