How did a kid who ran away after live-streaming a coin launch become the new top influencer?
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How did a kid who ran away after live-streaming a coin launch become the new top influencer?
The showmanship caused by the "kid bro" dumping turned into fuel for degens'狂欢.
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When this kid made $30,000 from launching a token via pump.fun, he drooled with excitement on live stream—beyond "yooo" and "wtf," nothing else could express his joy.
There have been cases in the space before where "kid bros" successfully launched tokens or NFTs, but this time we’re dealing with an “evil kid bro.” Shortly after going live to launch his token called $QUANT, the “evil kid bro” hit the sell button and rug-pulled everyone.
And as a bonus, he flipped two middle fingers—maximum mockery achieved.
Just like that, the “kid bro” walked away with roughly 128 $SOL (about $30,000). But the “kid bro” was still too young; for degens, the best response to those middle fingers is a swift counterattack straight to the face.
Thus, $QUANT began to surge, eventually reaching a market cap of over $100 million at its peak.
In other words, the “kid bro’s” original holdings were briefly worth more than $5 million. Everything happens for a reason—the showbiz created by the kid bro’s dump became fuel for degen celebration. If you hadn’t sold, how could we have had a reason to pump?
Still, not long after the kid bro pulled the rug, angry degens fully doxxed him, dragging his entire family onto pump.fun...
But of course, for degens, the real alpha always lies in dogs and cats—so the top performer from “Kid Bro’s Family” turned out to be the pet dog, Lucy…
Lucy probably never imagined that as an ordinary little dog, she’d one day be worth millions.
The narrative provided by the “kid bro” spread across Twitter through viral clips, once again offering a perfect illustration of the “attention economy.” Even xqc—one of the biggest streamers globally—came across a clip of the “kid bro rug pull” on Twitter and commented: “Who puts themselves in a position to get rug-pulled by a 10-year-old? This ecosystem is absolute garbage. Why are you surprised when garbage like this shows up?”
Of course, for degens, it doesn’t matter what xqc actually thinks—it only matters that he reacted, that he gave them *more* attention. So once again, degens happily started spreading the word: “xqc spoke! He’s a global top-tier streamer! Massive money is coming!”
At this point, it’s purely gambling. So go all-in. Pump it up.
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