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The rules of the dream

uni, Nothing, INVERSE and more: what participants add to the chart.

2 November 202619 min readFull edition · EN
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01 / Editorial

The rules of the dream

uni, Nothing, INVERSE and more: what participants add to the chart.

A unicorn promises a billion; an empty circle claims belief. The week’s signs are simple, their discussions less so. Replies already concern duration, supply and what people want from a runner.

Each of this issue’s seven tokens has a different entrance. An Airbnb post meets a donation proposal. An apple becomes a market shortcut. A blue square names two charities. Frongus keeps its place through what participants build around its character.

Price catches the eye; gestures give a subject depth. This issue follows decisions, objections and initiatives that make each story different.

Written by Emma C.
02 / uni / STORY

uni: a billion dollars inside a bubble

A promise to lock almost the entire supply, a puppy in a unicorn hood and replies already arguing about the rules of the dream.

At 21:48, size becomes the programme

On November 1 at 21:48 Paris time, Superman, @TimothyWilqrmx, introduces uni through an ambition rather than a character: a billion-dollar runner, with 99% of supply to be locked. His post quotes an Elon Musk reply containing just two emojis, laughter and money. Superman turns that reaction into a memecoin scenario; the quoted message is not Musk endorsing this contract. [1]

The artwork is almost disarmingly sweet beside that ambition. A shiba wears a fluffy white unicorn hood, a rainbow horn and a pink bow. Behind the familiar face, the thread revolves around a practical question: how many tokens would remain available to trade? The contract’s Pump page links to the same post and to creator supermandev. [5]

The lock becomes the show

Superman’s replies provide a miniature launch diary: locking runs into a problem, he says he is locking more, then announces that 99% is locked. They document his claims. Alone, they do not provide a verified inventory of positions, beneficiaries and every unlock date. [1] [2]

The mechanism still deserves attention. A sharply reduced tradable supply can give small trades considerable influence over price. Market capitalisation multiplies a marginal price by a token quantity; it is not the amount deposited in liquidity. A claimed lock cannot turn a nine-figure display into that many dollars available for sellers.

It also organises attention. Readers are no longer simply waiting for artwork or a repost: they follow the progress of the lock. Supply mechanics become a sequence of updates, with a visible goal and another episode to come.

Two ideas of a runner in the replies

Armoski asks why a billion-dollar ambition would fit a lock he describes as lasting only a month. That is his objection, not an on-chain duration independently established here. It nevertheless asks something useful: locked until when? An impressive percentage does not describe the entire constraint. [3]

RaArΞs offers a different objection. A memorable runner, he argues, should allow tiny purchases to grow dramatically rather than start at an enormous valuation. His comment contrasts participants’ experience with the prestige of a headline number. The discussion moves beyond whether uni can reach a billion to who would benefit along the way. [4]

A $203.8 million peak, then a much smaller market

The high supplied to the editorial team is $203.8 million on November 1 at 22:34, 46 minutes after Superman’s post. That proximity does not measure the contribution of individual promoters. It establishes how quickly the promise took hold.

When consulted on November 2, Pump displayed a rounded $203 million ATH, market capitalisation around $9.9 million and roughly $130,000 in liquidity. Those page figures are a snapshot, not a calculation of every wallet’s losses. Their distance chiefly illustrates that capitalisation and liquidity answer different questions. [5]

The little unicorn found a collective story within an hour. In the same thread, participants also began questioning its instructions. That second conversation, about accessible supply, duration and what newcomers pay, gives uni more depth than a record alone.

Token facts

uni — uni · Solana. Contract : jM9r9PJFyPaMEbhGZPbDeZJiysn2pfyz5TzdDs5pump. [6]

Supplied market-cap ATH: $203,800,000 · 01/11/2026 · 22:34 (Paris).

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.20382948. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [7]

Written by Emma C.

03 / Nothing / STORY

Nothing: turning criticism into a flag

“Nothing but belief”: essence reverses an accusation while the replies debate what actually supports a market.

An empty circle, a loaded sentence

A plain black circle on white leaves Nothing’s logo empty at its centre. On October 26 at 22:01 Paris time, essence, @essencepnl, gives it specific material. He presents a hearing clip as criticism of Pump.fun coins supposedly backed by nothing except belief. Then he suggests taking that belief seriously. [8]

The post links to a long video. This account follows essence’s use of it, without assigning that wording to a particular hearing speaker. His observable move is clear: turning a complaint about memecoins into an invitation. A reply supplies Nothing’s exact contract, explicitly connecting the joke to the asset. [9]

Belief changes sides

The full name, Backed By Belief, makes the reversal explicit. Belief becomes something participants propose to share, rather than evidence that serious value is missing. The circle gives their claimed absence an image. There is no elaborate character or fictional universe to learn; everyone can add an explanation.

On October 28, _ice compares Nothing with dollars and euros before declaring his own belief. It is an easily repeated argument, not an economic equivalence: a memecoin does not inherit legal status, institutions or monetary uses from currencies mentioned beside it. [10]

That shift helps the story travel. A criticism becomes a name and then a conversation about money. Readers can enter through provocation, humour or trust without giving the circle the same meaning as the next participant.

The thread does not believe in unison

Savage_tuna replies that capital backs the market. His remark returns the discussion to resources actually committed. Belief may assemble participants; purchases, sales and reserves still determine what changes hands. [12]

Wxyzworldwide asks a sharper question: why answer the criticism by launching a shitcoin in the first place? It challenges the project’s central move. Reversing an accusation can make a good joke while reproducing the situation it attacks. The thread does not settle that disagreement for everyone. [11]

This makes the subject more revealing than a uniformly enthusiastic community. Replies are arguing about the launch’s meaning: collective demonstration, deliberate irony or another chance to speculate.

What the empty space leaves to participants

The 79.36× multiple supplied for the weekly selection describes an editorial performance snapshot. It does not establish that everyone who joined the conversation achieved that result. Updated market observations are gathered in the facts box.

Nothing takes little effort to recognise and considerably more to define. That economy of signs lets it travel: the circle stays the same while arguments change. The thread leaves a specific question open: if everyone can fill the empty space, who decides what belief is worth?

Token facts

Nothing — Backed By Belief · Solana. Contract : 51SfaAyrYaR8FpibXT4TXtxEpnZSNoDwYVRojtKupump. [13]

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.0024827785. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [14]

Performance supplied for the weekly selection: 79.36×. Publisher snapshot, distinct from historical Signal entries.

Written by Emma C.

04 / INVERSE / STORY

INVERSE: a button for the sceptics

Short positions sit beside gains and losses on the screen. The project wants to turn disagreement into a product.

Red joins the conversation

On inverse’s page, the same ticker can appear as both a long and a short. Green amounts sit beside losses. It differs from the usual gallery of winning screenshots: the interface also sells the ability to disbelieve the next rally. [17]

The project lets users paste a Solana, Base, BSC or Robinhood Chain contract and choose long or short exposure. Positions are accounted for in SOL against a shared pool. This is neither simply buying the target token nor necessarily borrowing it to sell: an engine settles exposure to its price under its own rules. [15]

A shared counterparty: the pool

The documentation describes the pool as the other side of positions, retaining losing stakes and paying winners. Participants can add SOL for a share. A winner is paid from resources with constraints, rather than an abstract source of money. [15]

Advertised leverage is 2×, 5× and 10×, subject to liquidity thresholds. “Any coin” is bounded by criteria including $30,000 minimum capitalisation, a hundred holders and a minimum amount of fees already generated. Position profits are also capped, with ceilings changing as the pool grows.

Fees make time matter. Rules include opening and closing charges, a share of winning profits and holding costs after the first hour. Exits within a minute have separate charges. Clicking may be immediate; the result depends on a denser set of rules than the chosen arrow suggests. [15]

Connecting the token to usage

The INVERSE page describes a creator-fee split in effect from October 28: 60% to the pool, 20% to buybacks and burns, 20% to treasury. It also allocates 20% of trading fees to buying and burning the token. A history links displayed operations to explorers. These are project-published records, not an editorial audit of every flow. [16]

The date matters. Lifetime amounts do not all reflect the same percentages: the earlier arrangement sent 80% of creator fees to the pool. Comparing cumulative totals with today’s split would therefore be misleading.

Holding INVERSE also provides tiered fee discounts. The project seeks two uses for its token: a connection to activity through announced burns and lower costs for participants’ own trading. Neither guarantees demand will absorb every sale. [15] [16]

Scepticism has rules too

A Practice mode allows exploration with paper SOL. In a setting where screenshots often serve as demonstrations, this is a useful choice: an interface can be examined without treating its winners’ table as a promise.

Claimed protections include comparing prices with a recent average, requiring consecutive readings for some triggers and special treatment of abrupt collapses. The documentation also acknowledges that the engine keeps the ledger and co-signs withdrawals. An on-chain vault does not remove that operational role. [15]

INVERSE gives a tradable form to a familiar trench gesture: predicting that a coin will eventually fall. The cultural question becomes material. When sceptics have a button too, who pays them, under which limits and at what cost?

Token facts

INVERSE — Inverse · Solana. Contract : 2gLhk8p2KvUFeUXur2hiF4hxjdRM1vBcbgo9Q7DMZfiw. [18]

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.0019024385. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [19]

Performance supplied for the weekly selection: 31.07×. Publisher snapshot, distinct from historical Signal entries.

Written by Emma C.

05 / Frongus / STORY

Frongus: the creature that did not wait twelve months for Toly

A Toly prediction, a speciesless drawing and a workshop for variants: on Solana, Frongus tries to turn a phrase into a shared culture. The replies do not all grant it that status. Article published 28 October, reproduced in its dated context; updated market observations follow the story.

Project banner distributed on DEX Screener, preserved at its original 1500 × 500 proportions.
Project banner distributed on DEX Screener, preserved at its original 1500 × 500 proportions.

Twelve months become ninety-one minutes

On October 27 at 18:18 Paris time, Toly predicts on X that a “frontier class meme” will emerge within the next twelve months and change everything. By 19:49, the Frongus account has a candidate. A grey-blue creature, four short legs, two large eyes and a mouth drawn as a line. The accompanying text insists that nobody knows what it is supposed to represent. The lack of an answer is precisely the selling point. [20] [21]

The scene begins with a change of subject. The Solana Labs cofounder is responding to a post by Jason Calacanis forecasting a difficult year for Bitcoin. His reply shifts attention towards a future meme, without naming a character or contract. Frongus turns that open-ended phrase into an identity statement. Toly’s post does not recommend this token: the character’s account places itself beneath his prediction. [20] [21]

Ninety-one minutes separate the posts. That interval says something about the speed of the trenches: an expression need not be defined before it becomes territory to occupy. Here, the wording echoes frontier AI models and promises a meme that would surpass its predecessors. Frongus awards itself that status before the audience has decided what the category means. [20] [21]

A character that refuses an identity card

The artwork does the work the manifesto leaves unfinished. The banner associated with the contract puts Frongus in a childlike landscape: pink flowers, a blue river, a waterfall, mountains, a rocket and a ringed planet. The drawing is immediately readable, even if its subject remains indeterminate. Neither a celebrity portrait nor an easily identifiable animal, the character can travel without requiring a biography. [29]

The account presents it as a creation that is neither an animal nor a pre-existing meme. That is its claim, rather than a demonstrated history of the artwork. Its most concrete step is to repost the introduction beneath the word “LORE”, alongside the Solana address examined here. Story and asset are explicitly attached: this is no longer simply an image answering Toly, but an image with a contract. [21] [22]

That strangeness makes the character available. People can rename it, distort it or invent relatives without violating an elaborate backstory. The formula also has a weakness: declaring oneself unprecedented does not create a culture. Other people have to pick it up.

The prophecy meets its critics

In the replies, Julz tags Toly to announce that Frongus has arrived. Sabr_Tcg rejects the idea that this drawing fulfils the prediction. Nothin points out that the forecast concerns the coming twelve months. The disagreement is about the shortcut itself: who decided that this creature answered such a broad statement? [23] [24] [25]

Those exchanges give the launch more texture than a sequence of claimed multiples. Some participants seek recognition for their candidate; others challenge the haste. Proximity to a Toly post gives the narrative a starting point, but no endorsement from him. The Frongus account has a quotation to display, rather than an anointment. [20] [21] [23] [25]

After the drawing comes a workshop

A reply from moonk already points to another token described as paired with Frongus. Then, on October 28 at 00:36 Paris time, Frongverse announces a site for making a personal “Frong” and launching it paired with Frongus. This initiative comes after the October 27 ATH supplied for this article; it documents a community sequel, rather than the trigger for that peak. [26] [30]

The inspected workshop lets users change the height, width, hump and leg length. It offers random names, PNG downloads and batches of twelve variants. This is a literal expression of the character’s premise: if nobody knows exactly what it is, everybody can try their version. [27]

The site also displays its own FRONGVERSE token under a separate contract. Its home page presents Frongus as the runner around which other coins should orbit, describing purchases as locking Frongus into their curves. That mechanism is the site’s proposition; the workshop interface does not verify every pairing or establish lasting demand for the asset. [28]

The most interesting possibility lies there nonetheless: moving from “look at our drawing” to “make your own”. Frongus borrowed a grand statement to introduce itself. Its distinctiveness now depends on what participants can create from a silhouette that initially refused to explain anything.

Token facts

Frongus — Frongus · Solana. Contract : 2BJDwUdMbnJhRRfhacFDjrDNhxUWdzE9H6LEND89pump. [29]

Latest market-cap high supplied to Signal: $1,303,729 · 27/10/2026 · 21:08:41 (Paris).

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.0013535044. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [31]

Performance supplied for the weekly selection: 30.05×. Publisher snapshot, distinct from historical Signal entries.

Written by Jérôme L.

06 / iCoin / STORY

iCoin: the apple becomes a shortcut

A name, a metallic coin and a race between tech giants launch another competition, invented by traders themselves.

A question at 22:46

On October 30 at 22:46 Paris time, d, @ddddddd8a, quotes a Kalshi post saying Apple is worth more than Nvidia. He offers no equity analysis. Instead, he asks whether iCoin could become the most valuable coin. The comparison changes arenas within a single post. [32]

The artwork extends the shortcut: a silver coin bearing an apple. The “i” prefix, metal and symbol create an immediately recognisable object for readers familiar with Apple. That visual language supplies no official affiliation for this Solana contract. [35]

From corporate rankings to a desired ticker

The quoted news provides a foothold. It presents the token market as a playful extension of a rivalry between familiar companies. The idea need not reproduce their accounts or products: it borrows the pleasure of watching one champion overtake another.

Professor Hodl then quotes the post and adds the exact contract. He praises the name, ticker and image, imagining that Apple might use it someday if it grew large enough. That last possibility belongs to him. Nothing consulted documents an Apple adoption plan. [33]

The move is revealing: a familiar sign makes a prestigious future imaginable. The order of evidence matters. A participant’s dream explains the circulating narrative; it does not turn the brand into a partner.

Promoters shorten the story again

In contract-linked results, Ben claims a 32× gain, quoting an earlier call. The multiple becomes the headline: readers encounter an announced result before the token’s idea. It is a promotional figure, not a verified return for every reader. [34]

The editorial selection instead records 25.12×. Those observations may use different entry points and cannot be joined into one wallet’s journey. Their coexistence shows that cultural narrative and performance narrative use different units.

For d, the contest concerns becoming the most valuable name. For Professor Hodl, it concerns possible future recognition. For the promoter, it concerns an already claimed multiple. The same coin moves from joke to projection to social proof.

A familiar image transfers no rights

The contract remains an independent Solana asset. Holding iCoin grants no Apple shareholder rights, and an apple on the coin does not make holders customers of a company-announced product. That distinction belongs precisely where the posts draw their comparison.

What is being manufactured is familiarity. A known company, a simple coin and a competitive question make the subject shareable before it has a long history of its own. iCoin’s strength is how quickly it can be read; its challenge is to produce something beyond waiting for outside recognition.

Token facts

iCoin — iCoin · Solana. Contract : HgxEGTZ1Epb64RrYqcuHkqb1gGWWnF5WcPTCDWzApump. [36]

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.0011204878. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [37]

Performance supplied for the weekly selection: 25.12×. Publisher snapshot, distinct from historical Signal entries.

Written by Emma C.

07 / HOUSECOIN / STORY

HOUSECOIN: a house looks for a recipient

Under an Airbnb announcement, a participant offers a donation and leaves a contract. A charitable narrative takes shape in the replies.

The house meets housing

On October 28, Airbnb says a portion of revenue from each stay will support Airbnb.org’s temporary housing for people displaced by disasters or facing other crises. Guests will pay no more and hosts earn no less, it says. This is the company describing its own programme. [38]

Further down, Zo, @tisgambino, changes the scale. He says his group is donating to nonprofits, asks to be contacted and adds HOUSECOIN’s DUKE…pump contract. The token enters through a proposal addressed to someone, rather than a slogan on its market page. [39]

The same word, different commitments

HOUSECOIN’s logo shows an illuminated home with a porch and garden. Beneath this announcement, domestic ownership imagery can meet the idea of a roof in an emergency. That is an editorial reading of the juxtaposition, not evidence of a joint Airbnb-token operation.

Zo’s message establishes a claimed donation intention and an invitation to talk. It does not establish an amount received by Airbnb.org, an organisational reply or a partnership agreement. Keeping that distinction lets the actual gesture be reported without inventing its outcome. [39]

The contrast is interesting in itself. Airbnb describes revenue from stays; a trench participant seeks recognition for an initiative surrounding a token market. “Giving” travels between those settings, without making their channels or responsible parties identical.

A cause and its visibility

Dior wonders why an initiative he considers good has attracted so few visible reactions. His comment contains no contract and does not validate HOUSECOIN. It does reveal a related concern: can an action find the space it deserves in a feed? [40]

For the memecoin, that question becomes concrete. The proposed donation also provides an entrance into a wider conversation. Attention can support a cause and promote a ticker simultaneously. Recognising both interests neither cancels a charitable intention nor turns every purchase into charity.

Readers therefore have two things to follow: posts that create the story and records that could establish the action. An invitation to make contact belongs to the first group. A recipient’s receipt or an attributed, accepted transfer would add a different piece of evidence.

The contract keeps the story at its address

HOUSECOIN has been used as a name elsewhere. This account stays with DUKEjskPBoszW4xEowcSWptekuUZpwLFv6nTt5Cmpump, the contract Zo posts in the thread. It does not automatically inherit the history of other tokenised houses.

The supplied weekly 20.43× multiple is separate from the donation proposal. It does not demonstrate that Airbnb’s announcement caused the rally. The sources document an observable cultural connection, not a causal breakdown of trading.

A house in a logo could remain interchangeable. Here, someone tries to find it a recipient and a reason to enter another conversation. The next interesting development would be that recipient’s response.

Token facts

HOUSECOIN — Housecoin · Solana. Contract : DUKEjskPBoszW4xEowcSWptekuUZpwLFv6nTt5Cmpump. [41]

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.00069686385. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [42]

Performance supplied for the weekly selection: 20.43×. Publisher snapshot, distinct from historical Signal entries.

Written by Emma C.

08 / BLUE / STORY

BLUE: a colour, then names behind the cause

A blue square becomes a sign of support for men’s health. Claimed fundraising gives the meme specific recipients.

The square does not tell everything

BLUE’s artwork is almost entirely blue. On November 1 at 05:25 Paris time, BlueCoinPump explains what that surface represents: awareness of prostate and testicular cancer, checking on loved ones and starting conversations. It also announces $18,000 raised for two charities. [43]

The sparse image leaves room for a proposed gesture. Wearing or sharing blue becomes a way to recognise one another. The subject needs no famous character; it connects to people around participants and to a named cause.

Two recipients and a changing total

A later post claims 297.9934 SOL, valued at $28,062, in creator fees donated to charities: half to ZERO Prostate Cancer and half to the Testicular Cancer Foundation. It then sets a $50,000 target. These are BLUE’s declarations, not receipt confirmations published by both beneficiaries. [44]

The changing figures describe the fundraising progression promoted by the account. The $18,000 and $28,062 should not be added as independent donations: they are successive updates presented as progress.

The claimed source matters too. Creator fees depend on trading activity. Token circulation may generate a flow intended for a cause while buyers remain exposed to its price. Displayed support and individual financial results are different things.

The cause acquires an address

Qč replies with support for the “bros”. Kaylee directly tags the testicular-cancer foundation. Neither validates an amount; together they show the narrative travelling through familiar belonging and an identifiable recipient. [45] [46]

Other replies offer collaborations or request private messages. The conversation also serves outside accounts seeking visibility. Reply counts cannot be treated as numbers of donors or people helped.

What distinguishes the proposition from a speculative colour alone is the named destinations and claimed source of funds. Those details make the story checkable over time and give readers something to ask beyond the next capitalisation target.

The next useful number

The CPoG…pump contract appears in the account biography, tying the posts to this edition’s BLUE. The publisher-supplied 20.42× multiple is not the amount raised: the two measure different kinds of success. [47]

Blue can assemble a community in seconds. For that gathering to retain substance, the next useful evidence would be receipts, transfer dates and beneficiaries’ own words. The awareness campaign has found a simple image; its credibility will depend on more precise records.

Token facts

BLUE — BLUE COIN · Solana. Contract : CPoGSmcjprCvzA2MFYLJMpQkGjmgVzKg4RVwMdrzpump. [48]

Price ATH recorded on GMGN on November 2: $0.00082820676. This updated observation supplies neither the peak time nor its historical market capitalisation, which is not reconstructed from current supply. [49]

Performance supplied for the weekly selection: 20.42×. Publisher snapshot, distinct from historical Signal entries.

Written by Emma C.

Back to the source

The sources, a click away.

Numbered references in the articles point to this list. External links open in a new tab.

  1. Superman — public post
  2. Superman — public post
  3. Armoski — public post
  4. RaArΞs — public post
  5. Pump — documentation / reference
  6. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  7. GMGN — November 2 market observation
  8. essence — public post
  9. essence — public post
  10. _ice — public post
  11. wxyzworldwide — public post
  12. savage_tuna — public post
  13. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  14. GMGN — November 2 market observation
  15. inverse — documentation / reference
  16. inverse — documentation / reference
  17. inverse — documentation / reference
  18. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  19. GMGN — November 2 market observation
  20. Toly — public post
  21. Frongus — public post
  22. Frongus — public post
  23. Sabr_Tcg — public post
  24. Nothin — public post
  25. Julz — public post
  26. Frongverse — public post
  27. Frongverse — documentation / reference
  28. Frongverse — documentation / reference
  29. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  30. moonk — public post
  31. GMGN — November 2 market observation
  32. d — public post
  33. Professor Hodl — public post
  34. Ben — public post
  35. Solscan — documentation / reference
  36. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  37. GMGN — November 2 market observation
  38. Airbnb — public post
  39. Zo — public post
  40. Dior — public post
  41. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  42. GMGN — November 2 market observation
  43. Blue Coin — public post
  44. Blue Coin — public post
  45. Qč — public post
  46. Kaylee — public post
  47. Blue Coin — documentation / reference
  48. DEX Screener — November 2 market observation
  49. GMGN — November 2 market observation

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