🐶 #Memecoins are back on the upswing

#Bonk, #Pepe, and #Floki have been among the leaders in growth over the past 7 days

Pepe + 33%
Bonk + 57.9%
Floki + 20.2%

🔷 #Memecoins on #Ethereum are showing growth amidst news about #ETF

Certain coins are experiencing up to 161% growth due to speculative news 🚀

Meanwhile, forecasts for the price of #ETH, in the event of an ETF launch, predict it reaching $14,000 by the end of next year 💰

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💸 #Trump has opened cryptocurrency donations for his campaign, as promised

A wide range of cryptocurrencies are accepted for donations, including #memecoins. Whether Donald Trump accepts the #TREMP token is still unclear.

Meanwhile, the #SEC's shift on #ETH is being linked to the Democratic Party's attempt to win over the crypto community from Trump 🧐

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⚡️ You’ve been waiting, fiercely spamming likes on the post about #GME, and finally, here it is!

Today you will learn about the hype around #GameStop and how the little guys knocked down Wall Street a few pegs and created the first economic flash mob in history 🐹

Let’s start from the beginning. In 2021, GameStop was engaged in retail sales of discs, consoles, and other gaming stuff. Since 2015, it had started to experience difficulties with its existing business model, which is understandable given that digital distribution of games had been putting pressure on physical media and offline retail for several years. Furthermore, amid the pandemic, the company's shares fell to a historic low of $4.5 each

It's not hard to guess that with such results and economic prospects, GameStop became an excellent target for short-sellers from major funds

Everything would have been fine, but the situation GameStop was in caught the attention of Reddit traders, who saw an injustice in the fact that the "big guys" on Wall Street were profiting from a dying company. Without much hesitation, the guys from Reddit decided to teach the boomers a lesson 🤷‍♂️

The "mom's basement traders" from the subreddit r/wallstreetbets started buying up options on GameStop shares under the slogans "Save gamers' honor" and "Punish the hedge fund piranhas." And the more options that were bought, the more the stock price rose. The losses of the hedge funds that bet on the decline exceeded $5 billion, and many had to attract borrowed funds to stabilize. In short, poor Norwegian pensioners were unlucky once again

The situation worsened when the meme lord himself, Elon Musk, joined the party. With his tweet, he doubled the price of GameStop shares, and apparently, it was then that he realized that Twitter could be used not only for jokes about trampolines.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow, and in the meantime, send this post to your friend who also doesn't understand what #GME is and why the revived Twitter guy in the red bandana is pumping #memecoins

🤔 What do a memorial and a memorandum have in common? That's right—they both contain "mem" (yes, literally)

With this longread, we open the series of essays "Zoomer's Dictionary," which aims to explain some features of modern trendy terms and linguistic constructions. And we will start with the most interesting one for the cryptocurrency industry—memes.

The word "meme" comes from the Greek "mimema," meaning "imitated." Richard Dawkins introduced this term in his book "The Selfish Gene" to describe how ideas spread and evolve in human society. Memes often have a humorous nature, which is their main strength because it makes them highly understandable and allows for the easy transmission of multi-layered context. For example, the meme abbreviation "POV" (Point of View) immediately indicates that the conveyed message is about a lifestyle that the author tries on to describe a particular life situation: "pov: you’re a novice trader" 💸

Memes have tightly integrated into digital communication and can not only entertain with funny pictures but also significantly influence public opinion, politics, and even finance, as we observe with the rise of #memecoins. Like a virus, a simple and precise meme instantly captures the minds of millions, evoking a strong emotional response. If the stated philosophy of a project, framed in a simple "meme-message," resonates with many people, they vote for such a project with their money, allowing it to grow in value. Tokens like #GME and #FreeTrump have shown growth not because of any special technological value, as is often the case with other cryptocurrency projects, but solely because a large number of people shared the stance promoted by these memecoins.

In the second part of the material, we will talk about Dogecoin and Shiba Inu—stay tuned for tomorrow 🐶

🐶 #Dogecoin and #ShibaInu are pioneer cryptocurrencies in the world of #memecoins. Their popularity can be attributed to several factors

Firstly, they were launched as alternatives to serious and complex financial instruments, which is what cryptocurrency seemed like at the time. These memecoins essentially made a statement to the entire industry: "Hey! You don’t have to be a cool programmer or understand blockchain to be part of the crypto community." Secondly, memecoins were powerfully and actively promoted on social media through (surprise) memes. Memes are the primary form of content with the highest viral potential (attractiveness for reposts). And let's not forget about Elon Musk.

Thanks to Musk's support, Dogecoin turned into a serious cryptocurrency asset with high market capitalization. Tweets aside, the controversial billionaire even promoted this cryptocurrency on Saturday Night Live, while simultaneously poking fun at it. A similar story happened with Shiba Inu, which was launched as the "Dogecoin killer"—a meme competitor to the popular meme (hard to grasp, but try)—and also gained support on social media.

It can now be said with confidence that meme culture is becoming an increasingly strong and widespread trend in the crypto industry, replacing #ICO and #NFT. Memes attract, create active communities around them, and can cause significant market fluctuations. By leveraging all this, memecoins have successfully drawn the attention of a broad audience and demonstrated that even a non-serious project can achieve significant heights.

How do you feel about memecoins? 🤔

🐶 Arthur Hayes predicts an #ETF for #DOGE

In a podcast with macro expert Raoul Pal, Hayes shared his vision for the future and stated that if #memecoins maintain their popularity, it is highly likely that we can expect a #Dogecoin #ETF.

To support his position, Arthur drew an analogy, suggesting that if people are willing to buy luxury goods just because of the well-known brand logo, then trading memecoins might also be acceptable for them.

🐳 — I'll invest in DOGE
🌚 — I'll invest in Birkin
🔥 — I'll invest in #KICK

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🐶 Since the beginning of April, more than 1 million new tokens have been released

Most of them are #memecoins on the #Solana and #Ethereum blockchains. Additionally, projects in the #TON ecosystem have been gaining popularity recently, further confirming the trend towards memes.

In this regard, we offer you a small tournament in the comments under the post:

Share in the comments the strangest/funniest/trashiest memecoins you know and write why you would invest in these projects or not.
The best authors will receive proper respect and shoutouts from our community 🫡

🐶 #MemeCoins became the most profitable sector in the first half of 2024

Meme coins outperformed #RWA by 8.6 times and #DeFi by 542.5 times. At their peak, the average profitability of meme coins reached 2405.1%.

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😎 What is PolitFi and who is behind it?

We've written multiple times about #TREMP and #BODEN, which are typical examples of memecoins. Their only difference from others is that these coins are tied to the political sphere, which has given rise to a new trend — #PolitFi

PolitFi tokens have gained popularity in the run-up to the upcoming elections in the USA. However, no token is officially linked to a specific politician, and the teams behind most of them are completely anonymous. Political #memecoins merely reflect public sentiment towards a particular candidate and their successes or failures. Although experts predict growth in the PolitFi sector as the US election approaches, the likelihood of scams in such projects is quite high, just like with any other meme coins.

By the way, in the recent debates, neither #Trump nor #Biden mentioned cryptocurrency even once, which may further signal that politicians are still using the industry solely for their PR purposes and are not genuinely interested in the real development of the sector 🧠

💰 #Memecoins have become the main narrative in the crypto industry

According to #CoinGecko, in the second quarter of 2024, meme coins surpassed #RWA and #AI in terms of attracting attention, leaving them in second and third places, respectively.

Meanwhile, meme coins dedicated to Joseph Biden plummeted following his exit from the presidential race, while the #KAMA token, dedicated to his potential successor Kamala Harris, showed an 80% increase.

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