In 2022, an ordinary student from Indonesia was able to earn over a million dollars by turning his daily selfies into non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In 2024, he returned to the public again.
Sultan Gustav Al Ghozali launched a meme coin that combined elements of a meme coin and an NFT, based on the second level (L2) Base solution. For the presale of the new token Ghozali (GHZLI), the former student earned more than 2.5 million dollars.
How "the stupidest idea" brought the first million. For six years, Sultan Gustav Al Ghozali took daily selfies, which he decided to turn into an NFT in 2022. This is how the collection called Ghozali Everyday (Ukrainian: "Ghozali everyday") appeared.
Gozali's idea quickly caught on among members of the crypto community, who began buying the Indonesian student's tokens. The support of enthusiasts brought the author of an unusual NFT collection a million dollars. In August 2023, Gozali wrote in X (formerly Twitter) that he would no longer be photographed. Then he took his last selfie at his university graduation and said: “Taking selfies for six years is the dumbest idea I've ever had. But at least I was able to earn money from it." Gozali's last tweet after which he took a break. The hiatus was short-lived In March 2024, Ghozali returned to X again, this time to promote his own meme coin, which he called the "second part" of the Ghozali Everyday NFT collection. First photo of Gozali after the break. According to Etherscan, more than 7,000 Ethereum (ETH) have been stored at the presale address of the new token since its launch. At the current exchange rate, this number of coins is estimated at more than 2.5 million dollars. However, Gozali set the presale limit at 400 ETH, or $1.4 million. Now the author of the legendary NFT collection is refunding the funds to those users who bought a new asset already after reaching this threshold. According to Ghozali's "tokenomics", a total of 1,500 Ghozali hybrid tokens will be issued. He will distribute them as follows:
40% — liquidity tokens (LP);
40% — pre-sale;
10% — airdrop for NFT collection owners;
10% to the project team.
Meme-coin mania in the crypto market continues. On Base, the memcoin capitalization recently increased by more than 200% in just one day, surpassing the $560 million mark. The market value of such assets on Solana (SOL), meanwhile, has nearly reached $8 billion, according to CoinGecko.
