Moonshot launches on Solana: how they work

Moonshot tokens on Solana launch on Meteora's dynamic bonding curve with Moonshot's own settings, then graduate to a Meteora pool. How they trade in clusterz.

Moonshot is better known as an app people buy in than a launchpad people launch on. Its launches are a small stream next to pump.fun. Small streams still have rugs in them.

The Trenches board on one page: pump.fun new pairs, live.

What is the Moonshot launchpad on Solana?

Moonshot, at moonshot.com, calls itself a trading app for memecoins, stocks and leverage.

It also launches tokens. Those launches do not run on a Moonshot curve program: they run on Meteora DBC, Meteora's dynamic bonding curve, with Moonshot's own curve settings.

That is the whole trick behind most launchpads on Meteora. One shared program, each launchpad with its own settings.

Moonshot's settings decide the curve, the fees, the quote token and the threshold. Meteora's program does the trading and the migration.

We do not quote Moonshot's threshold or fees here. We could not find them in a source of Moonshot's own, and secondhand figures for launchpads go stale fast. If you need them, check Moonshot's app before you trade.

How a Moonshot launch moves from curve to pool

1. Created on Moonshot's settings. A new DBC pool is made with the curve settings Moonshot uses for its launches.
2. Trades on the curve. Each buy adds the quote token to the pool, each sell takes it out. The Moonshot curves we have read trade against USDC, not SOL.
3. Hits the threshold. When the quote raised reaches the launch's migration threshold, the curve is complete.
4. Migrates. Liquidity moves into a Meteora DAMM pool and trading restarts there. Meteora's docs say new DBC launches graduate into DAMM v2.

Progress on the ring is the share of the threshold raised. Not the share of tokens sold, as on pump.fun. See bonding curve progress.

Moonshot tokens in clusterz

Moonshot launches show up in Trenches with the Moonshot pill on the corner of the logo. Same three columns as every launchpad:

• New: under 50% of the raise, or not known yet.
• Soon: 50% and up, furthest along on top.
• Graduated: trading in its Meteora pool.

How we tell: a token made on Moonshot's curve settings is a Moonshot launch.

The Moonshot tokens we have seen also have addresses ending in moon, which is a quick check on the token page. A Moonshot launch made on some other settings would read Meteora.

Because the Moonshot curves we have read are priced in USDC, the card also carries a quote chip on the logo's bottom left that names it. The market cap is worked out from that token's price in SOL.

If you have Stables turned off in the column's Quote filter, Moonshot cards priced in USDC leave the column too. Turn it back on if the column looks empty.

To see only Moonshot: Moonshot launches only. It keeps Moonshot on and turns the other six chips off, in all three columns. It sets nothing on Quote, so all quotes stay on. Opening it saves nothing.

Expect a quiet feed. Moonshot launches are a trickle next to pump.fun.

Moonshot vs pump.fun

	Moonshot	pump.fun
Curve program	Meteora DBC	pump.fun's own
Quote, as we have read it	USDC	SOL on a standard curve
What 100% means	The raise target reached	Every curve token sold
Graduates to	A Meteora DAMM pool	PumpSwap
Pill in Trenches	Moonshot	Green pump pill, red for Mayhem
Copy Trade and snipes in clusterz	No	Yes

One practical difference: a USDC curve's market cap is worked out through USDC's price in SOL. No price for the quote token yet, no market cap on the card. Read the quote chip before you read the number.

Before you buy a Moonshot token

• Holder checks. The same pills as any card: top 10, dev, snipers, insiders, bundle, fresh wallets, reused logo and links. See holder checks.
• Dev pill. DS means the dev sold. Hover for the amount and the funding. See the dev wallet check.
• Thin pools after graduation. A small stream means small pools. Your own sell moves the price. See exit liquidity.
• Set an exit first. Decide your stop before you buy, not after. See Exits.

What these cannot catch: alt wallets nobody has linked, tokens moved before they are sold, and a holder who sells after you look.

What clusterz cannot do on Moonshot

• No copies. A copy of a trader follows buys on pump.fun and PumpSwap only. A tracked trader's Moonshot buy is skipped. See Copy Trade limits.
• No snipes. Fast, together and dev copies read pump.fun and PumpSwap trades only.
• No Moonshot app link-up. clusterz trades the token on chain from your own wallet. What you hold in the Moonshot app is not in clusterz, and the other way round.

What works: buying and selling by hand on the curve or in the pool, in Practice or Live. A Practice fill on a DBC curve is priced from the same curve read as a Live trade. See Practice and Live.

Moonshot FAQ

What are Moonshot tokens?

Tokens launched through Moonshot on Meteora's dynamic bonding curve, with Moonshot's own curve settings. They trade on that curve until the raise target is met, then move to a Meteora pool. In clusterz they wear the Moonshot pill.

Is Moonshot on Meteora?

Its launches are. Moonshot's tokens run on Meteora DBC, the shared curve program many launchpads use, and graduate into a Meteora DAMM pool.

Moonshot vs pump.fun: which is better to trade?

Neither wins by name. pump.fun has far more launches and is the only one clusterz can copy and snipe. Moonshot launches are fewer and, as we have read them, priced in USDC. Check the holders, not the brand.

Why does a Moonshot card show a USDC chip?

Because its curve trades against USDC, not SOL. The chip names the quote token, and the market cap is worked out from that token's price in SOL.

Sources, checked 5 November 2026

• moonshot.com: Moonshot describes itself as a trading app for memecoins, stocks and leverage.
• Meteora docs, what is DBC: partner settings, thresholds, graduation into DAMM v2.
• Moonshot's curve settings and their USDC quote, read on chain by clusterz on 1 November 2026.

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