Bonk

BONK was launched by 22 pseudonymous early contributors whose 21% allocation vested over three years from 1 January 2023. They and partners have built BonkSwap, BONK Trade, BONKUJI, BonkPlay, BonkBot and the BONK Fun launchpad. The team is not publicly named, and no formal security audits are reported.

• BONK Paper
• Bonk: official website
• CoinDesk: Creator behind Solana's BONK says meme trading is a 'seven-leg' parlay

Nasdaq-listed Bonk, Inc. (formerly Safety Shot) held about 2.7% of circulating BONK in October 2025 and acquired a 10% revenue share in the LetsBonk launchpad. Bitcoin Capital launched a BONK ETP on the SIX Swiss Exchange in November 2025, and REX Shares filed for a US BONK ETF. There were no venture investors at launch.

• Decrypt: Bonk Inc: Solana meme coin goes corporate as treasury firm rebrands
• Decrypt: Bonk teams up with Bitcoin Capital to launch ETP in Europe
• Decrypt: REX submits Trump, BONK, Dogecoin and Bitcoin crypto ETF filings to SEC

Half of the 100 trillion initial BONK supply was airdropped to Solana users, 21% went to early contributors (fully vested by January 2026) and 16% to a DAO. On 1 October 2026 CoinGecko showed 87,994,376,657,577 BONK, after burns funded partly by Bonk.fun launchpad fees. There is no minting schedule, but large contributor and DAO allocations can still move.

• BONK Paper
• CoinGecko API: Bonk
• CoinDesk: BONK slides 6% as sellers dominate despite growth of Bonk.fun

A BONK contributor said in May 2026 that the ecosystem supports about one million wallets. In July 2025 the Bonk.fun launchpad had $539 million of daily volume and 55% of Solana token launches. Most activity is trading of BONK and new meme tokens rather than payments for services.

• CoinDesk: Creator behind Solana's BONK says meme trading is a 'seven-leg' parlay
• CoinDesk: BONK slides 6% as sellers dominate despite growth of Bonk.fun