UPDATED: March 18, 2024, 5:58AM EDT
A new Solana-based memecoin, Slerf, has faced significant challenges after the project’s developer accidentally burnt a major portion of the token supply — effectively losing $10 million, or the entirety, of presale participants’ money.
“Guys I f—ed up,” the project’s official X account wrote. “I burned the LP and the tokens that were set aside for the airdrop. Mint authority is already revoked so I can not mint them. There is nothing I can do to fix this. I am so f—ing sorry.”
The Slerf team later went to an X Spaces to elaborate further on the situation. “I’m sick to my stomach,” team member Slorg said in a Space on X. “I’m literally about to throw up.”
“I’m lost for words,” they added. “I don’t know what to do.”
After Slorg called the Slerf project a “side quest,” a Spaces participant chimed in: “Losing $10 million on a side quest is crazy.”
The price of SLERF has pumped approximately 242% over the past hour off the back of the news, with various participants in the X Space claiming the best course of action moving forward is to “send it to $1 billion.” According to on-chain data highlighted by Lookonchain, one trader made over $3 million in 12 minutes trading SLERF.
The latest mishap follows a weekend rife with Solana-based memecoin presales, during which various random projects emerged and received significant funding, often amounting to millions of dollars.
This article has been updated with additional information.
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