The 2024 Paris Olympics not only attracted global attention in the arena, but also unexpectedly set off a wave of enthusiasm in the cryptocurrency circle. Yusuf Dikec, a 51-year-old Turkish shooter, quickly became popular on the Internet for his relaxed playing style and even became part of the meme culture. The meme token of the same name became a thousand-fold coin overnight.

BlockBeats has compiled more meme coins related to the Olympic Games concept, which does not constitute investment advice.

DIKEC

The 51-year-old Turkish athlete Y Dikec is currently the most popular Olympic athlete on the Internet. Y Dikec has participated in international shooting competitions since the early 2000s and has won several titles in European and World Championships. However, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Dikec won the public's attention because of his relaxed attitude.

Unlike other athletes who wore high-tech gear, Dikec wore only a seemingly ordinary T-shirt, glasses, and often put one hand casually in his trouser pocket. This relaxed but confident style quickly went viral on the Internet, making him the focus of this Olympics and helping Turkey win a silver medal, the country's first medal in the Olympic shooting event.

Faced with the fact that he participated in the Olympics without using special equipment and won the silver medal, which became an internet celebrity, after the game, Dikec was "exposed" as a former Turkish military officer. He issued a statement, "I don't need special equipment. I was born a shooter."

Dikec has attracted much attention in the cryptocurrency circle due to its multiple meme attributes. Currently, the relevant tokens are: $DIKEC and $DAD.

$DIKEC directly uses the name of the athlete. Its current market value on the Ethereum chain is $29.3K, and on the Solana chain it is $278.1K.

$DAD may not sound related to Dikec at first, but its current market value is $1.7M, which is much more popular than $DIKEC. The community's slang is: "He is the coolest athlete in the Paris Olympics, no camera, no headphones, only atmosphere and random $DAD skins, and his personality is always optimistic, especially like this kind and friendly random dad. Most of us who fight in cryptocurrencies are like him."

Kim Yeji

In addition to Y DIKEC, 31-year-old Korean shooter Kim Yeji was also a major focus of the Paris Olympics. With her outstanding performance and unique style, she not only won a silver medal in the competition, but also quickly became a hit on social media.

Her calm and domineering performance in the competition attracted widespread attention. Because she often wears her iconic sci-fi style shooting glasses and a hat worn upside down, coupled with her calm posture in the competition, fans nicknamed her "real-life agent" and "the coolest Olympic athlete." Even Elon Musk expressed his appreciation for her on social media, suggesting that she is suitable for acting in action movies.

In the cryptocurrency circle, Kim Ye-ji's image has quickly become a meme, her "coolness" has been discussed by many communities, and some cryptocurrencies have also begun to market around her image. There are not many related tokens currently, $YEJI is one, with a current market value of 138K. On the SOLANA chain, it is a little weaker than DIKEC, but there may be more room for growth.

Angela Carini

Italian boxer Angela Carini attracted widespread attention last night at the Paris Olympics for her match with a transgender athlete. The incident was caused by Carini's match against a transgender female boxer Imane Khelif, which was considered to constitute an unfair competition due to the disparity in strength, and this arrangement caused controversy about fairness and safety.

The incident has been widely discussed online, involving disputes over sports fairness and transgender rights, and many well-known figures have spoken out about it. For example, Trump said that he would ban male athletes from participating in women's competitions after his election; Musk also retweeted "Men don't belong in women's sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini" on social media 18 hours ago.

So far, no suitable target has emerged. This morning, a token with the same name as Angela ran away. However, the impact of the unfair competition incident of Angela is very large, so the possibility of a good target emerging is still very high.

LGBT

In addition to several athletes, there were also some memes that came out of the opening ceremony a few days ago, such as the meme with the same name as the mascot of the Paris Olympics, and the LGBT elements shown in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

The entire opening ceremony displayed a strong theme of diversity and inclusion, and LGBT-related symbols and emblems were incorporated into the performances. For example, dancers and actors conveyed a celebration of gender diversity through costumes and dance, and some performances were interpreted as symbols of support for gay and transgender groups. Therefore, there are many meme concepts in the currency circle, such as $gay and $les that appeared a few days ago.

$gay coin was originally a joke, created by a community member on Twitter Space, using the avatar of Frank, the founder of DeGods NFT. Frank also started to play a joke saying that he was gay. As the joke spread, the price of the token rose rapidly in a short period of time. At the same time, Frank helped $gay coin CTO (community take over) and tried to transform the token from a joke about him personally to a larger symbol of support for the LGBT movement.

After rising to 8 M, $gay's current market value remains around 1.7 M. We can observe and judge the future trend based on the market heat.

Note: Most meme hype is extremely risky and has no practical value. This article is only a record of ideas and is not intended as investment advice.