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NEIRO MEMECOIN DEVELOPER MAKES $2.85M PROFIT AFTER APPARENT RUG PULL

The developer wallet made an over 5,100x return on his initial $550 investment.

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The developer of Solana-based memecoin Neiro has profited $2.85 million in an
apparent rug pull.

The $2.85 million profit represents a 5,169x return on their initial investment
of just 3 SOL

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$184

, worth over $550.

The developer initially invested in the memecoin when deploying the token
contract, according to a July 28 X post by Lookonchain:

> “He sold 68M $Neiro for 15,511 $SOL($2.85M) through multiple wallets, with a
> realized profit of 15,508 $SOL($2.85M). He also sent 10M $Neiro to the dead
> wallet, leaving 19.5M $Neiro($1.8M), with an unrealized profit of $1.8M!”

Neiro/SOL, developer wallet selling. Source: Lookonchain

The developer wallet selling its holdings could be a sign of a potential rug
pull, crypto slang for an exit scam that involves insiders quietly selling a
large part of their token allocation and exiting the project.

Related: Record $39.4B Bitcoin open interest suggests imminent price breakout


MEMECOIN SEASON COULD BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER

Meanwhile the wider memecoin sector could be on track to witness the next phase
of the bull cycle, according to popular memecoin trader Zack Ventura.

The trader wrote in a July 22 X post:

> “This index is the top memecoins against Bitcoin, tracing back from December
> 2023. Next leg up memecoin season is loading.”

Memecoin Index/BTC, all-time chart. Source: Zack Ventura

While memecoins don't always move holistically as an asset class, some tokens
are still soaring to new all-time highs.

The Solana-based Dogwifhat (WIF) hit a new monthly high on July 18, after an
over 41% weekly rally brought it back in the top 50 largest cryptocurrencies by
market capitalization.

Related: Vitalik Buterin slams celebrity memecoins


ARE MEMECOINS HURTING THE LEGITIMACY OF THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY?

The current cycle has seen the debut of numerous celebrity-launched memecoins.
While some see these as a sign of mainstream adoption, the notoriously poor
price performance of these celebrity tokens may be damaging the industry’s
reputation.

The majority of celebrity-backed memecoins fell at least 66% within the first
week of their launch, including JENNER, DAVIDO and RICH.

American singer Jason Derulo’s JASON token was also hit with controversy at the
end of June when analytics firm Bubblemaps claimed that the singer sold
thousands of dollars worth of the token despite claims that he “WILL NEVER
SELL.”

The Daddy Tate (DADDY) memecoin, launched by controversial former kickboxing
champion Andrew Tate, was also hit by insider trading allegations, with
Bubblemaps writing in a June 12 X post:

> “Insiders bought 30% of the supply at launch before Andrew Tate started to
> promote it on X.”

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