What is Photon crypto?

There are a few different projects called "Photon," but the one most people mean is the Photon trading terminal on Solana. Here's what that is:

Photon — a Solana meme-coin trading terminal (a browser tool used to snipe, buy, and sell new token launches very fast, aimed at quick in-and-out trading). Per DefiLlama, it's categorized as a Trading App, with a described purpose of "snipe and sell tokens at lightning speed." Usage signals (per DefiLlama): ~$36K/day in fees, ~$36K/day protocol revenue, and ~$1.8M/day in trading volume.

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So this is a trading tool, not a coin — it has no token price or market cap. Keep in mind that sniper/terminal tools like this are built for very fast, high-risk trading of brand-new tokens with thin liquidity, not for long-term holding.

Two other unrelated things share the name, in case one of those was what you meant:

• PhotonSwap Finance — a DEX on Cronos/Kava/Evmos (~$110K TVL, per DefiLlama).
• Photon (photon-2) — a small CoinGecko-listed token with a roughly $39K market cap.

If you meant a specific one of these — or want to know where to trade Solana meme coins in general — tell me and I'll dig in.