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Marc Andreessen teases AI agent pool
Before there were VIRTUALS, LUNA, and FART, there was GOAT, the memecoin inspired by creator Andy Airey's experience that placed two AI models of Claude in a game. Endless chatter.
But it was none other than Marc Andreessen of a16z, who provided the catalyst to send the entire sector into chaos. Hectic gatheringwhen he sent a $50,000 “research grant” to Airey in July.
With this, “AI agents on the blockchain” has been established as a rising discussion point, capturing the imagination of Crypto Twitter as Never happened before.
Mimi Queen rugs are 12 years old
Attention is the currency of memcoins, and in this case, Rogueball was the catalyst.
In this ridiculous twist, a 12-year-old middle school student launched the QUANT memecoin on a live stream, dumped his tokens for a $30,000 profit, and then gleefully turned away the camera.
The viral moment continued to pump QUANT to a market cap of $84 million in the next two hours, leaving our young comrade with at least $4 million in lost profits.
Fake SEC approval tweet for Bitcoin ETF
It was a propaganda campaign straight out of a Hollywood script when the SEC's official Twitter account was hacked on January 10, 2024 and a tweet was posted. False advertisement Approval of Bitcoin ETFs. The price of Bitcoin saw a $1,000 pump before Gensler officially clarified that his account had been hacked.
In October, hacker It turns out that a 25-year-old American posted “SIM swap“A technique using an SEC employee's personal details.
Shortly after the SEC account was hacked, Bitcoin ETFs became official consentmarking the start of the first ever cryptocurrency market pump before the Bitcoin halving. There is never a dull day in the world of cryptocurrencies.
Ansem vs. BitBoy at Crypto Fight Night
A number of things had to happen for this fight to take place.
Someone had to suggest the ridiculous idea of pitting two men - who had absolutely no business being in the ring - against each other in a boxing match. This idea had to evolve into casting and inviting two of the most hated KOLs in the cryptocurrency space, and a lot of money had to be spent to make it happen.
Kudos to whoever pulled off the BD miracle - even Dana White would have been proud.
The fight ended in a dull draw, but Bitboy's use of a much-needed inhaler after the match will forever reserve a place in the venerable hall of fame of cryptocurrency memes.
The creator of the SLERF memecoin accidentally burned investors' funds
What could go wrong with a memecoin investment that involves sending money to an anonymous stranger's online wallet?
After developer Slerfsol raised a staggering $10 million for the SLERF memecoin, it then... Sent by mistake $10 million worth of token supply is allocated to investors to burn the address, destroying it irreversibly.
"Guys I messed up. I burned the LP and tokens that were earmarked for the airdrop. The mint authority has already been canceled so I can't mint it. There's nothing I can do to fix this. I'm so sorry," Slerfsol tweeted, before jumping on the Twitter space to He apologizes Abundantly amidst tears.
But scarcity is a good thing... right? Like QUANT, the joy of the moment ironically sent SLERF to a market cap of $450 million.
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