Original author: TechFlow
After the overwhelming popularity brought by AI and art memes, Solana Meme market had a long-awaited rest day yesterday. There were almost no new "golden dogs" all day, and most of the previously enthusiastic art concepts were cut in half.
Although emotions may fade, the market never sleeps. Last night, when a certain on-chain player (the editor) was about to go to bed, the monitoring bot suddenly sounded the alarm. The meme with a market value of tens of millions appeared in the middle of the night. This time, the angle was the official Vatican mascot, Luce ($LUCE).
Within half a day of going online, $LUCE's market value peaked at nearly 53 million US dollars, once again waking up the somewhat sleepy Meme market. Shenchao has sorted out some information about Luce, and will take you to understand Luce's background and concept targets.
In order to attract young people, religion also involves the second dimension?
Luce, the mascot of the Holy Year
As a theocratic state that believes in Catholicism, the Vatican has always given people a sense of religious holiness and nobility. However, this time the Vatican broke with its norm and created a mascot with a two-dimensional image to celebrate the upcoming Holy Year of Catholicism. The latest mascot is named Luce, designed by Simone Legno, co-founder of the Italian pop culture brand tokidoki. "Luce" means "light" in Italian. Vatican Archbishop Rino Fisichella said that Luce is part of the Vatican's desire to interact with "popular culture that young people love." Details: Learn about today's hottest meme Luce: From temples to comic exhibitions, the Vatican launched a "two-dimensional" girl to welcome the Jubilee
Not only that, this week Luce will also appear at the famous Lucca Comics and Games Convention in Italy, and the Vatican's Congregation for Evangelization will set up an exhibition area dedicated to "Luce and Friends", which shows that the Vatican attaches great importance to the "youth" trend.
Starting from zero frames, the market value exceeded 10 million overnight
After introducing the background of Luce, readers must be most concerned about how this coin reached a market value of 50 million in half a day. From the perspective of an on-chain player, I will talk about the opening of $LUCE, which I participated in (mistakenly) throughout the whole process.
At around 0:20 in the morning, when I was about to close my computer, I suddenly saw a member of the chain Meme group sent the contract address of $LUCE. After clicking it, I found that the market value of $LUCE was around 70,000 US dollars at that time, just when Pump.Fun's internal market share was just full and ready to be listed on the Raydium external market. Because yesterday's market was really painful, most new coins were smashed as soon as they were listed on the external market, so I didn't take $LUCE seriously :)
Less than ten minutes later, the group was already in an uproar. Feeling uneasy, the editor took another look at the bot and found that the market value of $LUCE was close to 2 million US dollars, and the price was nearly 30 times higher than the price when it was listed on the external market. Half an hour after it was listed, the price increased by about 60 times, and the market value reached 5.2 million US dollars.
The last time such stocks were directly pulled up with zero frames after going online was $Ban and $EYE. Knowing that I couldn’t get on board, I had to go to sleep. The rest of the story is that when I woke up, I saw that the market value had reached 40 million US dollars.
Luce and friends, a review of similar tokens
As of this evening when writing, $LUCE has not returned to zero, and the price is still hovering around 30-40 million. At the same time, there are also players who missed out and chose coins with the same concept. After all, Luce's two-dimensional image is a whole series. If you don't get Luce, you still have pets and friends.
Note: Meme token prices fluctuate drastically and there is a high risk. Investors should fully assess the risks and participate with caution. This article only shares information based on market hotspots. The author and the platform do not guarantee the completeness and accuracy of the content of the article. At the same time, this article does not contain any investment advice.
$LUCE - The protagonist of this article, who made over 10 million from zero frames
Contract address:
CBdCxKo9QavR9hfShgpEBG3zekorAeD7W1jfq2o3pump
24H trading volume: $116 million
Current market value: $42.5 million
Peak market value: $54.1 million
$Santino - Luce's puppy
Contract address:
Fof1DyVSYiQGCnT3uTbmq8kQMPdwL35x1bD82NaTs9mM
24H trading volume: USD 8.3 million
Current market value: $475,800
Peak market value: $1.6 million
The concept of dogs is the best way to "take advantage of the trend", and in the official setting, Luce does have a puppy, so...
$Sky, $Xin, $Fe - Luce's three friends
Contract address:
$sky GjXpowEmJecAxHaMgYrxrTsWfuPR7DyLxwe8z2v4YvKW
$xin 4AyViLduWHAIR6MhS8upSTx6A9C4dvMUa1F9Krzgpump
$FE 4AyViLduWHAIR6MhS8upSTx6A9C4dvMUa1F9Krzgpump
24-hour trading volume: between $400,000 and $600,000
Current market value: between $200,000 and $300,000
Peak market value: around $2 million
Since the concepts of the three friends are similar and their price performances are roughly the same, they all followed $LUCE and rushed in several times, but lacked stamina, so they are introduced together.
$Holy Mary - Virgin Mary
Contract address:
33MD3pqkgJzD4uvtYqfxZ5V8j7fPpZeToikiXhtkpump
24 H trading volume: 1 million USD
Current market value: $18,000
Peak market value: $366,000
In Luce's setting, there is also an image of the Virgin Mary, which was also used by some people to make a profit. It surged briefly after it went online, but is now close to zero.
summary
As of the time of writing, the market value of $LUCE is still around 40 million, but related concepts have not risen along with the leader.
From the perspective of on-chain players, $LUCE's price increase was too rapid and the trend seemed to be deliberately done by the dealer, replicating the recent "Raging Golden Dog" price increase. For more market participants, this rapid price increase may not leave room for the market to understand the concept, or everyone is already accustomed to this sudden hot spot, so they are not interested in imitations.
In short, although the price of $LUCE is still strong, as a token that is a bit like a "conspiracy group", it is possible that the market value of tens of millions will go to zero in a moment. Don't get too excited, and don't Fomo, the opportunity is always in the next one, Over.
