Ronald Branstetter sat in his basement, his wife and two kids upstairs, scratching his head at how a meme coin named Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) could skyrocket to a $500 million market cap—now $1.4 billion, as of this writing.

He was more of a traditional investor, creating YouTube content about the ebbs and flows of the gold and silver markets, and this kind of volatility wasn’t something he was used to.

For some time, Branstetter had been referring to cryptocurrency (as well as fiat currency) as “Unicorn Fart Dust,” as he felt it didn’t have any inherent value, mostly because you couldn’t touch or feel it—unlike the precious metals he favored.

As such, he decided to create his own meme coin using Solana token launchpad Pump.fun. Little did he know that this innocuous token launch would completely transform his opinion on cryptocurrency.

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Author: Ryan Gladwin