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Why Iggy Azalea’s Meme Coin $MOTHER Soared to $200M Market Cap

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$MOTHER, the meme coin of rapper Iggy Azalea, recently reached an all-time high, pushing its market cap to $200 million.

Whatโ€™s the Significance? The surge in $MOTHER’s value has created a frenzy in the crypto space and highlighted the impact of celebrity endorsements on meme coins.


The numbers:

  • Market Cap: $200 million
  • Price Increase: 58% in the last 24 hours
  • Tokens Created: 500,000 by Pump.Fun in May

*All data as of June 7, 2024.

Fortunes created:

  • A significant whale withdrew 8,943 SOL ($1.54 million) to purchase 8.6 million $MOTHER tokens at $0.1789 each.
  • A crypto trader turned a $3,200 investment into nearly $9 million.
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Ripple effect: The $MOTHER tokenโ€™s surge reflects a trend of celebrity-promoted meme coins experiencing dramatic price increases, raising debates about their sustainability and value.

How it works: A meme token’s value is driven purely by demand and speculation, without any intrinsic value proposition like payouts or voting rights.

Bullish on $MOTHER: Some crypto investors in X expressed bullishness on the meme token.

  • The account @Terps_Crypto with more than 3,000 followers noted that the rapper โ€œhas proven to be one of the most based in this space in a short period of time and is truly living the degen life and setting the standard for how a “Celeb” should run their token.โ€

Bearish on celebrity tokens:

  • Celebrity tokens face unique risks, such as the potential for the celebrity to lose interest or face controversies, affecting the token’s value.
  • Vitalik Buterin criticized celebrity-endorsed meme coins, arguing that financialization should serve meaningful ends, unlike current trends.

Key quote:

“Ashton and Mila’s Stoner Cats was vastly more honorable than anything we’ve seen from this 2024 celebrity memecoin era – at least there was an actual show being funded. How do we push things in a better direction?”

Vitalik Buterin, Creator, Ethereum

What’s next?ย Monitoring Iggy Azalea’s continued engagement with MOTHER will be crucial, as the promotion and public statements can heavily influence the token’s performance.

Related reading: Filipinos are among the top three global investors in high-risk cryptocurrencies, influenced by risk-taking tendencies and social media.

This article is published on BitPinas: Iggy Azalea’s Meme Coin $MOTHER Hits $200M Market Cap


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