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Memecoins 101

What a memecoin is, why people trade them, how a coin is born and dies, the slang, the famous coins and the honest odds, before you spend a cent.

7 lessons · 23 min · final quiz

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A parade of cute coin creatures with cat ears: a few float up on mint balloons and glow yellow, while most walk along the ground grey and faded and some balloons have popped.

Lessons

  1. 1What a memecoin isA token built on a joke or a moment, worth only what the next buyer will pay, and why market cap matters more than price.3 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  2. 2Why people trade themBig moves, low entry and a lot of fun, and the part nobody advertises: you are trading against other people and bots, and fees take a cut of every trade.3 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  3. 3The culture of the trenchesWhere memecoins are traded, who you will meet there, how fast it moves, and the unwritten rules.3 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  4. 4The slang you will hearApe, bags, paper hands, CTO, rug, ngmi: a plain-English decoder for the words you will see in every chat, with the warnings hidden inside them.3 min read · 5 quiz questionsNot done yet
  5. 5How a coin is born and how it diesFrom the spark to launch, the race to graduate, the run, the top, the bleed and the rare second life, with the numbers on how few coins survive.4 min read · 5 quiz questionsNot done yet
  6. 6Famous coins and what they teachDogecoin, Bonk, Pepe, dogwifhat, Moo Deng, Fartcoin, HAWK, TRUMP and LIBRA: what really happened, with dates, and the lesson in each.4 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  7. 7The honest oddsWhat the data says happens to most coins and most traders, why the game is stacked, and what the people who last do differently.3 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  8. Final quiz8 harder questions on the whole track, some of them tricky.Not done yet

After this: Launchpads and the bonding curve

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.