Synthetix Founder: Meme Coin Craze Echoes ICO Bubble, But There’s a Twist
- Synthetic founder Kain Warwick compared the similarities between ICO craze and meme coin frenzy.
- Warwick said that meme coins rose as a result of VC manipulation in the last market cycle.
- Warwick claims that influencers have played a key role in pushing scam tokens this cycle.
Kain Warwick, the Australian founder of Synthetix and Infinex, said the current meme coin frenzy reminds him of the initial coin offering (ICO) craze of 2017-2018. In a detailed post on X (formerly Twitter), the crypto entrepreneur talked about how similar the two events are, trying to get investors’ attention about market conditions.
This feels like ICOs again. What is absolutely clear from every conversation rn is that something needs to change. I’m a fan of markets and I think we can shift the incentives, people are now realising there are negative reputational externalities.
— kain.uni @ HK(@kaiynne) February 18, 2025
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Warwick pointed out that both trends, meme tokens and ICOs, came about because of structural inefficiencies in the industry—ICOs did well because of the high barriers of traditional fundraising, while meme coin…
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Synthetix Founder: Meme Coin Craze Echoes ICO Bubble, But There’s a Twist
- Synthetic founder Kain Warwick compared the similarities between ICO craze and meme coin frenzy.
- Warwick said that meme coins rose as a result of VC manipulation in the last market cycle.
- Warwick claims that influencers have played a key role in pushing scam tokens this cycle.
Kain Warwick, the Australian founder of Synthetix and Infinex, said the current meme coin frenzy reminds him of the initial coin offering (ICO) craze of 2017-2018. In a detailed post on X (formerly Twitter), the crypto entrepreneur talked about how similar the two events are, trying to get investors’ attention about market conditions.
This feels like ICOs again. What is absolutely clear from every conversation rn is that something needs to change. I’m a fan of markets and I think we can shift the incentives, people are now realising there are negative reputational externalities.
— kain.uni @ HK
Meme Coins & ICOs: Born from Market Flaws?
Warwick pointed out that both trends, meme tokens and ICOs, came about because of structural inefficiencies in the industry—ICOs did well because of the high barriers of traditional fundraising, while meme coin…
The post Synthetix Founder: Meme Coin Craze Echoes ICO Bubble, But There’s a Twist appeared first on Coin Edition.
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