The casino opens. According to Laranja, the first stage of the meme coin explosion took place around the time spot bitcoin ETFs were launched at the beginning of 2024.

There's something off about the recent explosion in meme stocks like GameStop, one market pro writes. Deep out-of-the-money call options saw an explosion in trading volume just before the return ...

The man who allegedly claimed he had C4 explosives in his car and sped through a security checkpoint at Donald Trump’s rally in Michigan over the weekend pleaded not guilty to charges against ...

An "explosion of meme coins," said Puckrin. According to Wired , there were nearly 6 million meme coins launched on the platform by January 2025. In some ways, the launchpad helped do away with ...