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Why a joke spreads.
Why people stay.
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02 Sep 2026 24 min read 8 figures

A 2021 object. A 2026 market. Still under-distributed.

Recognition, liquidity, public PnL, fee accumulation, independent retelling, and the objective to accumulate HOOD.

Market structureDistributionLiquidityMeme culture

31 Aug 2026 26 min read 5 figures

The joke, the crowd, and the position do not decay together.

Attention, the psychology of holding, Michael Levin’s time horizons, and why some memes travel.

AttentionPsychologyCollective memoryMeme culture