2024 Cryptocurrency NFT News Revealed

Once again, the crypto community's annual meme news has arrived (skipped 2022 because, well, 2022 was just too tough), and this year has brought many remarkable moments that made everyone stand up. Wishing you all a happy new year and continued financial success in 2025.

Renzo's Statistics Graduate

On April 23, the staking project Renzo announced its airdrop rules. In Renzo's initial announcement, the token distribution pie chart resembled a statistics textbook. The allocation to Binance Launchpool and Liquidity, two 2.5% shares, was almost indistinguishable from the 20%, while the "half" at the bottom was 62%. The community bluntly stated that this was "chart crime, no different from tokenomics fraud."

Major S-Named Project Launches Epic Candlestick Chart

After closing the pre-trading session on Binance, a major S-named project officially opened for trading, with a candlestick chart that was momentarily indecipherable as to whether it was a rise or a fall, a rare sight in history.

Project Employs 4 Developers Online, Only to Discover They Are All the Same North Korean Hacker

On March 27, the Blast ecosystem project Munchables was hacked for $62.5 million. According to blockchain detective ZachXBT's investigation, it was because one of their developers was a North Korean hacker, and the four different developers employed by the Munchables team all had connections to the attacker, likely all being the same person. They referred each other to work in this field, regularly transferred payments to the same two deposit addresses on exchanges. The wallets of the "four individuals" showed transactions among themselves.

By annual earnings, the North Korean hacker should be earning more than many publicly traded companies.

Well-Known L-Named Cross-Chain Project Calls for "Witches" to Surrender Themselves, a Historical First

On May 4, a well-known L-named cross-chain project released an announcement stating that users identified as witches could voluntarily surrender, providing their witch addresses to receive the original 15% allocation. If they do not surrender voluntarily and are discovered later, their entire allocation will be forfeited.

That's not all; the project team stated that whistleblowers must provide at least 20 clearly identified addresses involved in witch operations, and rewards will be prioritized for the first user to successfully submit. Subsequently, they further updated the reporting mechanism, introducing a collateral system.

This is truly unprecedented.

Cryptocurrency Custodian Company Copper Apologizes for Serving Naked Sushi at Event

A source close to Copper said the models, one male and one female, were wearing swimwear and added that it was "very flashy...".

Looks like the project team really made a lot of money this year.

Slerf Founder Accidentally Burns Tokens and LP, Internet Learns the "Oh Fuck" Lesson

On March 18, Slerf project founder @Slerfsol posted on X platform, admitting to mistakenly destroying LP and airdrop reserve tokens, revoking minting rights, feeling helpless, and even shedding tears of true emotion in Space.

What was thought to be the end of the MEME project SLERF, which raised over 50,000 SOL, turned into a record-breaking moment. In just 30 minutes, SLERF's market cap exceeded a billion, surpassing BOME's previous 9-hour record, establishing SLERF as the new meme king. Subsequent encounters with meme token burns are now dubbed with the Slerf narrative for community engagement.

Setting Himself on Fire for Entertainment

In a previous event on Pump.Fun, a dev immersed himself in isopropyl alcohol and livestreamed fireworks being launched at himself to pump up the meme coin's value. The token price surged 2000% within hours, reaching a $2 million market cap. However, due to a lack of necessary fire safety measures, he was engulfed in flames instantly, suffering third-degree burns and hospitalized, rendering him unable to sell the tokens. Upon recovery, he found himself unable to use his hands properly, and even facial recognition on his phone failed to recognize him. Later, this dev exited the project, most likely without having sold the tokens in time.

Easter Egg: Selling High to Fly Forever

On March 8, a WIF developer sold 29,000 WIF worth $2.9 million (511 SOL) within 2 days of WIF's launch, which is now valued at $693 million.

The German government previously held 49,858 bitcoins and sold its holdings in July for $2.89 billion, at an average price of $57,900. After Bitcoin surpassed $100,000, the German government missed out on nearly $3 billion in profit.

On September 28, a trader spent 196 SUI (worth $368) to purchase 25.3 billion HIPPO tokens. In less than a day, the user sold all HIPPO tokens at a price of $7,500, with the total value exceeding $30 million a week later.

On October 10, a trader spent 2.07 SOL to purchase 21.26 million GOAT tokens, sold them at a price of 2.8 SOL, and earned only 0.7 SOL ($108). A week later, the value reached $8.9 million.

On November 13, a trader spent 8 SOL ($1,392) to buy 19.4 million Pnut tokens, then sold them at a price of 4.09 SOL ($711), resulting in a loss of $681. These Pnut tokens are now worth over $24.69 million.

On November 17, a trader once spent 19.8 SOL ($3,000) to buy 59 million FARTCOIN tokens but later sold them for 7.16 SOL ($1,100), resulting in a $1,900 loss. These FARTCOIN tokens are now worth over $18.42 million.

On November 21, a trader sold early CHILLGUY chips obtained for 1 SOL at a price of 1.6 SOL, from which they bought 33.95 million CHILLGUY tokens. These tokens are now worth over $10 million.