Hyperstition #30 — June 11, 2025
Bigfoot Vlogs launches "official" coin, AURA nears $100M, and more.
Bigfoot Vlogs launches “official” token, undercutting community coin
Bigfoot’s TikTok creator launched an official memecoin, challenging a prior community-run version.
Both tokens are now competing for attention, with neither establishing dominance.
The case highlights a potential source of tension between memecoin communities and content creators.
The creator of the Bigfoot Vlogs TikTok account launched an official memecoin on Tuesday, undercutting the performance of an older community-run token that had surged following a Google Labs endorsement.
On June 8, the original Bigfoot Vlogs (Bigfoot) token, unaffiliated with the TikTok account, reached a nearly $3 million market capitalization after Google Labs shared a video on X featuring the AI-generated character.
The token has since fallen more than 90% as attention shifted to the new “official” version, Official Bigfoot Vlogs (BF). Its contract address was added Tuesday to the TikTok bio of the roughly 1 million-follower account.
“The fake coin owner bought 11% of my coin to hold it hostage. I'm holding 10% of the supply and locked 5% for 5 years. So they can't do that anymore,” the Bigfoot Vlogs creator said, according to a June 10 Discord post.
“I'm here for long term,” the creator added.
The two assets appear locked in a peer-versus-peer, or “PvP”, dynamic, with neither able to consolidate attention.
The official Bigfoot coin peaked around $350,000 shortly after launch but has since retraced to approximately $150,000, according to DexScreener. The original Bigfoot token trades at a market cap of roughly $190,000 as of June 11, the data shows.
Creator launches vs community coins
The episode highlights growing tension between community-launched tokens and content creators retroactively entering the market.
Similar patterns have played out in past memecoin cycles, including with political tokens like OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP).
The trend has accelerated after memecoin launchpads such as Pump.fun started offering creators a share of trading fee revenue earlier this year.
Growing meta
Bigfoot is one of several tokens tied to AI-generated vlogs currently trading on Solana.
The trend began earlier this month and has produced multiple tokens with at least six-figure market capitalizations, including Toli The Trencher (Toli), Stormtrooper Vlogz (Trooper) and Davo (Davo).
The meta also includes newer, lower-market cap tokens such as Cash flow chimp (Monty), Official Vlog Cat (ROS), and Alon Vlogs (ALON).
In Other News…
AURA hits nearly 100M amid KOL push
Starting on June 10, aura (aura), a year-old utility token tied to an eponymous InfoFi project, surged from a roughly $1 million to nearly $100 million market cap in under 24 hours. The pump was allegedly orchestrated by KOLs affiliated with the Cryptionary platform. It has since inspired several derivative coins, including the void (void) and aurification (aura).
Elon Musk apology triggers SOWWY bounce, micro meta
Elon Musk’s June 11 X post expressing regret over prior remarks about US President Donald Trump sparked renewed interest in sowwy (sowwy), launched on June 7. The token briefly spiked on the news before settling around a roughly $50,000 market cap. The sowwy token gained traction last week as a counterweight to President vs Elon (PVE), which rallied during the height of the online feud.
By The Numbers…
