In a wake-up to Queen’s Elizabeth II death, more than 40 meme coins using Queen’s name were launched just hours after her passing.
40 Meme Coins, Including “Queen Doge.”
The death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced on the 8th of September. Her death evoked an outpouring of sympathy and condolences from around the world.
Despite the grief, the crypto vultures took advantage of the opportunity to launch dozens of Queen-themed meme coins on Ethereum and Binance’s BNB Chain.
DexScreener data show that at least 40 different meme coins have been created in the last six hours, with such names as “Queen Elizabeth Inu,” “Queen Doge,” “God Save The Queen,” “London Bridge Is Down,” “Queen Grow,” “Rip Queen Elizabeth,” “Elizabeth II,” and “Queen Inu II.” Also, there were a few coins named after the new monarch, King Charles III.
In the past 24 hours, the price of Queen Elizabeth Inu is up 49,9% on Binance Smart Chain and 803% on Uniswap. The price of Save The Queen tokens witnessed a growth of 968%.
Since its launch, Save The Queen has already processed $382 000 in trading volume, while Queen Elizabeth Inu – $233 000.
An NFT collection titled “Queen Elizabeth 69 Years NFT” was also created instantly after the monarch’s death. The collection claims to have one image for the Queen’s reign each year. However, the collection’s creators deny that it is a “grifter.”
Crypto Community Reacts Negatively
The crypto community has reacted negatively to the projects. ThreadGuy.eth, with 81.4K followers, tweeted, “You’re going to hell.” With 132.6K followers, Byzantine General wrote, “We’ve got to stop this crypto shit.” Crypto investor LilMoonLambo with 172.6K followers, tweeted, “We deserve another bear market.”
we deserve another bear market pic.twitter.com/KGQnJmzzVh— LilMoonLambo (@LilMoonLambo) September 8, 2022
Bro let's just pack it up.We gotta stop this crypto shit. pic.twitter.com/EQIWuVKkiy— Byzantine General (@ByzGeneral) September 8, 2022
Idk who needs to hear this but if you launched a Queen Elizabeth Nft collection to profit off her death you’re going to hellOn the Flipside— ThreadGuy.eth (@notthreadguy) September 8, 2022
- Cryptocurrencies inspired by an internet meme or a buzzing event run on pump-and-dump schemes. The main problem with meme coins is that they don’t have a use case. This means that they are purely speculative.
- For example, the Squid meme coin, inspired by the Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) series Squid Games, collapsed after a 230,000% gain. Reportedly, Squid’s developers have fleed with an estimated $3.38 million.
Why You Should Care
Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning British monarch in the history.
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