What’s the Meta?
What’s the Meta? Welcome to the home of the most degenerate antics in crypto. We’ll be there when a kid live streams with his mom, when a dev sets himself on fire, and when there’s blood on the streets.
Some weeks Decrypt Reporter Ryan S. Gladwin will interview key figures behind the craziest moments in crypto. While in other episodes Ryan will co-host with Decrypt Biz Dev Reza Jafery as they chat about the scene's current meta and what it means for the space.
Mar 13, 2025
He SOLD Venmo... Now He’s Made a Meme Coin
Iqram Magdon-Ismail, co-founder of Venmo, is working on a new app called JellyJelly, a video chatting platform for podcasters. Ahead of the app's official release, he launched a meme coin for the project which soared to a $250 million market cap. But, he didn’...
Read MoreFeb 18, 2025
This Rat Will Be Smarter Than You One Day
This Rat Will Be Smarter Than You One DayA research lab gained popularity in the crypto sphere after its experiment on a rat called Pythia went viral, with a meme coin community rallying behind it. Pythia has a chip that is hardwired to his brain which is conn...
Read MoreFeb 5, 2025
Why Did Supa Hot Fire Create a Meme Coin?
Supa Hot Fire became one of the biggest memes in 2011. Now over a decade later, he has created a meme coin. This comes as part of a trend of old school internet icons launching meme coins, but why is this all happening?...
Jan 28, 2025
This Meme Coin Saved Solana
Bonk: The Meme Coin that Saved Solana After Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX collapsed in 2022, the future of Solana looked bleak. But from the fraud-fuelled ashes came a meme coin that saved the network. Bonk was created and airdropped to a ton of Solana developers as...
Read MoreJan 21, 2025
He Created $300M Meme Coin By ACCIDENT
Ron made a YouTube video in an attempt to prove that cryptocurrency is worthless, after seeing Fartcoin shoot over a $1 billion market cap. Once the video was published, crypto degens caught wind of the story and sent Unicorn Fart Dust (UFD) to over $260 milli...
Read MoreJan 13, 2025
Floki: From Rug Pull to $3 BILLION Meme Coin Empire
Floki is one of the biggest meme coins in the world but it hasn’t been smooth sailing from the start. After dealing with an early rug pull attempt, the token has since grown to become a well-respected brand within the crypto community. Floki is known for its a...
Read MoreDec 10, 2024
Blockchain Beef: Which is the Real Pepe?
There are two Pepe meme coins but which one is the real one? Ryan S. Gladwin spoke with the Community Lead of Ethereum’s Pepecoin, known as Fanzo, to answer why there are two meme coins. Fanzo says that his token is the real one because it was first but the o...
Read MoreNov 25, 2024
Truth Terminal & the AI Meme Coin Revolution
Creators of artificial intelligence agents Truth Terminal, Fi (also known as AI with daddy issues), and MycelialOracle (aka S.A.N.) chat to Decrypt about getting wrapped up in the world of meme coins. Plus, the trio have an exciting announcement. All three pr...
Read MoreNov 18, 2024
How TikTok Made Ponke a $300M Meme Coin
Ponke is a meme coin of a degenerate monkey who gambles and trades every day. The project’s social media presence is a key differentiating factor, especially its approach to TikTok and Instagram—sites ignored by most tokens. The Solana meme coin has over 220,0...
Read MoreOct 7, 2024
Why a NFT Bull Run is Coming: DeGod President Explains
Why a NFT Bull Run is Coming: DeGod President Explains Sunny, the President of the popular NFT collection DeGods, explains why he believes a NFT bull run is on the way. While many believe that NFTs (also known as non-fungible tokens) are no longer attractive i...
Read MoreSep 17, 2024
How Jan 6. Organizer Became Meme Coin KINGPIN
How The Lead Organizer of Jan 6. Became Meme Coin KINGPIN Dustin Stockton is known as the “Godfather of Political Finance” but he wasn’t always known this way. He was originally heavily involved in campaigning for Donald Trump and was the lead organizer of Ja...
Read MoreSep 9, 2024
Crypto Researcher Explains Meme Coin MANIA
Crypto Researcher Explains The Year of the Meme Coin! Head of Research at CoinMarketCap, Alice Liu, breaks down the highs and lows of meme coin mania in 2024. We’ve seen meme coins like Dogwifhat (WIF) soar to huge market caps and we’ve seen political meme co...
Read MoreSep 2, 2024
DOGECOIN MILLIONAIRE EXPLAINS NEIRO
Kabosu, the dog many know as Doge and the mascot of Dogecoin, sadly passed away earlier this year. Its owner later adopted another Shiba Inu called Neiro which caused a long blockchain civil war with multiple tokens battling it out for liquidity. Now a month l...
Read MoreAug 26, 2024
THE MEME COIN THAT BECOME A RELIGION!
Pastor Kelby created a meme coin on Pumpdotfun which has since registered a church and developed its own religious theories and philosophies. Twice a day Kelby heads a sermon on Twitter where he spreads lessons from books that have personally helped him achiev...
Read MoreAug 19, 2024
THE HEDGE FUND THAT BOUGHT MEMES
Crypto hedge fund Stratos bought Dogwifhat (WIF) when it was just 1 cent and has since continued investing in meme coins. We spoke with Rennick Palley, founder of Stratos, to hear the firm’s perspective on investing in these tokens. Stratos has invested in Pe...
Read MoreAug 12, 2024
GIGACHAD: A COIN WITH AN ALPHA MALE MINDSET!
Gigachad is a meme coin centered around a meme that originates from 2017 after a photographer posted a bodybuilder with an unrealistically insane body. He was later named ‘Gigachad’ by 4Chan users. Now, it has celebrities like Mike ‘Titan’ O’Hearn and Paulo C...
Read MoreAug 5, 2024
MOG: THE MEME WORTH $800 MILLION
Mogging started on 4Chan back in 2016 as a slang term to dominate another person. But now, eight years later, mog has redefined itself through an Ethereum meme coin. Crypto traders Aug and Slumpt often joked that they’d launch a cryptocurrency around the moggi...
Read MoreJul 29, 2024
THE STORY OF BILLY!
Dev Dumped. Now He’s Worth $200M: The Story of Billy. Billy is the largest Solana meme coin on Pumpdotfun, peaking at a market cap of over $200 million. But it wasn’t always smooth sailing. Minutes after launching Billy’s dev abandoned him and sold the majori...
Read MoreJul 22, 2024
DO WE REALLY CARE ABOUT MEME COINS SCAMMING US?
With the rise of Pumpdotfun and rug pulls becoming a daily occurrence, why do crypto degens keep investing? Do these investors enjoy being scammed? It appears that people very often invest in meme coins that are very obviously going to rug pull. Once it happen...
Read MoreJul 12, 2024
Meet the dev who suffered third degree burns to pump a token!
Meet Mikol: the Dare dev that doused himself in isopropyl alcohol and had fireworks shot at him. He instantly went up in flames and was rushed to hospital, where it became apparent he suffered third degree burns. In this episode, Mikol reflects on the biggest...
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