Tiny Astro

Tiny Astro launched in mid-2022 as a Solana NFT analytics and sniping platform, anchored by a 3,000-piece Genesis NFT collection that granted holders access to the team's suite of market data tools. The founding team—Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni who had previously scaled a Web2 platform to five million users and $100 million in revenue—set out to build best-in-class infrastructure for on-chain trading decisions.

That origin story has since been overshadowed by a larger product: Photon, a multi-chain token discovery and trading terminal that has grown to serve over 1.3 million users and process more than $40 billion in cumulative trading volume.

From NFT Analytics to Token Trading

The Tiny Astro team recognized early that the mechanics driving NFT sniping—rapid discovery, instant execution, and real-time price feeds—translated directly to fungible token markets, particularly as Pump.fun and the broader memecoin ecosystem exploded on Solana. Photon, initially purpose-built for Solana, became the team's primary commercial product, with the original NFT analytics tools receding to a secondary offering.

Photon launched on Solana and has since expanded to Ethereum, Base, Blast, Tron, and BNB Smart Chain. The platform's deepest feature set remains on Solana, where native integrations with launchpads and DEX infrastructure are most extensive.

Core Product: Photon

Photon positions itself as a platform and trading bot combination centered on speed and token discovery. Its main surfaces include:

New Pairs surfaces tokens launched within the last 24 hours, filterable by liquidity, market cap, and other parameters so traders can identify early entry points before price discovery runs its course.

Trending ranks the top 100 token pairs by recent trading activity, giving users a live snapshot of where market momentum is concentrated.

Memescope (Solana-only) surfaces brand-new coins and projects graduating from launchpads like Pump.fun, Stonk, and Meteora DBC. As of late 2026, the view also displays flywheel and rewards indicators for Stonk tokens and lets traders filter for Stonk assets with a single click.

Token Pages aggregate creation time, liquidity, market cap, holder distribution, and transaction history for each token, refreshed in near real-time so traders can assess a new pair without leaving the platform.

Execution Speed and Automation

One-click buying removes repeated wallet confirmation friction. Users can configure three trading profiles—S1, S2, and S3—each with independent slippage tolerance, priority fee, bribe level, and MEV protection settings, then switch between profiles mid-session while executing trades.

For systematic traders, Photon provides automated orders that trigger buys or sells at a target price, and a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) mode for gradually accumulating or exiting a position over time. A Multi Wallet Distribution mode lets users treat a buy amount as a total across multiple wallets, automatically splitting it using a configurable variance—useful for traders managing several addresses.

Wallet tracking follows specified addresses' on-chain activity. A KOL Trades overlay, added in mid-2026, renders notable traders' buy and sell activity directly on token charts. Users who prefer DEX Screener's interface can substitute Photon's native token metadata links with DEX Screener links through the settings panel.

Security Filters

Built-in fraud checks verify whether a token's liquidity provider (LP) has been burned and whether the mint authority has been disabled before a trade executes. These automatic filters flag the most obvious rug-pull vectors. Photon does not claim to eliminate risk in speculative token markets, but the checks provide a baseline that manual review would otherwise require.

MoonPay On-Ramp

Tiny Astro integrated MoonPay into Photon, allowing users to purchase SOL and ETH directly within the platform using debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and bank transfers. The integration removes the need to acquire crypto through a separate exchange before trading on Photon, lowering the entry barrier for newer users.

Rewards and Points

Photon runs a points system where trading volume and referrals each contribute to a user's running total. The top 100 earners each week receive a share of a weekly jackpot denominated in Photon points. The platform has indicated that accumulated points may be relevant to future rewards programs, though no formal token or airdrop structure has been announced as of this writing.

Genesis NFT and Original Analytics Platform

The 3,000 Tiny Astro Genesis NFTs remain in circulation. Holding one historically entitled users to full access to the team's Solana and Ethereum NFT analytics suite, which covers real-time sales charts, rarity rankings on reveal, sell walls, and bulk-purchase tooling. Subscription plans are also available for users who want analytics access without holding a Genesis NFT. The NFT analytics product at tinyastro.io remains accessible, though it occupies a secondary position relative to Photon in the team's current product focus.

Scale and Competitive Position

The 1.3 million user figure and $40 billion in cumulative trading volume place Photon among the most-used Solana trading terminals. The platform competes with tools like Bullx Neo, BonkBot, and Trojan. Some users note that Photon's fee structure can run higher than alternatives for certain transaction types, and that the platform trades advanced charting capabilities for a more accessible, beginner-friendly interface. That trade-off aligns with the founding team's background in building large consumer audiences rather than serving a narrow cohort of technical power users.

Current Status

Photon remains actively developed as of September 2026. Recent releases include support for Stonk, Pump.fun, and Meteora DBC token formats across more than 400 quote pairs; KOL Trades overlays on chart pages; multi-wallet distribution modes; DexScreener link substitution; and a Quick Buy button in the simplified Wallet Tracking view. The project's primary X presence is the @tradewithPhoton account, with the legacy @tinyastroNFT handle seeing less activity. The Photon brand has effectively become the public face of the Tiny Astro team's work.