Ghibli-themed memecoin rallies 35,000% as Musk and Ripple execs join latest trend
Ghibli-inspired memecoins on Solana have taken off up to now day, because of a wave of Studio Ghibli-style photos shared by ChatGPT customers on social media.
On March 25, OpenAI launched picture technology for its ChatGPT-4o mannequin, prompting customers to generate art work within the iconic model of Studio Ghibli, recognized for fashionable anime movies like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced the replace by sharing a picture of himself and his workforce in Ghibli model. He described the discharge as “a brand new high-water mark” for artistic freedom, noting that customers will doubtless produce each inspiring and doubtlessly controversial content material with the device.
Shortly after, tech tycoon Elon Musk and the proprietor of rival AI firm Grok joined in on the pattern, sharing a picture of himself as a monkey holding up the DOGE mascot. The billionaire entrepreneur with over 219.7 million followers on X has a protracted historical past of boosting DOGE together with his social media posts.
Ripple executives David Schwartz and Brad Garlinghouse additionally posted a portrait of themselves generated by the mannequin.
Whereas these high-profile gamers leaping on the Ghibli pattern didn’t point out any particular memecoins, the hype has already sparked the launch of round 30 Ghibli-themed tokens on Solana, according to DEX Screener.
The most important one thus far, Ghiblification (GHIBLI), has hit a market cap of $21.1 million simply 20 hours after launching.
On the time of writing, it was buying and selling at $0.02114, up roughly 35,000% because it first went reside. Just a few hours earlier, it even scored a listing on the centralized trade CoinEx World.
A number of merchants who jumped into Ghibli-themed tokens have shared their experiences on X — with some reporting earnings of as much as $26,000 and planning to have a good time, whereas others expressed remorse over promoting too early and lacking out on greater beneficial properties.
In a March 26 X put up, dealer Sachs said he’s hoping the memecoin “runs to $100M to deliver some hopes into these markets.”
On the time of writing, memecoins collectively command a market cap of over $60 billion. On Dec. 8 final 12 months, the general memecoin market cap reached a peak of $137 billion. Since then, it has decreased by greater than 56%.
Nevertheless, a latest Fact Social put up from President Donald Trump concerning Official Trump, a memecoin launched by the president himself, appeared to have sparked renewed curiosity available in the market, with a number of tokens posting significant rallies over the previous week.
