Trader Turns $160 into $6.14M with Meme-Inspired Cryptocurrency on Solana

A cryptocurrency trader has managed to turn just $160 into a $6.14 million fortune after securing a 38,399x return on a meme-inspired cryptocurrency on the Solana blockchain, having invested less than 1 SOL into it.

According to data from on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, the cryptocurrency trader spent 0.75 SOL to buy 12.5 million $CHILLGUY tokens on the popular Pump.fun token launching platform. The trader then sold 2.8 million of these tokens for 149 SOL worth around $35,400, while holding onto the remaining tokens still worth $6.1 million.

Various traders have managed to make millions off of memecoin investments this year, with one trader, identified on-chain by the alias “sundayfunday.sol,” turning a $72,000 investment into a staggering $30 million within just three days trading a little-known cryptocurrency.

As reported, a patient’ cryptocurrency trader has recently managed to turn around $8,600 into over $1.26 million after investing in a little-known cryptocurrency and holding onto it for two months to secure their gain of 144x.

The trader’s gains came after another cryptocurrency trader managed to turn 500 SOL tokens worth around $67.000 into 5,789 SOL worth over $780,000 in just 15 minutes after managing to “snipe” a large portion of a newly launched cryptocurrency’s supply.

There have also been other significant losses, with a Solana trader losing $37,000 while speculating on a memecoin over their emotional trading pattern. It’s worth noting memecoin are extremely speculative and volatile, and while stories of successful trades often surface, those of unsuccessful trades are often buried.

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