Original | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )
Author | Ethan ( @ethanzhang_web3 )
If you open X right now, you will probably see more than one post with Ghibli-style images in your feed. Behind this craze is the new image generation function recently launched by ChatGPT. Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Studio behind him can be regarded as the top Japanese cultural export, and they are using this 2C AI application scenario to spread to every corner of the global Internet.
Celebrity effect promotes the spread of trends
On March 26, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the lead in joining this trend. He posted a self-deprecating tweet on Twitter, saying that he was accidentally Ghibli-ized and changed his personal profile picture to a Ghibli-style image. This tweet quickly attracted a lot of attention and became a hot topic on social media.
Immediately, celebrities in the technology and crypto circles who are most sensitive to hot topics followed suit and uploaded their own Ghibli-style avatars. For example, Musk mentioned in a tweet that this is the theme of today and shared his Ghibli-style image. And Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) and MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor Others have also uploaded images rendered in the Ghibli style, fully demonstrating the powerful appeal of this trend.
The rise of the MEME coin craze
Social hot spots and Internet memes are often fertile ground for meme coins to borrow inspiration elements. The Ghibli-style craze has indeed spawned many meme coins with related themes. Meme coins such as Ghiblification, GhibliCZ and Ghibli Doge have quickly become popular. Odaily Planet Daily has selected a few representatives and briefly introduced them:
1. Ghiblification/Ghibli (full name/token symbol); Solana; CA: 4TBi...pump
Market value: US$37.58 million
Current decline: 8.03%
Current market value: $34.56 million
2. GhibliCZ/Ghibli (full name/token symbol); BNB Chain; CA: 0x79…03f3
Highest market value: $15.38 million
Current decline: 45.9%
Current market value: $8.32 million
3. Ghibli Doge/Ghiblidoge (full name/token symbol); Solana; CA: 6mq2...pump
Highest market value: $1.01 million
Current decline: 82.47%
Current market value: $177,000
At present, the craze of changing avatars and making various Ghibli-style pictures is still going on. The viral spread of popular filters, lenses, and challenges 10 years ago seems to still apply to todays Internet world. The difference is that the emergence of Meme coins tokenizes, financializes, and speculates attention. Here , Odaily Planet Daily also reminds everyone that although this trend will bring some investment opportunities in the short term, it is more important to withdraw in time under the fast food heat.
