LUCE’s growth increased 100 times in two days, making the concept of “mascot” popular. AI meme is heading towards an ecological watershed. What is meme hyping today?

The story of AI meme is still being told, but it seems to be a little tired. Except for the "leader" GOAT, the other "dragon two" and "dragon three" that were once expected are close to zero. The market's mood of looking for the next narrative was suddenly ignited by the mascot of the Catholic TV station, which set off a hype about the concept of "mascot"; there was even a spectacle of using refrigerators to send memes. What will be the next big narrative, the "big golden dog", and will it be the "mascot" concept? Wait for the market to give us an answer.
With the Catholic TV station announcing LUCE, the official mascot for the Holy Year of 2025, it shows the church's acceptance of popular culture loved by young people. LUCE has become one of the few "golden dogs" that have gotten rid of PVP in recent days. Various mascot concepts have also come one after another. Some imitations quickly returned to zero, but some imitations have a market value of more than 10 million US dollars. Mascots seem to be a brand new narrative that can continue to be told in the meme market.
LUCE
LUCE comes from the official mascot of the Holy Year 2025: Luce (Italian for "light"). Archbishop Fisichella said that the inspiration for the mascot came from the church's desire to "survive even in the popular culture loved by young people". LUCE will also become the mascot of the Vatican Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka World Expo in Japan.
The price of LUCE surged to $20 million after opening, then fell back, and then continued to rise, setting a new high today.

Highest market value: 89.59M
Current market value: 81.88M
24h trading volume: 84.4M

BUIO
BUIO is darkness, a symbol of the year of evil, corresponding to the official mascot of the Vatican: Luce (Italian for "light").

Highest market value: 5.21M
Current market value: 3.99M
24h trading volume: 8.7M

SHIBU
This is a lovely artwork recommended by artist @Fantoumi. The community is under continuous construction. At present, it is a rare community where artists and late-stage builders can get along well.

Highest market value: 11.09M
Current market value: 5.94M
24h trading volume: 30.8M

Except for GOAT, most of the AI memes in the Solana ecosystem have been cut in half or even returned to zero. For example, GNON, which was once highly anticipated by everyone, has fallen back to a market value of 4 million US dollars, close to zero. The well-known trader Eugene also said on social media that the investment decision in GNON was wrong. The subsequent AI Agent concept-related tokens, HIGHER, VIRTUAL, and LUNA (also issued in Solana) of the Base ecosystem continue to strengthen.
ai16z
ai16z is a decentralized AI trading fund based on the Solana blockchain. As an "AI investment DAO", the core of ai16z is to use AI agents to obtain market information on and off the chain, analyze community consensus, and automatically trade tokens. This new model aims to combine AI trading strategies and decentralized governance through tokenized operations to provide investors with more transparent and trustworthy investment opportunities.

Highest market value: 97.01M
Current market value: 26.05M
24h trading volume: 6.9M

MemesAI
memesAI is considered to be a token that can compete with GOAT. The founder of memesai was once sponsored by Marc Andreessen for BTC and was also recognized by Andy Ayrey. Many people believe that the current memes AI is fully underestimated.

Highest market value: 44.89M
Current market value: 13.05M
24h trading volume: 10.02M

AIO
AIO stands for The AI Orcale, an artificial intelligence oracle. It is a cluster of three AI supercomputers used to manage and support all executed tasks. Within a dozen minutes of opening, the market value quickly rushed to over 100 million US dollars, but then quickly fell back.
Highest market value: 149.46M
Current market value: 3.75M
24h trading volume: 42.8M

IB
IB is a new token of CA announced by Andy Ayrey (founder of truth of terminal) on social media in the morning of October 29th, Eastern Time 8. Once released, the market value quickly soared, reaching a maximum of more than 20 million US dollars. After Andy Ayrey confirmed that it was CA released on social media after being attacked by hackers, the price quickly fell back, but later many large coin holders organized the token CTO, the token did not return to zero, and the current market value is still fluctuating around one million US dollars.
Highest market value: 25.27M
Current market value: 1.18M
24h trading volume: 23.2M

FRIDGE
Fridge is the first token to deploy a contract through a smart terminal on a refrigerator, and the entire project will be run by the Samsung 636L AI Family Hub refrigerator in a local shopping mall.

Highest market value: 9.34M
Current market value: 1.58M
24h trading volume: 32.4M

FF
Fair Fun is a new token issuance platform that claims to completely change the way tokens are issued, provide a safe environment for creators and users, ensure that no one can access the developer's wallet, and allow innovative ideas to flourish. But it is worth noting that he has not received attention from Solana's official social media, and his authenticity is questionable.

Highest market value: 5.44M
Current market value: 1.14M
24h trading volume: 28.6M

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