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Memescope
Photon's launch feed lets you choose and reorder every data point on a row and keep three presets per feed, which some traders prefer to any other layout.
Axiom vs Photon Sol
Photon was the Solana terminal to beat through 2024, and it still ships updates. The money moved, though: DefiLlama counted $52.3 million in fees paid on Axiom over the last 30 days and about $0.5 million on Photon. This page compares the two on what they do, what they cost and where each still makes sense. Sign up through axiom.trade/@tradenow and code TradeNow takes 20% off Axiom's fee.
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Axiom Trade Invite Code: TradeNow
The Axiom Trade invite code is TradeNow. Axiom calls it a referral code. Enter it when you sign up and your trading fee drops by 20% for the life of the account, from 1% to 0.8% a trade.
If you are looking for an Axiom Trade invite code, use TradeNow. Type it into the referral field on the sign-up screen, or open axiom.trade/@tradenow and it is filled in for you. It is one of the most used Axiom codes, and it still works.
Axiom or Photon: what is the difference?
Both are browser terminals for trading new tokens: a feed of fresh launches, a chart with one-click buys, wallet and X trackers. The gap in 2026 is scope and traffic. Photon trades on Solana and BNB Chain. Axiom covers eight chains, from Solana to Base, Robinhood Chain and Arc, adds Hyperliquid perps and prediction markets, and now handles roughly a hundred times Photon's monthly fees.
Photon is not dead, and some of its tools are good. But if you are choosing one terminal to learn today, the one where the traders are matters, because liquidity, tracked wallets and new features follow the crowd.
Axiom and Photon at a Glance
| Measure | Axiom | Photon |
|---|---|---|
| Fees, last 30 days | $52.3M | $0.5M |
| Fees, last 12 months | $360.6M | $14.3M |
| Best month on record | $92.7M | $84.6M |
| Spot chains | 8 | 2 |
| Wallets per login | 25 | 10 on BNB |
| Tracked wallets | 10,000 | Not published |
The best-month row tells the story. Photon's record was January 2025, the month Axiom's own fee record begins on DefiLlama, and Photon's monthly fees have fallen below a million dollars since. Axiom's record came in May 2025, and in the first three weeks of September 2026 it took in $37.7 million.
Where Photon Still Holds Up
Bundle Send
A toggle that sends buys from several wallets as one transaction, so the entry looks like a single buyer and is harder to copy-trade.
Stablecoin trading
Quick buys and sells can run in USDC or USD1 instead of SOL, and since September Photon lists Stonk, Pump and Meteora curve assets across more than 400 quote pairs.
Photon BNB
A separate BNB Chain edition with Four.meme and X Mode filters, token tax shown on each coin and up to ten wallets trading together.
Where Axiom Pulls Ahead
Eight chains, one account
Solana, BNB, Base, Ethereum, Robinhood Chain, Arc, Ink and HyperEVM share one login and one portfolio, with Hyperliquid perps and prediction markets beside them. Photon's two chains live in two separate editions.
Pulse and Vision
Pulse splits every launchpad into new pairs, final stretch and migrated coins, with fourteen filters, and Vision surfaces KOL and insider wallets you would not find by hand.
Landing trades
Three MEV modes, a bribe and priority fee in every preset, private submission through Husher and Vanish, and a migration sniper that fires from Axiom's own nodes when a curve fills.
Tracking at scale
The wallet tracker holds ten thousand wallets and now sits inside Pulse, so a tracked wallet's buy shows up in the same feed as the launch it bought.
What Each One Costs
Axiom charges 1% of each trade, 0.8% when you sign up with TradeNow, and pays part of it back in SOL as cashback that grows with your volume; the fees page has the tiers. Photon does not publish a rate we could confirm, but DefiLlama's fee and volume figures for it work out to about 1% of volume, the same headline level. Network fees and any priority fee come on top with either one.
So the price is roughly a wash, and the discount decides it: on a $500 trade, 0.8% is $4 on Axiom against about $5 at a 1% rate.
Moving From Photon to Axiom
Axiom creates its own wallet when you sign up, so there is nothing to import: send SOL or BNB from your Photon wallet to the deposit address Axiom shows, and trade. Re-add the wallets you tracked, rebuild your buy presets and filters once, and keep Photon open side by side for a week if you want a direct feel for the difference. The settings guide covers the presets and the memecoin sniper page the Pulse filters.
Which One Should You Use?
If you trade only Solana memecoins and love Memescope, Photon still works, and nobody forces you to move. For almost everyone else Axiom is the better bet: more chains, deeper tracking, better tools for getting a trade landed, and the place where the traders and the development effort now are. We are an Axiom affiliate, so weigh that, but the DefiLlama numbers are not ours.
Trying Axiom After Photon
Enter invite code TradeNow
Sign up at axiom.trade/@tradenow with email, Google or Phantom, leaving TradeNow in the referral field so Axiom's fee starts at 0.8% instead of 1%.
Move a test amount
Send a small amount of SOL from Photon first and check it arrives before moving the rest.
Rebuild presets
Copy your Photon buy sizes and slippage into Axiom's three presets, then set the MEV mode.
Run both for a week
Watch the same launches in Pulse and Memescope and judge the fills yourself.
Axiom vs Photon — FAQ
Is Photon Sol still active?
Yes. Photon still posts updates, most recently support for Stonk, Pump and Meteora curve assets in September 2026. Its usage has shrunk, though: about $0.5 million in fees over the last 30 days, by DefiLlama's count.
Is Axiom better than Photon?
For most traders, yes: eight chains instead of two, a larger wallet tracker, more ways to land a trade, perps and prediction markets. Photon's Memescope and Bundle Send are its strongest remaining features.
Which is cheaper, Axiom or Photon?
They sit at about the same headline rate, near 1% of each trade. With the TradeNow code Axiom drops to 0.8% and pays cashback on top, which makes it the cheaper of the two.
Does Photon support BNB Chain?
Yes, through a separate edition called Photon BNB with Four.meme filters and up to ten wallets. Axiom trades BNB from the same account as its other chains.
Why did traders leave Photon for Axiom?
Axiom arrived in early 2025, just as Photon's fees peaked in January, and shipped features quickly: Pulse, a 10,000-wallet tracker, migration sniping and more chains. DefiLlama's monthly figures show the volume following.
Can I use Photon and Axiom at the same time?
Yes. They are separate wallets and accounts, so running both side by side is the simplest way to compare fills on the same launches.
Is Axiom legit?
Yes. It is a Y Combinator-backed terminal at axiom.trade with a non-custodial wallet whose keys you can export.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: this comparison is written by an Axiom affiliate. Fee figures come from DefiLlama and features from each product's own announcements, as of September 2026; both products change often. Trading new tokens is high risk. Not financial advice. Axiom Pro is not affiliated with Axiom Trade or Photon.