On 14 October, copycat cryptocurrencies named after SpaceX surged after the successful test launch of Elon Musk’s Starship. The coins that are not affiliated with Musk’s aerospace firm, SpaceX, garnered massive price spikes across the platform from the attention gained during the launch.
The big winner perhaps was SPACEX, a token based on PancakeSwap that went up by a whopping 5,824% in 24 hours with its price rising to $0.012192 and leading to its market cap to hit $80,800.
Another token named after SpaceX, one that is based on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, also increased in value, going up 216% at its peak at the writing of writing, all while maintaining a market cap of $16,400.
Just inspected the Starship booster, which the arms have now placed back in its launch mount. Looks great!
A few outer engine nozzles are warped from heating & some other minor issues, but these are easily addressed.
Starship is designed to achieve reflight of its rocket… pic.twitter.com/oWZoOOfHmk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2024
Similar Tokens Follow Starship’s Flight Path
On the flip side, an NFT gaming token by the name of StarShip after SpaceX’s newly launched rocket, soared 0.9% before leveling at $0.0215 with a market cap of $404,251. Another Ethereum (ETH) blockchain-based token themed after the Starship rocket was made but not tracked on major platforms regarding its price moves.
Aside from injecting life back into cryptocurrencies, the actual
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Author: Christian Encila
