{"id":21151,"date":"2025-02-14T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/dog-name-sparks-meme-coin-frenzy\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:45:35","slug":"dog-name-sparks-meme-coin-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/dog-name-sparks-meme-coin-frenzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Name Sparks Meme Coin Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, revealed the name of his Belgian Shepherd\u2014Broccoli\u2014triggering a wave of meme coins named in its honour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Broccoli&#8217;s Story<\/p>\n<p>A year and a half ago, I casually chatted with a friend who owned a (real) zoo in Dubai. Curious, I asked what dog breed is adapted to the Dubai summer heat. I had no plans to get a dog. <\/p>\n<p>Later that evening, my doorbell rang, and a young Belgian Malinois showed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSLiHiS4fC\">pic.twitter.com\/vSLiHiS4fC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ ? BNB (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1890071433214038103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Interest in the topic arose after <span data-descr=\"Changpeng Zhao\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CZ<\/span> mentioned his pet and promised to &#8220;think for a day or two&#8221; about providing additional information.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"forklog\/42485\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the next post with details on the Pump.fun platform and its counterparts, the number of tokens with similar names surged.<\/p>\n<p>The aggregator <a href=\"https:\/\/dexscreener.com\/search?q=broccoli\" title=\"\">DEX Screener<\/a> currently indexes 30 such assets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geckoterminal.com\/\"> GeckoTerminal<\/a> <em>\u2014<\/em> 10. In one instance, the market capitalisation exceeded $150 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;I never thought Broccoli would become part of the blockchain ecosystem. [\u2026] It&#8217;s never boring in cryptocurrency,&#8221;<\/em> Zhao shared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CZ emphasised that he merely posted a photo of his pet and is not launching his own meme coin. The entrepreneur acknowledged that this could happen &#8220;if the community decides so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;I will likely interact with several coins on the BNB Chain. The BNB Foundation may encourage the best meme coins with liquidity or other rewards. <\/em>[\u2026]<em> Details soon,&#8221;<\/em> Zhao explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The excitement surrounding Broccoli caused issues on the BNB Chain network.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"forklog\/42512\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On February 12, BNB Chain developers unveiled a technical roadmap for 2025. Among other things, the document suggests a stronger focus on supporting meme coins.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Binance analysed the popularity of AI agents and meme coins, which became leading narratives in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, revealed the name of his Belgian Shepherd\u2014Broccoli\u2014triggering a wave of meme coins named in its honour. Broccoli&#8217;s Story A year and a half ago, I casually chatted with a friend who owned a (real) zoo in Dubai. Curious, I asked what dog breed is adapted to the Dubai summer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21150,"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":[1307,935,1161],"class_list":["post-21151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bnb-chain","tag-changpeng-zhao","tag-memes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21151","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=21151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}