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Track 10Intermediate

Case files: real coins, real lessons

BONK, dogwifhat, HAWK, TRUMP, LIBRA and a typical bundled launch, told from the start: what happened, the signs, what a careful trader would have checked, and the lesson each one leaves.

7 lessons23 minfinal quiz
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The ghost pins one more coin photo onto a cork evidence board of happy, shocked and crying coin photos linked by red string, hugging a fat green case folder under his other arm.

Lessons

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  1. 1BONK: the dog coin that gave half of itself awayUp nextHow a Christmas 2022 airdrop cheered up a beaten Solana community, why BONK lasted when most dog coins die, and why it still sits about 95% below its high.3 min read4 quiz questions
  2. 2dogwifhat: a joke that became $4.7 billionA dog in a knitted hat, no famous name, no roadmap: how WIF climbed about 3,000 times in four months, the Las Vegas Sphere plan that never happened, and what a 96% fall teaches.3 min read4 quiz questions
  3. 3HAWK: a celebrity coin and a 96% clusterDecember 4, 2024: an internet celebrity's coin reached about $490 million within minutes and lost over 90% within hours. What the holder map showed, what the team said, and what to check before buying a famous name.3 min read4 quiz questions
  4. 4TRUMP: an official coin with 80% held backThe US president's own coin, launched January 17, 2025: why most of the supply sat with two companies, what that meant for the price, and why a real coin is not the same as a good buy.3 min read4 quiz questions
  5. 5LIBRA: a president's post and a drained poolFebruary 14, 2025: a coin created three minutes before Argentina's president posted about it peaked near $4.6 billion, then lost most of its value as money left its pools. The signs were on-chain within the first hour.4 min read4 quiz questions
  6. 6A bundled launch, minute by minuteNo famous name and no headlines: a made-up pump.fun launch built from the patterns researchers keep finding, with every number worked out on the real curve.4 min read4 quiz questions
  7. 7What the case files have in commonSix coins side by side: who held the supply on day one, how fast each one peaked, where each stood in late 2026, and a short case file to fill in before your next buy.3 min read4 quiz questions
  8. Final quiz7 harder questions on the whole track, some of them tricky.

This guide is for learning. It is not financial advice. Most memecoins go to zero and most people who trade them lose money. Only ever trade what you can afford to lose.