July 11, 2021
Reuters
Meme coins are all the rage now, especially among younger investors. Find out whether these humorous cryptocurrencies are a serious investment or if they are just a bad joke.
Everyone loves a good meme, no matter your age or nationality. There’s a humorous take on anything and everything, be it the public meltdown of a national broadsheet’s CEO or one of the most memorable tales in Greek mythology.
In the world of cryptocurrency, meme coins may have been conceived as a joke, but investors are starting to take serious notice.
Elon Musk for one, has unceremoniously dumped Bitcoin in favour of Dogecoin. The head honcho of Tesla has even gone on record to say that he hasn’t sold any of his Dogecoins nor does he plan to part with them.
Many punters, drooling over dogecoin and other virtual currencies, are now trapped trying to chase momentum. They fell for the fear of missing out (FOMO) and now their dreams of becoming wealthy overnight lay shattered, as the cryptocurrency market lost $830 billion in the weeks meltdown.
1. What’s behind the crypto market crash?
The crypto market crashed, dipping to a market cap of US$1.3 trillion at one point.
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By the numbers: Bitcoin over 5,000% increase in Google search volume.
Bitcoin has fallen to below US$40,000 for the first time since Feb. 8 when Tesla announced a US$1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase. But Bitcoin isn’t alone the entire crypto market has been sinking, shedding a trillion dollars in total market cap in just a week.
A series of events contributed to crypto’s downward spiral. One of the triggers appears to be Elon Musk announcing that Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles.