The Top Five Meme Coin Trader Fumbles In 2024 Missed Out On Over $200 Million

On-chain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence pointed out the “top five fumbles” of cryptocurrency traders who missed out on massive potential gains in 2024.

What Happened: Arkham's tweet on April 4 highlights instances when traders sold meme coins ahead of significant price surges, losing out on millions.

1. Dogwifhat WIF/USD fumble, worth $156 million: a Solana SOL/USD trader purchased 40.7 million, worth $10,000, within the first two weeks of WIF’s launch. However, he sold his position within three days for a $5,000 loss. His investment would have been worth $156 million on April 4.
2. Book Of Meme BOME/USD fumble, worth $1.33 million: within hours of launch in mid-March, a trader purchased 81 million tokens, valued at $11,000. In less than an hour, he offloaded all the tokens at a profit of $4,800, missing out on $1.33 million.
3. Jeo Boden BODEN/USD fumble, worth $29.7 million: one of the "unluckiest traders” reaped a 3x profit within six seconds after buying upon launch. However, he missed out on gains worth $29.7 million in doing so.
4. Degen DEGEN/USD fumble, worth $35.85 million: a trader profited $2,800 on his overnight trade, but the position would be worth $35.85 million if he held on.
5. Brett BRETT/USD fumble, worth $6.06 million: this trader took “an L,” as he missed out on a 100,000x after he sold his $36 purchase for just over $10,000.

Also Read: Trader Turns $15K Into $5.5M With BRETT, Refuses To Sell: ‘This Is The SHIB Of This Bull Run’

Why It Matters: Highlighting the volatility in the cryptocurrency market, Arkham's tweet cautions traders and stresses the time element in these meme coin trades. Major meme coin rallies can induce a fear of missing out (FOMO).

A crypto investor, BBA.eth, reacted on the thread stating, "That's why I round trip most tokens and chose to become a community member."

Meanwhile, Crypto Empire, a crypto content hub page, advises investors that "timing is everything in this game."

Traders that were around for the 2021 cryptocurrency bull run may still remember the “Dogecoin millionaire,” a trader who refused to sell his $3 million worth of Dogecoin DOGE/USD, which is worth about $150,000 at today’s prices.

Similarly, if one would want to become a millionaire with Shiba Inu SHIB/USD, a holder would need to have 11,305,822,498.6 SHIB if it returns to its all-time high of $0.00008845

What’s Next: The influence of meme coins and Bitcoin as an institutional asset class are topics expected to be thoroughly explored at Benzinga’s upcoming Future of Digital Assets event on Nov. 19.

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