Original title: What Is Chill Guy? The Viral TikTok Meme Already Making Crypto Traders Millions
Original source: Decrypt
Original translation: Mary Liu, BitpushNews
The myth of getting rich a thousand times is seen again in the meme track.
Just a Chill Guy – This emoticon package that is popular on Tiktok (the overseas version of Douyin) was moved to the chain by people in the cryptocurrency circle, and its market value exceeded US$500 million within a few days.
The meme smart money made a fortune from it. One player even made more than $1 million in less than a week with an initial cost of $1,000.
Just a Chill Guy (CHILLGUY) is a meme coin based on the Solana blockchain. It is a character created by artist Phillip Banks in 2023. This anthropomorphic image wears a sweatshirt, jeans and sneakers, with his hands in his pockets, and a Relaxed and calm look.
This character became popular on Tiktok, which is loved by the post-00s, and became the spiritual totem of the new generation of young people, representing a Buddhist, relaxed attitude towards life.
In just a few days, CHILLGUY’s market cap has soared from $10 million on Monday to $488 million at the time of writing. On-chain data shows that one lucky trader seized the opportunity and made a profit with just over $1,000 in investment. Profit of more than 1 million US dollars.
The wallet holder with the prefix 9zW invested $233.89 in CHILLGUY when it was first launched on Pump.fun. At the time, the market value of the coin was just under $11,000. In the next 30 hours, the coin soared by $38,800. % and reached a market value of approximately $4.4 million. During this period, the trader cashed out $16,200 for the first time through four transactions.
In the following days, the coin experienced a brief pullback before rising again, but the increase was only 180% of the previous peak. During this period, the trader invested an additional $867.35 in three transactions, bringing his total to The cost came to about $1,101.24, although most of that probably came from his initial profits.
TikTok is not a cryptocurrency-focused platform, but the explosion of CHILLGUY has led many traders to believe that new users are joining the cryptocurrency space—which may be true.
On Tuesday, the start of the CHILLGUY rally, a MoonPay spokesperson told Decrypt that it was a record-breaking day for Solana transaction volume, meaning more people than ever before were using its services to inject funds into the Solana ecosystem. .
CHILLGUY surged on Tuesday and Wednesday as a flood of new investors poured in, with its market value soaring from $11.5 million to $488 million, an increase of more than 4,000%.
Over the course of two days, the lucky trader continued to sell off some of his holdings. As of writing, the wallet has sold $411,500 worth of CHILLGUY, according to DEX Screener, while the account still holds nearly $700,000. CHILLGUY.
This brings the total unrealized gains of the wallet to more than $1.05 million. However, due to the volatile market of meme coins, this part of the gains has not yet been pocketed. Once the market changes, these floating gains may be reduced to zero in an instant.
In addition to CHILLGUY, the wallet also holds more than $100,000 in derivatives, and $13,700 in the AI meme coin Goatseus Maximus (GOAT).
However, despite the popularity of the token, its creator does not want to take advantage of the popularity. He wrote on Twitter: I do not support/consent my art being used for anything related to cryptocurrency. Please dont Dont bother me again.
He then set his Twitter account to private to avoid private message harassment.
Despite this, there are still some so-called tribute CHILLGUY NFT series launched, one of which has a minimum price of 3 SOL (about $700). In addition, a large number of derivative meme coins have also been launched, including other characters created by Banks. Coins such as Worried Guy (WORRIEDGUY), which Banks called a “flopcoin” because it failed to break through $100,000 in market value, later soared to $10 million.
So, have you played memes?
