Key Takeaways
- Raydium has surpassed Uniswap in trading volume for two consecutive months.
- Memecoin trading has become a major driver, accounting for 65% of Raydium’s trading volume.
- Solana’s growing dominance in DEX trading has propelled Raydium’s success.
Raydium, the largest DEX on Solana, which has been stealing the limelight of the DeFi space. The DEX has outshone Uniswap-the most popular Ethereum-based DEX-by monthly trading volume for two months in a row. In November 2024, its volume reached $124.6 billion, approximately 30% higher than that of Uniswap.
According to the report from Messari, a massive 65% of that came from the fast-rising trend of memecoin trading, extending its lead in the niche market. This reflects a larger trend in DEX, with Solana currently at almost 50% of the total DEX volume on chains-considerably larger in comparison with Ethereum’s 18%.
Solana’s Ecosystem: A Boost for Raydium
Many ups and downs in the network’s operations have been closely connected with changes in the generally rapid overall growth of the Solana ecosystem. Its daily average trading volume repeatedly outdid that of competitor Orca after March this year, securing Raydium as number one atop Solana by derivatives volume.
By November, it was processing more than 60% of daily DEX volume on the Solana network, cementing its leading position. The strong performance of Solana in the broader DeFi market has only enhanced this dominance, with Solana surpassing Ethereum in weekly DEX volumes starting in late 2023.
High throughput, low transaction fees, and greater liquidity have mutually combined to make Solana an attractive destination for migrants from other blockchains into its ecosystem, hence leading to the rise of some Solana-based DEXs.
Memecoin Mania and Technical Advancements
The recent frenzy in memecoin trading has been a game-changer for Raydium. In the month following the U.S. presidential election last November, daily memecoin trading on the platform swelled to almost $2 billion—nearly three times the average of the previous month.
This boom places memecoin trading as the very centerpiece of Raydium’s success, contributing to as high as 65% of the total volumes. Add in the integration of memecoin launchpad Pump.fun, and growth really finds steam.
As tokens on Pump.fun hit hard market caps, adding more liquidity in AMM pools on Raydium, there would always be something new within the pipelining of traders. Additionally, Raydium V3 has truly acted to serve users at its front-end interface in managing one’s portfolio and watching over a pool’s liquidity.
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