2025-12-26 16:20:54

Meme coins hit another inflection point recently. The TRUMP token launch ahead of inauguration day sparked massive speculation—with top holders reportedly deploying $148 million just to secure dinner access to the President. It's a wild mix of political culture and crypto degeneracy that captured market attention.

Meanwhile, infrastructure players are moving fast. Grayscale rolled out its DOGE ETF offering in the second half, signaling institutional appetite for meme-based assets. On a different angle, Nasdaq-listed Safety Shot made waves by establishing BONK Inc, expanding meme coin ecosystems into structured entities.

These moves paint a broader picture: meme coins aren't just retail play anymore—they're attracting serious capital, mainstream financial products, and corporate structures. Whether it's a sign of market maturity or speculation getting wilder remains the open question.

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ApeDegen

· 4h ago

140 million just to have a meal? How crazy is that, haha Institutional entry has begun, Grayscale's move is quite clever BONK Inc has even adopted a structural approach, is this really still a meme? From pure gambling to ETFs, the speed is ridiculously fast Wait, is this market maturity or more crazies? Making money with political meme coins, I really didn't expect that I still can't understand the institutional money game, what kind of mindset are they playing with

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AlwaysQuestioning

· 5h ago

140 million just to buy a meal? Man, that’s gotta be a lot of money and no place to spend it, hilarious --- Grayscale DOGE ETF is really just giving retail investors a false hope; institutions are in, and we’re still stuck at the bottom --- I can’t quite figure out bonk inc; meme coins can also be packaged as legitimate companies? Is the next step going public for funding? --- Basically, it’s a new toy for the wealthy. The hype machine is running, and retail investors are still dreaming --- Wait, is this truly market maturity or is a bubble about to burst? Feels like no one can really tell --- Political coins, meme coins, ETFs... mixing these together is ridiculous, but I bet the next wave will still go crazy --- Institutional entry = good news? Not necessarily, it might just be to harvest retail investors

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SelfCustodyBro

· 5h ago

Spending 148 million on a meal... I just want to say, this is what you call faith-based spending.

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DAOdreamer

· 5h ago

Spending 148 million on a meal, this is more than my annual salary... Truly crazy --- As soon as the DOGE ETF launched, institutions followed suit. It seems mainstream finance is also starting to give up struggling --- From pure gambling to a legitimate army, is meme coin market maturity or just a bubble inflated to the sky... --- Safe Harbor Coin is working on BONK Inc., feels like giving meme coins a legal disguise? Not sure how long this can fool people --- Political meme coins + institutional ETFs + listed companies involved, this combo has got me a bit confused... --- Basically, big players have realized that meme coins can be more profitable than DeFi for harvesting yields, and now they are starting serious militarization --- I just want to ask, when will this thing really crash... Every day new highs, I’m exhausted

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TooScaredToSell

· 6h ago

140 million just to have a meal, I damn well died laughing. This is the ultimate form of crypto.

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HorizonHunter

· 6h ago

Amazing, spending 100 million for a meal—what kind of mindset does that take? --- I knew Grayscale's DOGE ETF was going to take off; institutions are really getting involved. --- From pure gambling to structured products, what is meme coins becoming... Is the market maturing or just going crazier? --- That Trump coin move was brilliant—spending big just to have dinner with the president. That says more than anything else. --- What kind of innovation is Bonk Inc.? They’re just bringing the casino to Nasdaq. --- Wow, institutions are really starting to copy meme coins—this is the end. --- From retail investors to big capital, meme coins are now being "taken over" by the "mainstream"... It’s a bit sad. --- 148 million for dinner access? Isn’t that just gambling or stupidity? --- Grayscale’s move directly turned meme coins from a joke into a business—terrifying.

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CafeMinor

· 6h ago

140 million USD just to have a meal? These people are crazy... But speaking of which, now that institutions have entered the market, it's definitely a different story.

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FrogInTheWell

· 6h ago

Over a hundred million dollars just for a meal? The crypto world really does some outrageous things... But Grayscale's move to launch a DOGE ETF is indeed bold. The signal of institutional entry is so obvious, and some people still say it's just hype?

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