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Phantom Wallet, a crypto wallet for managing cryptocurrencies, non-fungible token collections and other digital assets across multiple blockchains, including Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin, has acquired Solsniper, one of the fastest-growing meme coin trading platforms on the Solana blockchain. The non-fungible token wallet anticipates becoming more than just a crypto wallet.
In an August 4 blog post, the Phantom NFT team confirmed that they have successfully acquired Solsniper for an undisclosed amount. In a subsequent blog post, Phantom said that it’s anticipating becoming more than just a cryptocurrency and non-fungible token wallet and aims to build “the leading consumer finance platform” all on crypto infrastructure. Nonetheless, the Phantom team has clarified that it intends to keep Sniper as a separate product.
Launched in 2021, Phantom Wallet is a non-custodial cryptocurrency and non-fungible token wallet. Similar to other Web3 wallets, Phantom also allows you to interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms and applications (DApps). Although it was initially designed for the Solana blockchain, Phantom now supports multiple chains, including Solana, Ethereum, Base, Polygon, and Bitcoin.
Phantom Wallet is considered one of the safest and trusted crypto wallets. Phantom Wallet is renowned for offering a Scam detection system, which automatically identifies and blocks certain malicious transactions. Notably, Phantom Wallet is non-custodial, so it doesn’t hold your private keys and seed phrases, meaning that users have total control over their keys and digital assets. These key factors make it a go-to option for users managing assets across diverse ecosystems.
On the other hand, Solsniper is one of the fastest, most advanced trading platforms on the Solana blockchain network. Built for precision and speed, Solsniper helps traders monitor tokens, track wallets, and react instantly. Solsniper solves the problem of slow and inefficient token trading on the Solana ecosystem by providing a high-speed sniper bot that enables users to buy newly launched tokens instantly.
Furthermore, it helps traders avoid rug pulls and scams with advanced filters, customizable auto-sell settings, and transaction execution optimizations. While commenting about the acquisition in a short podcast interview with Michael Jerome, better known in the crypto and NFT Twitter as ‘Threadguy,’ Maz, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the meme coin trading platform, Sniper, remarked:
“We first built an NFT analytics tool, then an aggregator, a mobile app, a NFT marketplace, a launchpad, then we pivoted to meme coins and built a Telegram trading bot and a web trading terminal. It’s been a really crazy journey. Phantom is the best team, best product in Crypto hands down, they’re gonna be able to take some of these innovations and ideas and scale it out to millions and millions of users”
Since its inception in 2021, Phantom Wallet has envisioned providing a safe and intuitive way to manage digital assets, trade NFTs, and connect users across various blockchains. Therefore, the Sniper acquisition isn’t Phantom’s first company acquisition to boost its offerings. In February, it bought SimpleHash, a cross-chain non-fungible token and token metadata provider. This bullish move strengthened Phantom’s ability to support decentralized applications and NFT traders.
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