President Joe Biden's memecoin, Jeo Boden, domiciled in Solana, achieved a new high on Monday, breaking through the $1 threshold for the first time before plunging and settling at roughly $0.817. Over the last week, the cryptocurrency increased by over 170%, and over the last month, it increased by over 400%.
On the future of the coin, analysts couldn't agree. According to Benzinga, well-known cryptocurrency influencer Ansem recently stated that he thinks $BODEN will draw interest from Republicans and Democrats alike. He also hinted that former President Donald Trump, who has demonstrated a rising interest in cryptocurrencies, might promote the project.
Others agreed, speculating that Trump's awareness may accelerate the spread of the meme coin. Right now, Jeo Boden is worth more than its political equivalent, MAGA Memecoin, which is valued at $300 million.
The value of these tokens has almost tripled since the start of the year, during a memecoin frenzy that has seen traders gain and lose fortunes in a matter of days, as reported by CryptoGlobe, bringing the entire market capitalization of memecoins in the cryptocurrency ecosystem to over $56 billion.
In spite of the government not providing stimulus checks, as it did during the previous memecoin boom due to the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for memecoins reached its highest level since 2021 in the first quarter of this year, according to IntoTheBlock's Q1 2024 On-Chain report. The company noted that "appetite for seemingly useless crypto-assets has been very strong."
According to the firm's study, there is uncertainty over "whether this is due to the economy getting overheated, or perhaps just growing financial nihilism." Nihilism is the term used to describe the belief that the level of living expenses and financial opportunities is unsustainable.
Meme-inspired tokens like $SHIB, $PEPE, and $FLOKI saw their trading volume surpass that of Bitcoin on top Indian exchange WazirX last month, according to the business, which claims that memecoins have "become the main subject in crypto over the last few months."
April 2024, Cryptoniteuae