what's FANstrike?

FANstrike is a Solana-based launchpad and trading platform designed for sports capital markets. It allows athletes, clubs, teams, and fans to create verified coins representing on-chain exposure to sports ecosystems, complete with utilities and active trading markets. Key mechanics include social verification via X or Instagram, manual team review for authenticity, and routing 100% of creator trading fees into real-world support for athletes—such as career funding, buybacks, or performance-linked treasuries—transforming speculation into productive capital. The platform powers fair launches integrated with Solana tools like Metaplex Spotlight and Raydium liquidity, featuring pro-rata distributions and multipliers for early participants. Notable examples include $FANTC (tennis ecosystem coin) and $BANK (poker bankroll token backed by pro players), demonstrating flywheels where tournament performance feeds treasuries for buybacks and growth. FANstrike evolved from FANtium, scaling rapidly with real volume and creator adoption in niches like tennis and poker.

FANstrike launched as the first project on the new Metaplex app.