Original | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )
Author | Ethan ( @ethanzhang_web3 )
On March 7, when the entire crypto market was immersed in the sad market of plummeting, a Musk concept meme project called RFC (Retard Finder Coin) bucked the trend and pulled up the market. According to GMGN data, the price of RFG soared by more than 200% in the past 48 hours, and the market value was close to 30 million US dollars.
RFCs X-platform social account nickname is Retard Finder , which was created in December 2024. Its tweets mostly revolve around immigration policies and radical environmental issues, leaning towards right-wing forces and criticizing white leftists (standing with Trump).
In the past month, the account has attracted the attention of celebrities such as Musk and Eric Trump, and its number of followers has soared from more than 200,000 to 700,000 , with an average daily increase of about 20,000, far exceeding the growth rate of similar political satire accounts (usually 3,000 to 8,000 per day). In addition, Musks account has interacted with the RFC account 22 times, and conspiracy theorists even suspect that the account is Musks political trumpet.
Musks hysteria may be political manipulation
Retard Finder first became popular with a simple and ironic post: when someone graffitied a Nazi symbol on the Tesla Cybertruck, it responded with a simple Found one and a screenshot of the incident. Its concise humor immediately spread widely and laid the foundation for its style of exposing absurdity with minimal words. Since then, many users have spontaneously started to interact with Retard Finder on the X platform. Whenever they find what they think is idiotic speech, they will @ the account; Retard Finder will also selectively forward these accounts tweets to entertain the public.
Since early March, when Musk began following and interacting with Retard Finder, the account had only about 200,000 followers. Now it has rapidly climbed to nearly 700,000, with an average daily increase of about 20,000 followers, far exceeding the growth rate of similar political satire accounts (usually 30,000 to 80,000 followers per day).
Some people may be curious, why did Musk not use his own account to speak directly, but chose to use this project? The reason may be political risk aversion. Musk is facing an EU investigation into the X platforms interference in the German election. Directly criticizing white leftists may increase legal risks; speaking through a third-party account (@IfindRetards) not only leaves room for political maneuvering, but also successfully makes the account his spokesperson, so that he can more freely convey his personal views.
By searching from:elonmusk @ifindretards on Musks homepage, it is not difficult to find that the interaction between the two accounts is extremely frequent. In the past 35 days, the two sides have interacted 22 times, of which 11 times were actively @ each other, far exceeding the average monthly interaction frequency of 3-5 times with Teslas official account ( @Tesla ).
In March 2025, Musk directly @ed the account when replying to a post on X criticizing his cognitive decline. Earlier, Quillette founder Claire Lehmann had posted that Musk relied on drugs instead of exercise to keep his mind clear, and Musk @IfindRetards in a lighthearted way, as if to imply I found a fool. This interaction not only increased the exposure of the account, but was also seen as Musks tacit approval and recognition of its troll culture.
A rare carnival in the crypto world
In the Token trading market where Meme culture is prevalent, top traffic stars such as Musk and CZ are always the focus of the market, and any of their actions can attract widespread attention. Then, with the frequent interactions between Musk and the mouth substitute account, RFC tokens quickly became a hot spot in the market, and the market value continued to rise.
After the launch of RFC token on March 25, its market value once soared to $9 million in the early morning of March 26, and then fell back to a minimum of $1.5 million. Since then, its market value has been fluctuating around $200. Until 14:36 on March 31, Musk once again @ Retard Finder in reply to @Nature post, and the market value of RFC token soared 510.47% in one hour, jumping from $2.86 million to $17.48 million, setting a record for the highest increase brought by a single interaction.
On April 2 at 23:52, Musk once again @Retard Finder in response to the @EndWokeness post, causing the token market value to surge 84.57% in just 4 minutes, from $11.37 million to $20.98 million. Although it quickly fell back afterwards, the interactive effect was still significant.
At 12:59 on April 6, Musk directly responded to Retard Finder’s tweet, which asked Musk to investigate and restore a user’s social account. Musk replied, “Investigating.” The ultra-high frequency of interaction also caused the price of RFC tokens to soar against the trend in the past two days, with the market value rising from $10 million to a maximum of $30 million, becoming the most popular dark horse in the market today.
Whether it is Musks frequent interactions or the humorous memes of the account itself, the success of the RFC token has undoubtedly injected a strong dose of carnival stimulant into the crypto community in the sluggish market. Although some RFC holders shouted RFC is the next DOGE, Odaily Planet Daily still reminds that Meme is risky and you should pay attention to risk control.
