New Listings: Popcat, Bonk, and Optimism Are Now Available on Gemini

Gemini is pleased to announce that we are expanding the number of tokens offered on our exchange:

• Popcat (POPCAT) is now available for deposits and withdrawals. Spot trading began Monday, November 4. Perpetuals trading for eligible customers began Tuesday, November 5.*
• Bonk (BONK) is now available for deposits and withdrawals. Spot trading began Monday, November 4. Perpetuals trading for eligible customers began Tuesday, November 5.*
• Spot trading for Optimism (OP) began on Monday, November 4. Perpetuals trading began Tuesday, November 5.*

If you don’t have a Gemini account, you can create one here.

Learn more about all the tokens we support here.

What is Popcat?

Popcat is a community-oriented token inspired by an October 2020 meme featuring a white-and-gray smiling cat named Oatmeal. In the meme, Oatmeal showcases an adorable “O-shaped” mouth expression and in another he appears to be smiling with his mouth closed. Both expressions quickly went viral. And over the ensuing weeks and months, Oatmeal gained momentum and popularity and became a widely recognized internet meme.

Relevant Popcat Data: As of Friday, Popcat had a market cap of some $1.6 billion. Over the past year, Popcast has risen 9,818%, pushing to $1.161 per coin. The total supply in circulation was 979.97 million.

What is Bonk?

Bonk is the first dog-themed coin on the Solana blockchain. Launched in December 2022, Bonk aims to reinvigorate liquidity on Solana-based decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and foster a fully community-driven ecosystem. By airdropping 50% of its total supply to the Solana community, Bonk offers users the opportunity to become integral parts of the growing Solana network.

Relevant Bonk Data: As of Friday, Bonk had a market cap of $1.5 billion. Over the past year, the coin has risen 2,418% but pulled back slightly over the past 30 days, dropping 12%. There are more than 74 trillion BONK coins in circulation.

What is Optimism?

Optimism is a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to improve transaction speeds, increase scaling and reduce costs all while leveraging the security of the Ethereum network. It does so by using the Optimistic Virtual Machine (OVM) which facilitates the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) integration allowing developers to write scalable smart contracts on Ethereum.

OP is the native utility token of the Optimism network, which can be used to participate in the network's governance. The token facilitates the maintenance of a robust network ecosystem and supports the upgradeability of the platform through a decentralized governance framework.

Relevant Optimism Data: As of Friday, Optimism had a market cap of $2 billion. The coin has jumped 16% over the past year, settling at $1.70 per coin. There are roughly 4.3 billion coins in circulation.

Onward and Upward!

Team Gemini

*Gemini Derivatives, a Gemini Foundation product, is currently available to customers in Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bhutan, Brazil, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Israel, Jersey, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam