Over the weekend, the meme world went bananas, literally. Instead of the usual AI-themed jokes, everyone was focused on a banana duct-taped to a wall, a famous artwork now up for auction at Sotheby’s.

This artwork inspired a new meme coin, #BAN which launched on Friday night on the $SOL blockchain and quickly gained traction. In just 24 hours, $Ban hit a market cap of $20 million, surpassing the auction estimate for the banana artwork itself.

This artwork inspired a new meme coin, $BAN, which launched on Friday night on the Solana blockchain and quickly gained traction. In just 24 hours, $BAN hit a market cap of $20 million, surpassing the auction estimate for the banana artwork itself.