A crypto token based on a viral TikTok meme has gone parabolic, touching a $500 million market cap just days after launching. Savvy meme coin traders are raking in millions from the launch—including one who turned a $1,000 investment into over $1 million in less than a week.
Just a Chill Guy (CHILLGUY) is a Solana meme coin that uses a character created by artist Phillip Banks in 2023 as its mascot. The anthropomorphic character wears a sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers, with his hands tucked in h...
Olympic gold medal winner Caitlyn Jenner appears to have launched a Pump.fun token, which sent Crypto Twitter into a meltdown. That’s led Decrypt down a rabbit hole to find the person who claims to have deployed the JENNER token on Pump.fun.
“We love crypto!” Jenner posted on Twitter followed by a Pump.fun link and a photo with Donald Trump. The JENNER token quickly made it onto decentralized exchange Raydium—a key goal for Pump.fun tokens—and is currently up 24,838% since its creation.
“I’m con...
Recently, a guy created a token called $Hands and posed with a paper under his chin saying, "I have no hands, I can't do a Rug Pull."
But when it peaked, he pulled his hands out from behind his back and sold his tokens like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat pic.twitter.com/MalhNvz3Pb
The livestreaming meme coins meta has taken an alarming turn.
Six days after creating the TruthOrDare token (DARE) on Pump.fun, a Solana dev doused himself in isopropyl alcohol and had fireworks shot at him. He’s now being treated in a Miami trauma center for third degree burns to a large portion of his body.
Livestreaming for meme coin clout is a recent and often troubling trend. It was weird when a mom shook her boobs for her son’s token or a dev lost a tooth while boxing. But third degree bur...
And now; Magick: everybody be cool, this is a r o b b e r y. What it do, staccattack? I'm about to change the course of history. n then rot in jail. am I sane? nah. am I well? v much not. do I want for anything? my mom raised from the dead n barring that: /x
— based birdman stacc (@STACCoverflow) May 16, 2024
Pump.fun, the prominent Solana-based token launchpad, said Monday that it has "paused" the livestreaming feature on its platform, which enabled users to stream a video feed alongside the creation of a meme coin.
Tokens that utilized the livestreaming feature can no longer be found in a category using the drop down menu on the Pump.fun home page, and no longer have a video feed embedded on their respective Pump.fun pages. After the feature disappeared, the company confirmed that it was removed in...