Pons launchpad volume Tops $6B on Robinhood Chain v4 Pools

Pons launchpad volume just crossed another big round number. Pons, the meme token launchpad on Robinhood Chain, said on October 7 that its graduated tokens have pushed more than $6 billion through its custom Uniswap v4 hook pools, less than three months after launch, even as the wider meme market cooled.

What actually happened

Pons launched on July 13, 2026, about two weeks after Robinhood Chain went live on July 1. It is a non-custodial launchpad: anyone can create a token, which trades on a bonding curve until it hits about 4.2 ETH, then "graduates" into a Uniswap v4 pool.

That graduation is the design choice that matters. Crypto Briefing explains that the liquidity moves into a full-range Uniswap v4 position that is permanently locked, so nobody can pull it later. Pulled liquidity is one of the classic ways early memecoins blow up, so this closes one door, though it does not stop a token from dumping.

Pons rolled out these V2 contracts on August 3, replacing an earlier setup that deployed tokens to Uniswap v3. Graduated pools run through a hook called PonsV2MemeHook, which handles swaps and fee distribution.

Two numbers, two meanings

Here is where readers get confused. Crypto Briefing reports $6 billion and is explicit that it covers graduated pools only. CryptoCompass reports $16 billion in cumulative trading volume and about $190 million in total fees. We are not averaging them, because they appear to measure different things.

The practical takeaway: Pons launchpad volume is huge on either metric, but headline numbers vary with what you count. When someone quotes a single figure, ask whether it includes bonding-curve trades.

There is also a timing difference. Crypto Briefing cites $5.95 million in fees on one day in early September and weekly fees in the tens of millions. CryptoCompass cites DeFiLlama data showing daily fees climbing from about $150,000 in mid-July to nearly $4.9 million by the end of August.

Where the money goes

Crypto Briefing says roughly 70% of fees go to token creators and about 30% to the protocol. Part of the protocol's revenue funds recurring buybacks and burns of the PONS token.

CryptoCompass adds detail on the burn. It says Pons confirmed in August that 27% of PONS supply had been burned, and later, on August 29, that the figure had reached 29%, with the treasury routing 80% of protocol fee revenue into PONS accumulation. Those burn stats are from August, so they are dated.

Uniswap Labs also bought PONS in early September, according to Crypto Briefing. And in one 24-hour stretch that month, Robinhood Chain made up $901.5 million of Uniswap's $1.6 billion in volume, or 56.3%.

Pons is not Robinhood

This one matters for risk. CryptoCompass stresses that Pons is not an official Robinhood product. It is built by Pons Labs, LLC, a separate company that chose to deploy on Robinhood Chain. The brand halo does not come with Robinhood's backing.

It is still the dominant venue. CryptoCompass says Pons' share of Robinhood Chain launchpad activity has topped 60% on some days, and that CASHCAT, a community cat token, became the chain's unofficial mascot. When one launchpad owns most of the flow, its fee changes and outages hit the whole ecosystem.

The meme tape is also softer. TokenPost's October 8 reading showed major meme market volume down 14.6% to about $308 million, with Solana at about $172 million, Robinhood at $74.09 million and BNB at $44.39 million. Robinhood Chain is still a clear number two in meme trading.

What to do as a reader

Treat Pons launchpad volume as a sign that the venue is busy, not that any single token is safe. Most launches never graduate, and locked liquidity does not stop holders from selling into it.

If you trade there, check whether a token has graduated, how concentrated its holders are, and who created it. Creator fees are generous, which also means lots of low-effort launches. For more on this chain, see our CASHCAT listing coverage, our Robinhood stock memes explainer and the Hood Inu crash recap. This is not investment advice.