Memes: Crypto-native
This page lists the 17 memes we currently document in the category “Crypto-native”. Each one links to a full article: where it came from, and every Solana coin that tried to cash in on it.
- Ansem the Black Bull1 coin · OG $ANSEM
The Black Bull is the mascot persona of Ansem, the Solana trader known as blknoiz06, whose bull imagery became a rallying symbol for Solana traders and spawned a namesake memecoin, ANSEM. It sits at the center of the 2025 to 2026 bull meme wave, where trader personalities and bull-market optimism were minted directly into tokens.
- Believe (Launch Coin)1 coin · OG $BELIEVE
The token at the center of Believe, the 2025 tweet-to-launch Solana launchpad where anyone could mint a coin by replying to a bot on X. It became the poster child for the year's Internet Capital Markets narrative, and later for its excesses.
- Billy1 coin · OG $BILLY
Billy is a Solana-native character meme that gained traction in the pump.fun era of mid-2024, anchoring the BILLY memecoin. It is one of many original cartoon-character coins that defined the 2024 launchpad wave.
- Book of Meme (BOME)1 coin · OG $BOME
Book of Meme (ticker BOME) is a Solana-based memecoin launched in March 2024 by the crypto artist known as Darkfarms. Pitched as a decentralized, permanent on-chain library for internet memes, it became one of the most explosive launches of the 2024 Solana memecoin wave, rocketing to a multi-billion-dollar valuation and a Binance listing within days.
- Fwog (FWOG)1 coin · OG $FWOG
Fwog is a Solana memecoin centered on a crudely-drawn, deliberately childlike frog character, launched on the pump.fun launchpad in July 2024. It is notable as a community-revival story: after the original developer abandoned the project shortly after launch, the community paid the artist and carried it to a multi-million-dollar valuation.
Hege the Hedgehog1 coin · OG $HEGEHege is a hedgehog meme character on a story-driven quest to win the heart of his crush, Hegena. The HEGE memecoin distinguished itself with chaptered lore that unfolds across market-cap milestones, blending a narrative arc with on-chain speculation.
- Hobbes (Ansem's Cat)1 coin
Hobbes is the pet cat of Solana super-influencer Ansem (blknoiz06), whose name reveal in April 2024 sparked one of the fastest cat-coin runs in memecoin history and turned a private house cat into a recurring mascot of Crypto Twitter.
- Hyperskids1 coin · OG $HYPERSKIDS
Hyperskids is a Solana charity memecoin built around a viral troupe of child dancers from Kampala, Uganda, promising to convert speculative trading into food, school fees and housing for the kids. Despite the Hyper prefix it is not a Hyperliquid project, the name refers to the HypersKids Africa dance group.
- MemePedia1 coin · OG $MPEDIA
MemePedia is the encyclopedia of internet memes fused with live Solana memecoin market data. MPEDIA is its official community token on Solana.
Mumu the Bull1 coin · OG $MUMUMumu the Bull is a cartoon bull mascot symbolizing the crypto bull run and the collective 'we're all gonna make it' (WAGMI) sentiment. The MUMU token rallied holders around bullish optimism during the 2024 cycle.
- Ponke (PONKE)1 coin · OG $PONKE
Ponke is a Solana-based memecoin built around a yellow monkey character self-described as a 'degenerate gambler with anger issues.' Launched in late December 2023, it became one of the breakout Solana memecoins of the 2024 cycle, leaning on a strong community, a developed character lore, and influencer endorsements.
- Retardio1 coin · OG $RETARDIO
Retardio is a Solana NFT collection and associated memecoin rooted in Solana 'degen' internet culture, built around an irreverent, deliberately provocative cartoon aesthetic. The 4,444-piece 'Retardio Cousins' PFP collection minted on Solana in April 2024 and grew a cult-like, grassroots community, with a companion RETARDIO token.
Slerf (SLERF)1 coin · OG $SLERFSlerf is a sloth-themed memecoin on the Solana blockchain that became infamous in March 2024 when its anonymous developer accidentally burned roughly $10 million in presale and airdrop tokens. The blunder, rather than killing the project, made it go viral and briefly drove its trading volume above that of all Ethereum-based exchanges.
- SOLdiers1 coin · OG $SOLdiers
SOLdiers is the Solana community's self-portrait: the idea that everyone who survived the trenches (traders, meme artists, moderators, unpaid promoters) was already an army and just never had a name for it. The word went vertical on 15 July 2026 when Helius CEO Mert asked why SOL holders weren't called soldiers, and Crypto Twitter answered by adopting the name within the same minute. It is less a joke than an identity badge, and the token that carries it was minted before anyone had time to finish laughing.
- Unicorn Fart Dust1 coin · OG $UFD
A memecoin born from a gold-and-silver commentator's insult, he dismissed Bitcoin as unicorn fart dust, which he then minted into a real token to test the absurd power of memes, growing a devoted community that calls itself Dusters.
- Useless Coin1 coin · OG $USELESS
Useless Coin (USELESS) is a satirical 2025 memecoin whose entire premise is having no utility, no roadmap, and no promises. By openly mocking the pretense of 'utility tokens,' it became an anti-utility rallying cry and one of the breakout fair-launch memes of its cycle.
- Wen1 coin · OG $WEN
'Wen' is a crypto-native meme born from the community's impatient slang, 'wen moon?', 'wen airdrop?', 'wen lambo?'. The WEN token turned the joke into a landmark airdrop: fractionalized from a poem NFT by Jupiter founder weremeow and distributed to over a million Solana wallets.
