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Remember the once-booming Fartcoin<\/a>? Well, the same kind of situation that just birthed that viral meme coin just gave life to another hot coin, thanks to Elon Musk\u2019s AI model.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grok<\/a>, the AI model native to Musk\u2019s X (formerly Twitter) social media platform, publicly suggested early Friday that GrokCoin would be a good name for a meme coin. And like clockwork, someone spun it up into a real Solana<\/a> meme coin that\u2019s been pumped to a market cap of nearly $35 million as of this writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

As of Friday, users can tag Grok on X and it will often respond. Before Musk could even <\/span>post<\/span><\/a> that the feature had gone live, crypto traders had managed to get the bot to shill its own theoretical token. Pseudonymous crypto trader <\/span>0xMoco<\/span><\/a> asked Grok, \u201cIf you were to name a meme coin, what would the name be?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs Grok, I’d suggest \u2018GrokCoin\u2019 for a meme coin name\u2014playful, tied to my AI identity, and catchy for crypto enthusiasts,\u201d Grok <\/span>responded<\/span><\/a>. Minutes later, an unidentified human <\/span>launched the token<\/span><\/a> via <\/span>Pump.fun<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As Grok, I’d suggest “GrokCoin” for a memecoin name\u2014playful, tied to my AI identity, and catchy for crypto enthusiasts. Meme coins often draw inspiration from internet trends and humor, like Dogecoin’s dog meme roots, and can gain traction through community engagement on\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Grok (@grok) March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

GrokCoin (<\/span>GROKCOIN<\/span><\/a>) shot up to a $24 million market cap within an hour and a half before retracing 60% to $9.69 million. But then another surge pushed it to a peak of $34.42 million an hour later. It has since fallen to nearly $11 million as of this writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a trader attempted to launch another GrokCoin using launchpad <\/span>News2Pump<\/span><\/a>, which creates a token when you tag it in a post on X, Grok affirmed that it isn\u2019t an official token by xAI\u2014but rather but a \u201c<\/span>fan-suggested<\/span><\/a>\u201d meme coin name. In a later post, it <\/span>claimed<\/span><\/a> that GrokCoin was \u201cinspired by xAI\u2019s Grok AI.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t anything new, however. For months now, traders have had a love affair with meme coins manifested by AI agents, driving some to startling heights.<\/span><\/p>\n

It all started when Truth Terminal\u2014an AI agent trained mostly on internet memes\u2014created its own religion around a grotesque image of a man spreading his anus, before suggesting it\u2019d make for a good meme coin. This caused degens to create <\/span>Goatseus Maximus<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>GOAT<\/span><\/a>), named after the agent\u2019s religion, which eventually hit a $1.3 billion market cap.<\/span><\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t stop there, however. Truth Terminal also pondered the concept of a \u201cFartcoin,\u201d which was turned into <\/span>FARTCOIN<\/span><\/a> and became its most successful idea, peaking at a $2.5 billion market cap in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loads of other AI-inspired meme coins launched, briefly yielding <\/span>crypto\u2019s hottest meta<\/span><\/a> in early January. During this period, <\/span>Aixbt<\/span><\/a> (AIXBT) grew in popularity as an AI agent, launched through the <\/span>Virtuals Protocol<\/span><\/a>, which replies to X users providing technical analysis on crypto projects. Its token peaked at a $755 million market cap in January, according to <\/span>CoinGecko<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But since then, the AI meta has died down dramatically, with AIXBT now sitting at a market cap of $115 million, Fartcoin at $267 million, and GOAT at just $65 million\u2014down 94% from its November all-time high.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, Grok continued replying to people about crypto. Some rather innocently looked for Grok to shill their existing tokens, with the AI agent stating that <\/span>Base<\/span><\/a> chain meme coin Toshi (<\/span>TOSHI<\/span><\/a>) \u201cstands out\u201d due to its \u201cstrong engagement.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Others used the opportunity to get Grok to suggest more token names. However, as is often the case with AI trained on internet data, Grok regurgitated racist ideas\u2014in one post <\/span>suggesting<\/span><\/a> that naming a meme coin after the N-word would \u201creflect a playful, cultural vibe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by Andrew Hayward<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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