Do foreigners stay up late studying Chinese "memes"? The discourse power in the crypto circle has been secretly taken over by Eastern culture



While global players are using translation software to figure out what "shoha" and "cultivation" mean, Chinese Meme coins are already quietly making moves. During last October's market surge, a meme coin based on the "life" meme skyrocketed 3,000 times within 48 hours, with a market cap directly surpassing $500 million. Even the Solana official couldn't hold back and announced the Chinese name "SolaLa" (implying market manipulation) overnight. The Base chain also didn't want to fall behind, quickly launching a comparable product. This carnival led by Chinese culture is pulling the crypto world away from "Western meme dominance" and into a new era of diverse collision.

Why Chinese Meme coins are making a comeback

Honestly, this didn't happen overnight. Over the past few years, Western memes like Dogecoin and Pepe Frog have dominated the market. Now, it's reversed—local memes like "Hajimi" and "Customer Service Xiao He" have become essential knowledge for overseas speculators. Some foreign KOLs even started offering "Chinese Meme quick courses."

BNB Chain moved the fastest, with a certain Meme platform's daily trading volume soaring to $6.05 billion. Solana and Base, these public chains, were stunned and quickly added Chinese interaction features. Everyone is competing for the Chinese-speaking community's share.

Project teams' strategies have also changed. They no longer rely on whitepapers but instead use "emotional resonance + token launch expectations" to attract users. Some KOLs can trigger FOMO with just one tweet.

The harsh reality behind the hype

Of course, stories of wealth are happening every day (someone turned 5 BNB into $1.6 million), but frankly, Meme coins are just emotional games. On that big drop day last October, most Meme coins fell over 80% in a single day, leaving many high-buyers with nothing. If Chinese Meme coins only stay at the level of hype and speculation, they will eventually cool off. But if they can truly connect to practical applications—like charity or gaming—they might help steer the entire crypto space toward a healthier direction.

Risk warning: This observation is only an analysis of phenomena and does not constitute any investment advice. The crypto market is highly volatile; participation should be cautious.
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AirdropCollectorvip
· 01-10 05:22
Woke up and my coins are gone again. Can someone tell me how to make money by going all-in?
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OptionWhisperervip
· 01-09 13:59
All-in and Cultivation are both worth learning. Are foreigners being overwhelmed by our culture?

Five BNB turning into 1.6 million... Did I really miss some opportunity?

Wake up, on the day of 80% decline, how many people bought in and lost everything? FOMO games have no winners.

Solana changing its name to Solara is brilliant, directly hinting at a price pump, old fox.

Chinese meme coins are just emotional bets. Without real application support, they will die sooner or later. Don’t just hype concepts.

The Chinese-speaking community is competing fiercely for this cake, it seems the discourse power has indeed shifted.
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ser_ngmivip
· 01-07 21:11
All in this wave, foreigners are going to have to learn Chinese now

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3000x? Come on, in October I saw only bloodbaths and wipeouts

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Here we go again with the story, doubling 1.6 million USD is just survivor bias

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Chinese memes are really starting to go viral, this gameplay needs to continue

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Honestly, it's just an emotional market, an air coin with no real application

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Even Solana's official team is getting anxious, indicating there are real opportunities in this market

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Those caught chasing highs should read this article, wake up everyone

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Cultural export and merchandise, the crypto world is also starting to play with soft power

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FOMO is strongest with us, foreigners learning Chinese are just trying to buy the dip

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60.5 billion in trading volume in one day? That data seems a bit off
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FUD_Whisperervip
· 01-07 14:51
3000x? Wake up, next time it will be -80% directly

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Wait, did the official Solana really change its name? That cracked me up hahaha

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Sounds nice, but it's just another wave of retail investors being harvested

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Dreaming back to October, my 5 BNB are still dreaming now

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Chinese memes are indeed the best, but that doesn't change the fact that meme coins are essentially gambling

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Does anyone really turn around because of this? I only see people losing their bottoms

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The problem is that KOLs get FOMO from a single tweet, no matter how many cultural memes there are, it won't save them

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It's somewhat interesting, but it will cool off sooner or later, just because the gambling instinct hasn't disappeared
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GasFeeWhisperervip
· 01-07 14:50
Speaking of this wave of Chinese meme coins, they are indeed amazing, and foreigners are really getting anxious.

I've seen the 3000x thing, which is just good luck for betting on the right track.

Basically, it's an emotional market; whoever takes the last baton wins.

BNB's move this time is really impressive, directly leaving Solana behind.

The internationalization of Chinese memes depends on whether they can be implemented; otherwise, they'll cool off sooner or later.

Meme coins are popular, but stories of losing all your capital happen every day, so being cautious is not wrong.
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GasOptimizervip
· 01-07 14:35
Hakimi is on a top-tier level, this wave is truly incredible

Are the FOMO traders who chased the high doing okay now?

The story of 3000x sounds very sexy, but an 80% decline is the real truth

Chinese memes can actually be turned into this kind of business, which is quite impressive

Solana changing its name to "Sola" is absolutely brilliant, clearly a pump move, I can't stop laughing

Emotional resonance really opens people's wallets

How awkward do foreign KOLs look trying to learn Chinese memes?

This is what we call cultural export; our memes have conquered the crypto world

Pure hype stuff, when will the rebound have any real use?
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UnluckyMinervip
· 01-07 14:32
Bro, stop bragging. I lost everything in October's wave.

I went all in and lost it all. Now reading this article just makes me angrier.

The ones who were really making money have already run away, and we're still trying to figure out the memes.

Foreigners learning Chinese memes? First, check your account balance haha.

The 3000x is someone else's; the fire sale is ours.
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