Counting down the top 30 crypto meme moments of 2024 – which one do you remember?
Original Author: 100x
Original Title: Top Crypto Moments of 2024
Original Translator: Ismay
Editor's Note: Crypto KOL @100xgemfinder posted 30 meme events in the 2024 crypto space, which BlockBeats has compiled and organized for readers to reference.
1. A 12-year-old kid rug pulled $Quant for $20,000 and 15 pieces of a snack during a live stream. Crypto Twitter then pumped its market cap to $85 million to teach the kid a lesson.

2. $Slerf raised $10 million but accidentally burned all presale investors' funds on launch, yet managed to skyrocket the token's market cap to $660 million within a day.

3. @rasmr_eth disguised himself as @notthreadguy at the Bitcoin Nashville event.

4. Iggy Azalea launched $Mother, igniting a new trend of celebrity-issued tokens.

5. @chooserich's tweet "This is your counterpart" sparked a heated discussion and quickly went viral.

6. Marc Andreessen provided $50,000 in research funding to Andy and @truth_terminal, then launched $Goat, triggering a new trend in AI agent themes.

7. Hulk Hogan introduced $HULK but later rug pulled the project, deleted all tweets, and claimed his account was hacked.

8. @HalieyWelchX launched $HAWK, which reached a historical high market capitalization of 5.5 billion US dollars but plummeted by 90%-95% within hours.

9. @Cobratate introduced $DADDY, reaching a market capitalization of 2.9 billion US dollars and burning tokens worth 1.1 billion US dollars.

10. @blknoiz06 and @barneytheboi engaged in a showdown, with $WIF investors anticipating victory.

11. @PepMangione was identified as the UnitedHealthCare CEO Killer, causing $LUIGI to skyrocket to over 85 million US dollars in market capitalization in a single day.

12. $popcat became the first cat-themed token to surpass a market capitalization of 1 billion US dollars.

13. $Pepe reached a market capitalization of 110 billion US dollars and successfully launched on Coinbase and Robinhood.

14. The Chill Guy token, after becoming the hottest meme of 2024, saw its market capitalization surge to 660 million US dollars within a week.

15. Donald Trump embraces cryptocurrency.

16. @stoolpresidente tweeted, "Am I a memecoin now?" This statement triggered a frenzy in $Portnoy's value.

17. Hyperliquid became one of the most valuable airdrops in history.

18. $BOME raised funds in a presale and saw its market capitalization surpass 1 billion US dollars in less than two days after launch, leading a presale frenzy.

19. Sahil convinced a group of celebrities to launch a token and promote it, then they collectively exit scammed, with the list of celebrities involved growing longer, including Floyd Mayweather, Sexxy Redd, Caitlin Jenner, and others.

20. Scooter (@imperooterxbt) disguised as @henokcrypto during the Basel Art Exhibition and caused widespread viral propagation.

21. Scooter (@imperooterxbt) exposed Rizzmas as a complete scam, causing its market cap to plummet from $1 billion to $20 million, followed by a backlash from many TikTok investors.

22. zachxbt revealed how a teenager named Malone stole $243 million from an individual through a social engineering attack. Malone was later found partying at nightclubs, flying on private jets, and extravagantly spending this unexpected fortune.

23. My bot achieved a 30,000x return on fartcoin.

24. @9trevv publicly claimed during a live stream on the Pumpfun platform that he would engage in sexual activity with a prostitute.

25. I successfully tricked everyone into believing that @pumpdotfun banned Indian users, leading many KOLs and influencers to repost my content, and even getting featured as breaking news by GROK.

26. An anti-crypto "boomer" launched Unicorn Fart Dust in the basement, which saw its market cap skyrocket to $240 million within two days.

27. @chooserich got kicked out of Avalanche's yacht event.

28. The meme "Made some money, took the wife to Paris" (he reposted the meme, but it's still very funny).

29. @notthreadguy met with Donald Trump and conducted a brief interview.

30. After the $HAWK launch, @HalieyWelchX and her team hosted a Space to explain to investors what had happened. @chooserich joined the discussion and started speaking, while Haliey replied that she was tired and going to bed, abruptly ending the Space. She then slept for a full two weeks before responding to everyone again.

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