Title: Top Crypto Moments of 2024
Author: 100x
Compiled by: Ismay, BlockBeats
Editor's note: Crypto KOL @100xgemfinder published 30 meme events in the crypto space for 2024, which BlockBeats compiled for readers.
1. A 12-year-old child rug-pulled $Quant for $20,000 and $15 during a live stream, yet Crypto Twitter pushed its market cap to $85 million, intending to teach the child a lesson.
2. $Slerf raised $10 million, but accidentally burned all presale investors' funds upon launch, yet pushed the token's market cap to $660 million in one day.
3. @rasmr_eth pretended to be @notthreadguy at the Bitcoin Nashville event.
4. Iggy Azalea launched $Mother, igniting a new trend in celebrity token releases.
5. @chooserich's tweet 'This is your opponent' sparked heated discussions and quickly went viral.
6. Marc Andreeson provided $50,000 in research funding to Andy and @truth_terminal, then launched $Goat, igniting a new wave of AI agent themes.
7. Hulk Hogan launched $HULK but then pulled the project, deleted all tweets, and claimed his account was hacked.
8. @HalieyWelchX launched $HAWK, with its market cap reaching a historical high of $550 million, but plummeted 90%-95% within hours.
9. @Cobratate launched $DADDY, with a market cap of $290 million and burned $110 million worth of tokens.
10. @blknoiz06 faced off against @barneytheboi, with $WIF investors hoping for victory.
11. @PepMangione was dubbed the UnitedHealthCare CEO Killer, with $LUIGI's market cap skyrocketing to over $85 million in one day.
12. $popcat became the first cat-themed token to surpass a market cap of $1 billion.
13. $Pepe's market cap reached $11 billion and successfully launched on Coinbase and Robinhood.
14. The Chill Guy token skyrocketed to a market cap of $660 million in just one week, becoming the hottest meme of 2024.
15. Donald Trump embraced cryptocurrency.
16. @stoolpresidente tweeted: 'Am I now a memecoin?' This statement triggered a crazy rise for $Portnoy.
17. Hyperliquid became one of the most valuable airdrops in history.
18. $BOME raised funds in presale and its market cap surpassed $1 billion in less than two days after launch, leading a wave of presale excitement.
19. Sahil persuaded a number of celebrities to launch tokens and promote them, then collectively ran away, including a growing list of names like Floyd Mayweather, Sexxy Redd, Caitlin Jenner, etc.
20. Scooter (@imperooterxbt) impersonated @henokcrypto during the Basel Art Fair and went viral frequently.
21. Scooter (@imperooterxbt) exposed that Rizzmas was a complete scam, causing its market cap to plummet from $100 million to $20 million, and subsequently faced backlash from many TikTok investors.
22. zachxbt exposed a teenager named Malone who stole $243 million from a person through social engineering attacks. Malone was later found partying at nightclubs, taking private jets, and lavishly spending this unexpected wealth.
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 have sex with a prostitute.
25. I successfully made everyone believe that @pumpdotfun banned Indian users, leading many KOLs and large accounts to repost my content, even being included by GROK as breaking news.
26. An anti-crypto 'old-school' person launched Unicorn Fart Dust in a basement, with its market cap skyrocketing to $240 million in just two days.
27. @chooserich was kicked out of the Avalanche yacht event.
28. The meme 'Made some money, took my wife to Paris' (he reposted this meme, but it’s still very funny).
29. @notthreadguy met with Donald Trump for a brief interview.
30. After the launch of $HAWK, @HalieyWelchX and her team held a Space to explain to investors what happened. @chooserich joined the discussion and began speaking, while Haliey replied that she was tired and going to sleep, abruptly ending the Space. She then slept for two weeks before responding to everyone again.
