cityboi_tonnie

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[Stitch @stitchdegen]

Just woke up, checked the chart and WTF, $MEME went straight into 9 figs

At one point, it wicked to around $150–160M, and it’s still holding around $100M+ right now

I dug deeper into the whole story and have to admit : this pump is insane, but the narrative behind it is actually really strong. A lot of you have been asking me to break it down, so let’s get into it

1. The lore behind $MEME

To understand $MEME, we have to go back to AMC × Robinhood in 2021

AMC was one of the biggest symbols of the meme-stock mania, while Robinhood found itself right in the middle of the controversy after restricting purchases of certain meme stocks during the craziest part of the market

Fast-forward to 2026, Robinhood brought stock tokenization on-chain, with AMC among the stocks being tokenized

The problem is that AMC itself never participated in or approved the issuance of these tokens. According to Robinhood’s documentation, the stock tokens are debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey), providing price exposure without giving holders ownership or shareholder rights in AMC. (The Block)
Then on September 3, AMC CEO Adam Aron went off

He publicly criticized the tokenization, raised questions about its legality, and said AMC would bring in outside securities counsel to look into the matter. (The Block)

Then Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stepped in with one simple question :

“What’s the concern?”

Aron fired back, laying out a whole list of concerns and demanding that Robinhood stop trading the AMC token, otherwise AMC would consider taking legal action. (Zamantika)

And the community only needed to connect three letters :

AMC = A Meme Coin

That was enough

2. Why did $MEME go this crazy?

For me, timing is the biggest factor

$MEME appeared almost exactly when the drama started exploding

This wasn’t some meme digging up old news and trying to force a narrative around it. The event was happening in real time, and the ticker appeared right as attention was peaking

From there, everything started feeding into itself :

Adam Aron => Vlad => Robinhood => AMC => media => CT => $MEME => crazy PnLs => FOMO

Even the actual AMC stock reacted. On September 4, AMC shares jumped hard in premarket trading, with reports putting the move at around 15–21% depending on the time. (The Wall Street Journal)

That’s when the narrative escaped the crypto bubble

People were no longer just watching some memecoin pump on a DEX. They were watching the CEO of a NYSE-listed company publicly clash with the CEO of Robinhood while AMC stock itself was pumping

For an event-driven meme, it’s hard to ask for a cleaner attention setup than that

3. What I like most is how easy the narrative is to understand

No whitepaper

No roadmap

No utility explanation needed

Just :

> 2021: AMC becomes a meme stock
> 2021: Robinhood gets caught in the middle of the meme-stock controversy
> 2026: AMC gets tokenized through the Robinhood ecosystem
> 2026: Adam Aron gets pissed

Vlad : “What’s the concern?”
Community : AMC = A Meme Coin

Even someone hearing about it for the first time can understand the joke in 30 seconds

More importantly, the main characters are still creating content for the narrative themselves

$MEME doesn’t need the dev to invent the next chapter

Aron or Vlad just needs to tweet again and the market immediately has something new to trade

4. The catalysts aren’t completely gone yet

This is why I’m not ready to call the $MEME narrative finished

There are four things I’m watching :

Adam Aron => Vlad/Robinhood => legal/SEC developments => AMC stock

If Aron keeps talking, Robinhood puts out an official response, lawyers/regulators actually get involved, or AMC keeps moving hard, attention can immediately get refreshed

The story has also already been picked up by multiple financial and crypto media outlets. (Barron's)

In other words :

The news cycle might not be over yet

And with event-driven memes, the market doesn’t just trade what has already happened , it trades the expectation that there may still be another chapter ahead

5. But $100M+ is a completely different game

This is the part I care about most

I think the $MEME narrative is very strong

But :

Strong narrative ≠ good entry at any price

Someone buying at $3–10M was betting on :

Will the market discover this story?

Someone buying at $100M is betting on :

Can this story generate enough additional attention to justify $200–300M?

Those are completely different risk/reward profiles

The move from 0 => $100M was narrative discovery

The next leg requires narrative expansion

For another major leg from here, I think it needs a fresh catalyst

6. How I’m looking at the chart

The positive part is that after such a violent vertical move, $MEME is still holding around $100M+

It wicked to around $150–160M, got rejected, but hasn’t immediately round-tripped the entire pump

That tells me attention is still very strong

The levels I’m watching are :

$100M => $120–140M => ATH ~$150–160M

If $100M continues to hold, volume stays strong and another real headline drops, a retest of ATH is completely possible

If it breaks ATH with a real catalyst, then $200M+ isn’t a scenario I’d rule out for a meme that has become the main character of the story

But I’m not chasing here

The move was way too vertical, which means there isn’t much established structure underneath

If $100M gets lost and volume starts dying, downside could open up very quickly

7. The biggest risk isn’t the narrative - it’s attention

This is what I think people need to understand about $MEME

It doesn’t need fundamentals to pump, but it also doesn’t have fundamentals to hold it up once attention disappears

Aron goes quiet

Vlad goes quiet

AMC stock stops moving

Media moves on

=> The thesis starts weakening very quickly

Another issue is that some early wallets are already sitting on massive profits

Someone who bought at single-digit millions can dump at $50M and still walk away with an insane return

Someone buying at $100M doesn’t have that luxury.

So I wouldn’t be surprised to see ±30–50% candles from a single headline or a whale exit

8. My take

After digging through the whole story, I understand why $MEME was able to go from low-cap to 9 figures this quickly

It has almost everything an event-driven meme needs

Strong lore + perfect timing + real drama + two real CEOs + actual AMC stock volatility + mainstream media attention + an extremely simple ticker

Most importantly :

The story is still live

But at $100M+, I no longer see it as a low-cap asymmetric bet

I see $MEME more as a bet on how long the AMC × Robinhood drama can stay alive

- Aron tweets => fuel
- Vlad replies => fuel
- AMC pumps => fuel
- Legal/SEC developments => fuel.
- Mainstream coverage => fuel

But once the timeline goes quiet, the fuel goes with it

So my view right now is pretty simple :

Bullish on the narrative, cautious on the entry

I’m not going to FOMO after a move from almost zero to $100M+, but I’m also not ready to fade a narrative while the main characters are still generating headlines for it

The easy money is already gone

From here, $MEME needs fresh news to unlock the next leg

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[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

I saw this coin on pumpfun app,,, at 9.5mil Mcap but i faded because i can't trade on the phone (without my pc setup)..
meanwhile @frankdegods was in at 135k Mcap and he's up 500x ..
.he just made a mil in 3hrs
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IS IT LUCK or INSIDER INFO??

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

Still holding my bags on $CATE at 40mil mcap....lets moon it to 100mil+

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

I feel like there's a billion dollar runner..ww have to figure out which one will be it

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

We're in early stage of the bull run...more money to be made in RH and SOL...all you have to do is lock tf in!!!

[space✯ @LoudSolana]

Best advice I can give to beginners:

Trade like every memecoin will end up going to zero

Don’t become a community member

Take profits and chase the next one

Stack small W’s over big W’s

This is how 95% of memecoins traders are profitable

There is over 3000 new pairs a day

Only 1 or 2 survive few more hours

Don’t get trapped

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

@Benji_Fernandes the best platforms (twitter,,discord and telegram) are all banned in TZ its hard to develop skills for tech and crypto bros unless you use VPN

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

@imnoofsol Keep on scanning bro

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

@onxhain It depend on the nara or news...if the news is good then its better to ape in new pairs and sell after migration to avoid vamps ... its hard trading on migrated coins in the current market..they barely reach 200k MCAP

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

TF it went to 2mil mcap

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

back to trenching (1/100) challenge
jeeted on a weekly runner...

[Soup @SoupyS0L]

its the same tactic most KOLs use to abuse their PnL

multiple wallet buys. first buy is main wallet. side wallets stack/support the initial buy.

then all wallets transfer to main and sell.

or sometimes side wallets buy and send it to a wallet that doesnt even buy.

so the sell is 100% PnL.

they are padding their stats in an attempt to get copy traders or have people follow them thinking they have good plays.

pure manipulation.

[atlas @reatlashype]

Crypto made me a lot of money
and it ruined my life.

I've been in crypto since 2019.
I saw the beginning of the memecoin cycle.
I entered early. And I made a lot of money.

Not « nice profits ».
Money that changes lives.

I never took profits.
Never.
I watched years of salary disappear in just a few minutes.
More than once. And I still stayed.

Little by little, I isolated myself.
I stopped seeing my friends.
I stopped answering my family.
I was locked in my room, glued to charts, completely disconnected from real life.

Crypto didn't just change my relationship with money.
It changed how I think.
How I feel.
How I see everything.

Emotionally and mentally, I became someone else. And for a long time, I hit rock bottom.

I'm not here to say I « made it».
I'm still rebuilding.

Today, I do things differently.
Cashflow outside crypto.
Discipline.
Health.
Family.

Crypto is a brutal world.
Without discipline, it destroys you.

But if you survive long enough,
and stop sabotaging yourself,
your time eventually comes.

If this tweet speaks to you,
it's not by accident.

[Limfork @Limfork]

I’m getting really tired of the constant PvP around new PumpFun launches. Every day, I become more convinced of the value of my long-term holdings. The success ratio for new coins is roughly 1 in 1,000, meaning you’re essentially gambling with only a 1% hitting big.

Finding success in this space is not as difficult as it seems. Focus on coins that have survived 70% retracements and communities that have remained active during challenging times.

Start believing in your coins rather trading them. This mindset is key to success in this cycle.

[Jack @JdubTrades_]

$38,500 on the month

One system. One strategy.

Just 1-2 trades a day.

Same setup. Same execution. Same results.

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

@Sirjeff_D 😂😂😂

[MidasTheFool @MidasTheFool]

Who exactly is @0xSifu? aka Michael Patryn? aka Omar Dhanani?

I've had the unfortunate pleasure of following this criminal for years. A thread on why we need this guy out.

$TIME $WMEMO $SPELL

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

🤧🤧

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

HODL

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

anyone still holding their bags??😄

[cityboi_tonnie @alongapahi]

It's officially we're in a bear market