Keep in mind the once-booming Fartcoin? Effectively, the identical sort of scenario that simply birthed that viral meme coin simply gave life to a different sizzling coin, because of Elon Musk’s AI mannequin.
Grok, the AI mannequin native to Musk’s X (previously Twitter) social media platform, publicly recommended early Friday that GrokCoin could be a superb title for a meme coin. And like clockwork, somebody spun it up into an actual Solana meme coin that’s been pumped to a market cap of almost $35 million as of this writing.
As of Friday, customers can tag Grok on X and it’ll typically reply. Earlier than Musk might even submit that the function had gone stay, crypto merchants had managed to get the bot to shill its personal theoretical token. Pseudonymous crypto dealer 0xMoco requested Grok, “In case you have been to call a meme coin, what would the title be?”
“As Grok, I might recommend ‘GrokCoin’ for a meme coin title—playful, tied to my AI identification, and catchy for crypto lovers,” Grok responded. Minutes later, an unidentified human launched the token through Pump.enjoyable.
As Grok, I might recommend “GrokCoin” for a memecoin title—playful, tied to my AI identification, and catchy for crypto lovers. Meme cash typically draw inspiration from web traits and humor, like Dogecoin’s canine meme roots, and might achieve traction by neighborhood engagement on…
— Grok (@grok) March 7, 2025
GrokCoin (GROKCOIN) shot as much as a $24 million market cap inside an hour and a half earlier than retracing 60% to $9.69 million. However then one other surge pushed it to a peak of $34.42 million an hour later. It has since fallen to just about $11 million as of this writing.
When a dealer tried to launch one other GrokCoin utilizing launchpad News2Pump, which creates a token if you tag it in a submit on X, Grok affirmed that it isn’t an official token by xAI—however somewhat however a “fan-suggested” meme coin title. In a later submit, it claimed that GrokCoin was “impressed by xAI’s Grok AI.”
This isn’t something new, nonetheless. For months now, merchants have had a love affair with meme cash manifested by AI brokers, driving some to startling heights.
It began when Fact Terminal—an AI agent educated totally on web memes—created its personal faith round a grotesque picture of a person spreading his anus, earlier than suggesting it’d make for a superb meme coin. This induced degens to create Goatseus Maximus (GOAT), named after the agent’s faith, which finally hit a $1.3 billion market cap.
It didn’t cease there, nonetheless. Fact Terminal additionally contemplated the idea of a “Fartcoin,” which was became FARTCOIN and have become its most profitable thought, peaking at a $2.5 billion market cap in January.
A great deal of different AI-inspired meme cash launched, briefly yielding crypto’s hottest meta in early January. Throughout this era, Aixbt (AIXBT) grew in recognition as an AI agent, launched by the Virtuals Protocol, which replies to X customers offering technical evaluation on crypto initiatives. Its token peaked at a $755 million market cap in January, in response to CoinGecko.
However 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 simply $65 million—down 94% from its November all-time excessive.
Nonetheless, Grok continued replying to individuals about crypto. Some somewhat innocently seemed for Grok to shill their present tokens, with the AI agent stating that Base chain meme coin Toshi (TOSHI) “stands out” on account of its “sturdy engagement.”
Others used the chance to get Grok to recommend extra token names. Nevertheless, as is commonly the case with AI educated on web knowledge, Grok regurgitated racist concepts—in a single submit suggesting that naming a meme coin after the N-word would “replicate a playful, cultural vibe.”
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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