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07/17/2024 14:38Three Roaring Kitty-inspired meme coins marked double-digit price increases over the past day. Amid a slight rise in the overall meme coin market …
Three Roaring Kitty-inspired meme coins marked double-digit price increases over the past day.
Amid a slight rise in the overall meme coin market cap, CoinMarketCap (CMC) data shows that GME, KITTY, and ROAR also surged over 10%.
The three tokens appear to have benefited from their affiliations with GameStop trader Keith Gill despite the fact that there is no official affiliation with the original meme stock champion. On Wednesday, GME, KITTY, and ROAR were up 10%, 20%, and 15%, respectively, over the previous day.
GME uses the same ticker as video game retailer GameStop, while KITTY is based on Gill’s online nickname, Roaring Kitty. Both the tokens are Solana-based, but ROAR is based on Ethereum, cryptocurrency’s second-largest blockchain.
Gill rose to prominence in 2021 when he …