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We Made a Memecoin | 2025 in Review
December 21, 2025·31 min·3 clips
Azeem Khan explains how meme coins are just unregulated gambling dens where you become the exit liquidity for scammers.
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A practical look at how a meme coin launch is framed and promoted.
This piece treats a memecoin launch as a mix of planning, tokenomics, and promotion, not just a joke. It lays out the moving parts clearly: a light paper, a story for why the coin exists, the tokenomics, and the people and events used to push it forward, including giveaways,…
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You want the backstage mechanics of a memecoin, without the usual crypto haze.
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