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Meme Coin Trader Records $3M Profit With ELIZA Trading Amid Launch Controversy

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November 19, 2024

In an unprecedented turn of events, a meme coin trader garnered significant attention, trading the newly launched ELIZA token amid its launch controversy. On-chain data on Tuesday pointed out that a trader made a remarkable $3 million profit with the abovementioned token. Simultaneously, with another trader making massive trades amid the crypto’s recent launch, speculations of the token being controversial surface across the horizon.

Meme Coin Trader Makes $3M With ELIZA, Insider Or Smart Money?

According to data offered by Lookonchain on November 19, a meme coin trader turned $1.9K into $3.67M in just 2 hours, underscoring a staggering 1,925x return. Per the data, the address ExYQ spent 7.84 SOL, worth $1.9K, to buy 89.19 million ELIZA. Thereafter, the trader sold 49.49 million of the same token for 7,091 SOL, worth $1.72 million. Meanwhile, it’s noteworthy that the trader’s remaining holdings totaled 39.7 million coins, worth $1.95 million. Altogether, these trades reflected a remarkable profit-making strategy, garnering significant market attention to the token.

In another similar chronicles, crypto whales took action amid the recent bull market to book massive profits. Notably, a crypto trader turned $33K into $12.2 million in just 24 days by trading the newly launched token ai16z. Moreover, another crypto whale nabbed a $6 million profit with MANTRA (OM). These profit-making strategies sparked significant market discussions amid a bullish crypto market.

On the other hand, another trader was recorded heavily dumping a token, thereafter funding the abovementioned token. As per an X post by the renowned crypto enthusiast Nate Rivers, the wallet address GxkX.. heavily dumped another token with the same name launched via vvaifu.fun platform, thereby funding the newly launched ELIZA. Scoping in on this trade swap, Nate tagged crypto investigator ZachXBT, anticipating a suspicious trade. Notably, the wallet address belongs to ai16zdao’s managing partner, Logan.

What’s The Controversy?

Amid the notable profit booked by the meme coin trader, Shaw, another partner at ai16z, took to X, clearing the air around ELIZA. Shaw stated that the initial launch for the token was planned for last Friday. However, it was rescheduled for Monday. Nevertheless, another token with the same name was launched on the same day by unknown creators. “They contributed to our treasury, and used the vvaifu.fun platform,” Shaw added.

Shaw’s team coordinated with vvaifun-launched token creators so that the newly launched ELIZA token does not face severities. “They were pretty bummed about this, obviously, but agreed to work with us,” Shaw added. These statements offered a clear tint that ai16z was behind the newly launched token, while Logan’s investment swap soaked the coin in controversy.

Shaw concluded by saying, “What would you do? If you worked on a project, planned it, resourced engineers and backers and video production and everything for it, and then someone took the art you made and used it to make a meme coin that everyone thought was yours?” This chronicle has in turn ignited a wave of speculations, especially with shifting investors’ focus towards the leading meme coins.