BOME Skyrockets As Meme Coin Mania Grips The Crypto Community

The Book of Meme (BOME), crafted by the creator of Pepe, Darkfarms, has seen an astounding surge, increasing by 20 times within just three hours. This surge has catapulted the market value of the crypto to nearly $400 million. The pre-sale for BOME commenced on March 13th, enabling participants to transfer an unspecified amount of SOL tokens to a specified address.

The Book of Meme encompasses an updatable electronic magazine, a meme creation tool, and an extensive meme library featuring non-mint JPEGs. Developed on Solana by the creator behind the Pepe meme coin, the project employs Arweave, IPFS, and inscriptions for data storage, doubling as a social platform for cross-chain storage. Future plans involve using a single NFT to connect all stored content related to a specific meme.

Solana Meme Coin Skyrockets

BOME quickly gained traction within the Sino-British community. The pre-sale garnered an unexpected 10,131 SOL, surpassing initial expectations of 500 to 600 SOL by a significant margin. This overwhelming response prompted a subsequent community vote on how to allocate the pre-sale funds.

Following the pre-sale, Darkfarms utilized the raised funds to establish a liquidity pool, setting the initial price of BOME at $0.0000496. Substantial purchase orders of 100 SOL contributed to a highly liquid market, resulting in a price peak of $0.0012. This surge subsequently increased the market capitalization of BOME to $375 million.

Shortly afterwards, several exchanges, including BitMart and HTX, expressed intentions to list the asset. Bitmart later confirmed the primary listing of the altcoin on March 14th, introducing an initial trading pair with USDT.

Meme Coin Frenzy

BOME skyrocketing aligns with a broader uptick in the meme coin sector, which recently reached a market cap of $40 billion and saw many people become millionaires in a short amount of time. Earlier this year, Dogecoin (DOGE), Pepe (PEPE), and Dogwifhat (WIF) were prominent, with WIF surging by 45% and reaching a new all-time high of $3.45. Elsewhere, a token based on U.S. President Joe Biden surged by 830% on Wednesday morning on over $23 million worth of trading volume. Several other meme coins based on celebrities and politicians have also been issued on Solana.

However, the recent surge in Solana network activity has also attracted malicious actors. Security firm BlockAid reported cryptocurrency scams two months ago targeting Solana users through wallet drainer attacks. 

A New Era

This emerging trend coincides with meme coin speculators openly embracing a risky new wave of cartoonish tokens based on notable politicians and celebrities this week, with Solana-issued meme coins leading the market following a volatile trading session on Tuesday.

DOGA is anticipated to surge as the project prepares to announce the listing of its token on a top 5 centralized exchange (CEX) in March, according to sources familiar with the matter as reported by Crypto Intelligence on Friday. This is one of several dog-themed tokens, such as Shiba Inu and Dogecoin, but it holds considerable upside potential due to its modest market cap of just $5.2 million.

Additionally, other memecoins such as SHIB and PEPE have recently witnessed large whales sell their tokens on various centralized cryptocurrency exchanges to capitalize on their gains, with one whale making over $6 million by depositing more than 200 SHIB on Crypto.com and Gemini.