Seller on Solana (SOL) turned about $960 into $337,000 in less than two hours by selling Asteroid Shiba memecoin (ASTEROID).
The details of the transaction show that the trader sent 11 SOL across three wallets to buy 158.51 million ASTEROID tokens immediately after launching on Pump.fun, and returned 351x as the position increased.
He later sold 134.75 million tokens for 1,539 SOL, worth about $135,000, and kept 23.76 million tokens worth about $202,000, according to the chain. data taken from Lookonchain images on April 18.
ASTEROID is a human-powered Solana memecoin led by Shiba Inu (SHIB) larger Asteroid, which flew as a zero-gravity probe on Polaris Dawn.
The doll was created by 15-year-old Liv Perrotto, who died of cancer before the project began; his story was later made public by his family.
The brand’s recent run was fueled by virality post from radio host Glenn Beck, followed by a response from Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk who started speculation and forced buying.
Momentum pushed the gains to the highest level after just a few hours, and the market cap briefly crossed $20 million on Ethereum (The price of ETH) and reached several million on Solana in the midst of heavy trading. Over the past week, memecoin has risen nearly 62,000%, trading at $0.00003534 as of press time.
Additional interest came from increased interest in space issues, the return of memecoin in April 2026, and interest in childhood cancer awareness and real-world space exploration.
ASTEROID big benefits
The chain’s performance showed early buying and rapid volatility leading to Pump.fun, while some long-term holders in 2024 saw significant gains after holding for a long time.
Other investors have also placed large profits on ASTEROID. For example, another address, Ily, he put averaged $5,920 at an average price of $0.00043 and saw unearned profits exceed $130,000, a return of over 2,160%.
On Ethereum, some wallets were converted to 1 ETH unrealized earnings of $500,000 After Musk responded, one early adopter realized more than $370,000 after holding it for more than 580 days.
Overall, this kind of big success has been common in the Solana memecoin ecosystem at Pump.fun, where news-driven startups can generate short-term returns, often followed by big changes.
