White House Ignites, BSC Spreads Like Wildfire: A Meme Carnival Bidding Farewell to the 'Imperial Decree Model'
White House Ignites, BSC Rallies: A Meme Carnival Moving Beyond the "Imperial Decree" Model
The meme market witnessed another sensational surge when the White House official account on X posted about "victory, eviction operations, and memes" on January 21. Within minutes, meme tokens named "memes" were launched on both Solana and BSC chains, sparking a race between the two ecosystems.
Contrary to expectations that Solana’s earlier launch and active ecosystem would dominate, the BSC version outperformed in market cap and holder engagement. At its peak, the BSC meme reached a market cap of $28 million with 7,300 holders, while Solana’s version capped at $3.6 million with 3,900 holders. Real-time user data from GMGN also showed significantly higher engagement on BSC.
This outcome challenges the long-standing perception that BSC memes rely heavily on endorsements from figures like CZ and He Yi—a pattern often mocked as "crypto Shandong style." In fact, both CZ and He Yi have recently expressed caution against "wordplay memes" created by parsing their social posts. CZ explicitly warned users against buying tokens based on his tweets, while He Yi discouraged the community from treating such meme creation as meaningful contribution.
The success of the BSC-based "memes" token—inspired by the White House rather than internal figures—suggests a possible shift in BSC’s meme culture. He Yi’s now-deleted retweet of the White House post may have contributed to its visibility, though the exact impact remains unclear. Whether this marks a true departure from top-down meme dynamics on BSC is still an open question, but the community is beginning to reimagine the chain’s potential in a more organic, less leader-dependent meme economy.
Odaily星球日报01/21 09:48
