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Jupiter Team Allegedly Rug-pulled JUP Amid 63% Price Tank 24hrs After Launch

Published 02/02/2024, 01:51 AM
Updated 02/02/2024, 02:15 AM
Jupiter Team Allegedly Rug-pulled JUP Amid 63% Price Tank 24hrs After Launch

  • The JUP token of Solana DEX Jupiter tanked by over 63% after its launch.
  • The Jupiter team has been accused of withdrawing liquidity of the coin.
  • Jupiter’s founder intends to conduct a thorough post-launch analysis later.

The newly introduced JUP token from Jupiter, a decentralized exchange built on Solana, has caught the crypto community off guard with its significant decline of over 63% within just 24 hours of its launch. This starkly contrasts the typical pattern observed among newly introduced crypto assets, which frequently see gains of up to 100% on their first day of trading.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, JUP has tanked from a height of $1.2707 to as low as $0.5795 within the last 24 hours.

JUP chart | CoinMarketCap

Online crypto pundits have pointed accusing fingers at the team behind the project, alleging them of technically rug-pulling the JUP token. In a recent post on X, renowned crypto critic Adam Cochran argued that the Jupiter team allocated 50% of the tokens to themselves, leveraging their platform, which also compensated them.

Furthermore, he claimed they withdre…

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