Quite a few people have been asking me about $SI and wanted me to break it down and give my thoughts on it
So let’s get into it
Most degens probably already know what narrative $SI is playing, so I won’t go through the entire story from scratch. What I want to look at is why, out of all the tokens trying to ride the SI narrative, this one managed to run from low cap to nearly $12M, what makes it different from the rest of the StonkFun tokens, and most importantly, whether the narrative still has enough catalysts for another leg
1. $SI launched at almost the perfect time
The story itself is pretty simple
During Trump’s UN General Assembly speech on September 22, he used the term “Super Intelligence” instead of “Artificial Intelligence”
SI immediately became an easy ticker for the market to latch onto
If the story had ended with one Trump quote, I probably would have treated $SI like any other political meme. It pumps on the news, attention fades, and liquidity rotates into the next narrative
But the interesting part is that the story didn’t die after the speech
Afterward, the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the State Department issued internal guidance to use “Super Intelligence” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” in the bureau’s communications
To be clear, this does not mean the entire State Department or the entire US government has officially adopted the terminology
But for a meme, even seeing Trump’s wording get some follow-through outside crypto gives the market something else to speculate on
Mainstream media has also continued covering the “Super Intelligence” story, meaning SI is no longer something that only exists on CT
That’s the part I find interesting
At first, $SI was simply trading a Trump quote. Now the market is also trading the possibility that “Super Intelligence” keeps getting repeated over the next few days
2. The timing also lines up with StonkFun
I don’t think the Trump narrative alone explains the entire move
$SI appeared while StonkFun and the tokenized stock meme meta were already attracting liquidity on Solana
We’ve already seen STONK, ZCAT, GP, KNOTS, ALLINU and several other runners. The market already understands how StonkFun works, so $SI didn’t need to create a new meta
It just needed a strong enough narrative to stand out from the rest
And this is where pairing with NVDAx makes sense
Super Intelligence is directly connected to the AI narrative, while NVIDIA is probably one of the first names retail associates with AI
So Super Intelligence paired with NVDAx creates a story that is very easy to understand
Obviously, $SI is not an NVIDIA token and there is no partnership or endorsement from NVIDIA
But this is a meme narrative. The market doesn’t need a complicated fundamental connection. If someone can look at the ticker and the pair for a few seconds and immediately understand the story, the narrative becomes much easier to spread
3. This is what separates $SI from many other StonkFun tokens
StonkFun itself is no longer a new narrative
So I’m not interested in $SI simply because it launched there
The difference is how well the narrative fits the pair
A lot of StonkFun tokens basically take a meme and attach it to a stock or another asset
$SI appeared right when Super Intelligence became a real story outside crypto, then paired itself with NVDAx, which fits the AI angle naturally
So the mechanism isn’t new, but the story being plugged into that mechanism is
$SI is also much newer than many of the previous StonkFun runners, meaning there is still some FOMO and price discovery happening
I think that combination is one reason it managed to become one of the more noticeable tokens in the meta instead of pumping once and disappearing
4. But there is one obvious risk: clones
$SI isn’t the only token trying to trade this narrative
There are already multiple tokens using the same ticker or the same Super Intelligence angle across different chains
And that creates the first question any degen should ask :
Why should liquidity choose this $SI instead of another one?
I don’t think that question has been completely settled yet
This $SI currently has advantages in timing, market cap, holders, volume and its position inside the StonkFun ecosystem. But the market still needs to decide which token becomes the main liquidity sink for the narrative
If volume, holders and CT attention continue concentrating around this CA, $SI could gradually become the token people automatically associate with the SI narrative on Solana
But if attention gets fragmented across too many clones, the Super Intelligence narrative can stay hot without all of that liquidity necessarily flowing into this $SI
That’s a risk I’d watch alongside the news
5. Trump is still the main catalyst
This is the part that decides the thesis for me
Trump later continued using the term “Super Intelligence” while discussing AI ahead of his meeting with Xi Jinping
That matters because $SI doesn’t need its team to announce a roadmap or build a product
It needs the words “Super Intelligence” to keep appearing in front of retail
If Trump keeps mentioning SI publicly, or if the term starts appearing in communications from more US government bodies, the narrative could get another wave of attention very quickly
Continued mainstream media coverage would extend the life of the story as well
And if all of that happens while StonkFun still has liquidity, the setup becomes much more interesting
The downside is just as clear
If Trump stops mentioning SI, there is no further follow-through from government bodies and the media moves on to something else, the narrative premium can disappear just as quickly as it appeared
NVIDIA news, listings, KOLs or smart money coming back in could all add momentum, but I see those as secondary catalysts
The core thesis is still Super Intelligence
6. On-chain is a positive, but it isn’t the reason $SI ran
On-chain isn’t why I’m interested in $SI, but at least for now it isn’t showing too many obvious red flags
From the data I’m tracking, the dev holds close to 0%, sniper exposure is relatively low, the top 10 holders are around 15 to 20%, and the token has grown to roughly 12K holders
For a relatively new Solana meme, that distribution looks fairly reasonable
It doesn’t mean the token can’t dump, but retail is less likely to be scared away by an obviously ugly structure
That’s how I look at $SI’s on-chain
It doesn’t create the reason for price to go up
It simply removes some of the reasons liquidity might avoid the token
The real drivers are still narrative, attention and volume
7. The chart is entering a more difficult stage
$SI has already had a strong run
It expanded from low cap into the multi-million range, built a base, then pushed into the $8M to $10M area before making an ATH near $12M
Now the chart has corrected back toward the $7M to $8M area
The positive part is that after previous expansions, the market managed to hold higher structures instead of completely retracing the move
But after already reaching nearly $12M, the risk-reward is obviously very different from when $SI was sitting at $1M to $3M
Volume is also no longer moving in one direction like it was during the early phase
So from here, I’m not interested in chasing green candles. I’d rather let the market give me a cleaner setup
8. The levels I’m watching
The first area I’m watching is around $7M to $7.5M
This is the closest area where I want to see how the market reacts
If it holds, holders remain relatively stable, volume starts returning and we get another SI-related catalyst at the same time, there is still room for another wave
But I wouldn’t call this a particularly cheap area
If the correction goes deeper, $5M to $6M is much more interesting to me
That would be roughly a 50% reset from the ATH
If price reaches that area while the Super Intelligence narrative is still alive, volume hasn’t completely disappeared and holder structure remains healthy, I think the risk-reward becomes much more interesting than chasing higher
Around $4M is where I would become significantly more cautious
If $SI loses that area without any new catalyst, I’d start viewing it as the market removing a large part of the Super Intelligence premium
And if it returns to $2.5M to $3M, I wouldn’t simply call that a dip anymore
At that point, the market would have given back most of the Trump and Super Intelligence premium, leaving mainly the StonkFun plus NVDAx angle. I’d want to reassess the entire thesis
+ Final thoughts
I think $SI ran this hard because several things lined up at the right time
Trump created attention around Super Intelligence
The story then received some follow-through outside crypto instead of dying after one day
StonkFun already had liquidity
NVDAx fits the AI narrative quite naturally
The token is still relatively new, volume has been strong, and the on-chain structure currently doesn’t show too many major issues
But remember that this is still a meme
$SI is not an official token of Trump, the US government or NVIDIA, and the narrative remains heavily dependent on the news cycle
So after a run from low cap to nearly $12M, I’m not interested in chasing green candles
I’m watching $7M to $7.5M first. If we get a deeper correction, $5M to $6M becomes much more interesting as long as the narrative remains intact. If it loses $4M without a new catalyst, I become much more cautious
For me, the key question from here is no longer whether $SI has a narrative
That part is already clear
The real question is whether “Super Intelligence” keeps getting enough attention from Trump and mainstream media, while liquidity continues choosing this $SI as the main token for the narrative
If both happen, I think $SI still has fuel for another attention wave
If not, after a run from low cap to nearly $12M, I’d rather focus on managing risk than keep searching for reasons to stay bullish
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SI: ✅
@POTUS: "From this point forward, all United States documents, and hopefully the world's, will be changed to use the much more accurate term 'super' as opposed to 'artificial.'"
$AI → $SI.
THAT’S THE ENTIRE THESIS.
TRUMP JUST DIRECTED US DOCUMENTS TO START USING “SUPER INTELLIGENCE” INSTEAD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NOW IMAGINE EVERY MAJOR AI COMPANY TALKING ABOUT SUPERINTELLIGENCE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
EVERY INTERVIEW.
EVERY KEYNOTE.
EVERY MODEL RELEASE.
EVERY HEADLINE.
THAT IS WHY I STARTED TALKING ABOUT $SI AROUND $2M.
NOW IT’S AROUND $10M.
THE MEME GETS STRONGER EVERY TIME THE WORD “SUPERINTELLIGENCE” ENTERS THE MAINSTREAM.
Who needs some Solana?
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So basically trump is changing the term AI from Artificial Intelligence to now Super Intelligence.
God Bless 🙏
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