Ansem's Launchpad Sees Big Memecoin Activity as ANSEM Price Slips

Ansem(.)io Hits 782 Projects and $158M in Volume

Crypto trader and Solana influencer Zion "Ansem" Thomas has built a growing ecosystem around his ansem(.)io token launchpad. The platform has now hosted 782 projects and recorded approximately $158 million in cumulative trading volume, while distributing roughly $600,000 to token holders through airdrops.

Ansem(.)io is built around a tokenized creator economy model. Under its z500 index, crypto teams can airdrop a portion of their new token supply to $ANSEM holders and buy and burn ANSEM to climb the leaderboard, creating a mechanism for projects to compete for attention while directly rewarding the community.

In practice, teams launch tokens on Pumpfun via dedicated wallets funded for community airdrops and gas. Projects can pay a one-time fee to unlock enhanced token pages and reach Gold or Diamond status by burning ANSEM, with all project metrics tracked on-chain and visible on Solscan.

Thomas has argued the model addresses the lack of curation on launchpads such as Pumpfun, where thousands of tokens launch but few maintain sustained attention.

ANSEM Memecoin Pulls Back After Recent Gains

The ANSEM token itself, officially known as The Black Bull and identified on-chain at solana:9cRCn9rGT8V2imeM2BaKs13yhMEais3ruM3rPvTGpump, has surpassed 150,000 holders. The token is down approximately 11% over the past 24 hours but remains up around 20% over the seven-day period.

The Black Bull is a Solana memecoin launched on Pumpfun in mid-June 2026. An anonymous developer created it and sent 650 million tokens to Thomas's wallet for free. Between June 27 and June 29, Thomas airdropped roughly $7 million worth of ANSEM to Solana users, framing it as a push to grow the holder base toward a target of 1 million wallets.

The short-term price dip reflects broader volatility common in the memecoin space, even as the launchpad's underlying activity metrics continue to expand.

Sources:
Bankless: Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index
The Defiant: Ansem Airdrops $7M of ANSEM Memecoin
CryptoDiffer: Ansem Launches Launchpad and Onchain Index z500