{"id":18429,"date":"2024-11-08T15:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/escape-of-43-monkeys-spurs-surge-in-ape-themed-meme-tokens\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:04:42","slug":"escape-of-43-monkeys-spurs-surge-in-ape-themed-meme-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/escape-of-43-monkeys-spurs-surge-in-ape-themed-meme-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"Escape of 43 Monkeys Spurs Surge in Ape-Themed Meme Tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 6, 43 rhesus macaques escaped from the Alpha Genesis research center in Yemassee, South Carolina, triggering a sharp rise in the value of ape-themed meme coins, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/290734\/monkey-see-monkey-flee-43-rhesus-monkey-rebels-are-on-the-loose-in-south-carolina\">Decrypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, on November 7, the Solana-based token <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/monkey-2\">Monkey<\/a> (MONKEY) surged by 49%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/apes-go-bananas\">Apes Go Bananas<\/a> (AGB) also experienced a daily increase of 14% during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Users on the social network X proposed theories about the reasons behind the animals&#8217; escape. Some speculated about a government conspiracy aimed at disrupting the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201crelease the monkeys\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZwzs4oeM6\">https:\/\/t.co\/JZwzs4oeM6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwwbYYvJuK\">pic.twitter.com\/cwwbYYvJuK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOMO Capital (@FOMOCapitalLLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOMOCapitalLLC\/status\/1854589413587648639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Others recalled plots from the films <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/norths1d3r\/status\/1854584737135747127\">\u201cOutbreak\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CaptCoronado\/status\/1854568292905554289\">\u201cPlanet of the Apes\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Yemassee Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yemasseepolice\/posts\/pfbid02NMa3e596xxVBXj782UV7ojTV2xqjuvEDd2tPzGB9UhcdwM9dqkoDLcBH16xvX58El\">warned<\/a> residents of the dangers of approaching the macaques and advised reporting their whereabouts to 911. <\/p>\n<p>Alpha Genesis uses monkeys in clinical trials for drugs, including those for treating brain diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Back in mid-September, an investor spent 6 SOL ($815) to purchase 30.1 million Moo Deng meme tokens, named after a popular baby hippo from Thailand. By the end of the same month, the asset&#8217;s valuation had reached $9.4 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 6, 43 rhesus macaques escaped from the Alpha Genesis research center in Yemassee, South Carolina, triggering a sharp rise in the value of ape-themed meme coins, as reported by Decrypt. Specifically, on November 7, the Solana-based token Monkey (MONKEY) surged by 49%. Apes Go Bananas (AGB) also experienced a daily increase of 14% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1529,991,1161,26],"class_list":["post-18429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-animals","tag-donald-trump","tag-memes","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}