Fleeting popularity, cherish it while you can!

Written by: Deep Tide TechFlow

The market is experiencing wide fluctuations, with the ETH/BTC exchange rate hitting a new low since the end of 2020, and the once-promising SOL in this bull market has also temporarily cooled off.

The performance of major coins across various chains has been dismal, and naturally, the on-chain market is also average. According to Artemis data, the net capital flow across various chains has sharply decreased in the past week, with only a few chains maintaining positive inflows. Apart from the Ethereum mainnet and the staking popularity of Berachain, the chain with the largest capital flow is Base.

In addition to the recent launch of Coinbase's stock derivative coin $wbCOIN on the Base chain, there is another familiar reason for the recent capital growth on Base—there are new Memes to play with.

Market sentiment is poor, and it is indeed difficult to find hot topics. Let's quickly take a look at what is trending on Base these days.

Note: The price of Meme tokens is highly volatile and carries significant risks. Investors should fully assess the risks and participate cautiously. This article only shares information based on market trends, and the author and platform do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the content. This article does not constitute any investment advice.

AI Market Trends (Again) on Base

Since last week, Elon Musk has been heavily promoting his AI Grok @grok, which has started to interact continuously with Twitter users who mention its account.

This "business opportunity" has naturally been seized by crypto players, who have been trying to guide Grok to mention their own Meme coins on Twitter. Initially, Grok did spark a wave of related hot Memes on Solana, with the related token $GrokCoin reaching a market cap of nearly $35 million, but this narrative lacked sufficient momentum to sustain it, and after today's PvP, the token price has gradually headed towards zero.

However, the crypto enthusiasts who got burned are certainly not going to give up easily; instead, they choose to continue teasing Grok in hopes of uncovering more opportunities.

Surprisingly, they actually struck gold this time, but it was on Base.

$DRB (DebtReliefBot) - An AI Collaborative Token

On March 7, Twitter user @coin_domin asked Grok to issue a token through the DeFAI Agent Bankr @bankrbot on the Base ecosystem's AI Agent token issuance platform Clanker @clankeronbase, and Grok subsequently named this token DebtReliefBot, with the ticker $DRB.

What’s this ABC stuff? It seems a bit convoluted? The thoughtful editor has prepared a simple infographic:

In short, this $DRB, created through the collaboration of three AIs, was born, and the narrative of AI collaboration remains quite popular. Five days after its issuance, the market cap of $DRB peaked at around $41 million, with a current market cap of about $20 million.

$BNKR (BankrCoin) - The Token of the Bankr Platform

The excitement isn't just around $DRB; the collaborative platform Bankr's token $BNKR also saw a rise due to the hype. Its market cap peaked at $44.5 million, with a current market cap around $4.15 million.

Here’s a brief introduction to the important roles of Bankr @bankrbot and Clanker @clankeronbase in the token issuance process.

Bankr is a DeFAI platform developed by @0xDeployer, with core functions including token swapping, limit orders, transfers, and token deployment. After registering with a social media account (currently supporting X and Farcaster), users can perform a series of crypto account operations through Bankrbot using natural language on the social platform (for example, directly mentioning Bankrbot to buy $200 worth of $DRB using your wallet).

Clanker, on the other hand, is an independent AI-driven tool developed by Farcaster engineers Jack Dishman and proxystudio.eth, focusing on deploying ERC-20 tokens on the Base blockchain. It gained some popularity in November 2024. However, since Clanker’s operations can primarily be completed through conversations on Farcaster, and even within the crypto circle, the user base of Farcaster is not on the same scale as X, it has gradually faded from the on-chain PvP spotlight. (However, its token $CLANKER has consistently performed well.)

How does Bankr use Clanker to deploy tokens?

According to interaction records on X, Bankr clearly states that Clanker is a "third-party AI agent" that allows Bankr to deploy tokens for its users. For example, X users can request the deployment of a new token through Bankr's interface, while Bankr uses Clanker's protocol in the background to execute this operation. However, according to Bankr's requirements, the deployment process requires users to hold 5 million $BNKR tokens (approximately $1,600), and the actual deployment relies on Clanker's tech stack.

The traffic brought by Grok and BANKR has also led to a surge in token deployment on the Clanker platform in recent days:

Overall, this wave of AI hype may not be fundamentally different from the previous AI boom on Base four months ago; it just includes the recently popular Grok and the newly "rediscovered value" of BANKR & CLANKER.

Riding the wave of AI Agent collaborative token issuance, some people have also issued their own tokens through Bankr.

**$PUBLIC - Viral Spread, *Base* Founder’s Crazy Retweets**

Yesterday, Twitter user Yuri Rybak @bigvibessss also issued his own token $PUBLIC through Bankr, and this token quickly went viral on X: many people shared the CA of $PUBLIC along with a simple black-and-white image with a short phrase.

Yuri Rybak is an artist who transitioned from being a piano performer to a music creator, entering the crypto space in 2021. He has participated in multiple NFT projects and worked at Zora, and is currently focused on maintaining his personal blog site inpublic.fun, which is essentially a Zora contract disguised as a website that mints an image whenever a user comments.

According to Yuri: “While running an NFT blog is fun, it has become clear that tokens are the future. Today marks the beginning of a new experiment, where I will associate my writing, commentary, and insights with the $PUBLIC token.”

In short, this person has decided to issue a token. Moreover, in the future, posts in the form of simple black-and-white images will be published on X instead of the original blog site, which may also explain the recent frenzy of black-and-white image posts.

At first, the wild spread of $PUBLIC felt a bit like community self-indulgence. It wasn't until Base's head Jesse Pollak @jessepollak and Clanker founder @_proxystudio repeatedly retweeted the project that $PUBLIC began to spread rapidly, and its price soared.

With high-level endorsements from Base, $PUBLIC's market cap peaked at around $4.6 million yesterday. However, this narrative lacked staying power, and the current market cap has fallen back to about $900,000.

Summary

In addition to the Memes introduced in the article, many KOLs have recently followed the trend by issuing tokens through Bankr. Clearly, the wealth effect brought by the Bankr → Clanker token issuance chain has attracted many people to join in the experience.

However, the heat and wealth effect inevitably come with risks. Although the hype has risen, there is a possibility of malicious actions and excessive market buying. When everyone starts issuing tokens, those with insufficient backing are bound to face the consequences of going from PvP to zero.

Fleeting popularity, cherish it while you can. Although ETH in hand has become cheaper, don't mess around!

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