What’s the Meta?

He SOLD Venmo... Now He’s Made a Meme Coin

Iqram Magdon-Ismail, co-founder of Venmo, is working on a new app called JellyJelly, a video chatting platform for podcasters. Ahead of the app's official release, he launched a meme coin for the project which soared to a $250 million market cap. But, he didn’t have a plan for how the app would use the token so it’s since fallen to just $5.5 million. In this episode, we speak to CEO of Jelly Jelly, Iqram Magdon-Ismail, and investor Sam Lessin about why they decided to launch the token, how they can separate the product from crypto degeneracy, and if they have a plan for the token yet.

This Rat Will Be Smarter Than You One Day

This Rat Will Be Smarter Than You One DayA research lab gained popularity in the crypto sphere after its experiment on a rat called Pythia went viral, with a meme coin community rallying behind it. Pythia has a chip that is hardwired to his brain which is connected to an AI model that translates human languages into brain impulses. As a result, Pythia can answer questions that require yes or no answers.With the rat gaining popularity online, crypto degens created a Solana meme coin and Neiry Lab embraced it. PYTHIA reached an all-time high market cap of $50 million just 17 days after launch; it has since corrected to $14.5 million in the month following.In this episode of ‘What’s the Meta?’ we speak to two people from Neiry Lab about how the rat’s AI brain works, why this is going to change the course of human history, and how we can have conversations with cows. Stick around until the end as Neiry has a special announcement about a way to make money by selling your brainwave data.

Why Did Supa Hot Fire Create a Meme Coin?

Supa Hot Fire became one of the biggest memes in 2011. Now over a decade later, he has created a meme coin. This comes as part of a trend of old school internet icons launching meme coins, but why is this all happening?

This Meme Coin Saved Solana

Bonk: The Meme Coin that Saved Solana After Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX collapsed in 2022, the future of Solana looked bleak. But from the fraud-fuelled ashes came a meme coin that saved the network. Bonk was created and airdropped to a ton of Solana developers as a way to bring back fun vibes to the network. In many ways, it worked. Bonk reached a peak market cap of $4 billion in November 2024, two years after its launch. Along this journey Solana has changed a huge amount, establishing itself as one of the biggest blockchains in the world. Now, Solana is a crypto cultural hotspot and the go-to place for rising meme coins—especially with the creation of Pump.fun In this episode, we’re joined by Nom, a core contributor for Bonk, to discuss how the FTX collapse felt, why Bonk launching was so important, and how Solana has changed over the years.

He Created $300M Meme Coin By ACCIDENT

Ron made a YouTube video in an attempt to prove that cryptocurrency is worthless, after seeing Fartcoin shoot over a $1 billion market cap. Once the video was published, crypto degens caught wind of the story and sent Unicorn Fart Dust (UFD) to over $260 million—now $300 million. Ron joins us to tell his side of the story, how his opinion has changed on crypto, and why meme coins are important. Before this Ron was a gold and silver YouTube content creator, posting daily videos analysing the market. Because of this, the crypto community has branded him as a “boomer” despite Ron rejecting this tag—he’s technically a few years out. While UFD hasn’t changed his mind on silver and gold, it has made him think more positively about crypto. Why? Put simply, the power of community.