meme coin

A form of memecoin — A cryptocurrency or token that is based on a meme or has a comedic trait.

Meanings

nounmeme coin (plural meme coins)

plural meme coins

  1. alternativeAlternative form of memecoin.

    Struck by the absurdity of such meme coins, in August 2020 a programmer named Jordan Lyall introduced the Degenerator, a phony project that supposedly allowed anyone to create their own DeFi project in less than five minutes.

    2021, Eswar S. Prasad, The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 188
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APA

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Chicago

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