狗狗幣(Dogecoin)在誕生之初只是一個玩笑,但如今該加密貨幣卻價值不菲。5月8日,它遭遇了主持《周六夜現場》(Saturday Night Live)的埃隆?馬斯克帶來的威脅,現在可能又面臨著一家以小狗為主題的新興競爭對手的挑戰。
柴犬幣(Shiba Inu)推出不到一年,以柴犬這一狗的品種命名。它是一種加密貨幣,交易代碼為“SHIB”,其將自己標榜為“狗狗幣殺手”。截至5月12日,單枚柴犬幣幾乎一文不值,不到0.000029美元,但隨著它相繼被納入兩大加密貨幣交易平臺歐易(OKEx)和幣安網(Binance),其交易量在上周迅速飆升。中國的交易者助推了柴犬幣的上漲,中國人創辦的交易平臺火幣網頗受中國交易者的歡迎,它在上周貢獻了最大的柴犬幣交易量份額。
根據CoinMarketCap.com的數據,柴犬幣的24小時交易額超過了80億美元,其市值超過110億美元。在上周被納入熱門交易平臺之前,柴犬幣的單日交易額最高僅超過5億美元,而就在今年1月,其日交易額甚至還不到1美元。
就目前而言,柴犬幣或許是一種“模因幣”,幾乎沒有基礎價格,也沒有什么用例。但專家表示,不應忽視柴犬幣的爆紅,因為它反映了一個日益壯大的新加密貨幣交易者階層的行為。
加密貨幣交易平臺AAX的研究與戰略主管本?卡塞林說:“我們不能夠簡單地徹底否定這種喧囂炒作,而是要認識到,我們所看到的是大批剛接觸加密貨幣的交易者在涌入這一領域,掀起一場群眾運動。”
誰是狗狗幣殺手?
柴犬幣創造于2020年8月,但其創始人鮮為人知,他的名字叫Ryoshi。
正是Ryoshi的宣傳,才讓柴犬幣有了“狗狗幣殺手”的綽號。他認為,相較于狗狗幣,柴犬幣的技術更多地“由社區驅動”。狗狗幣以柴犬作為吉祥物。Ryoshi就單枚柴犬幣微不足道的價值進行了宣傳。“我們有能力取得指數級增長,在價值上超越狗狗幣,而且單枚柴犬幣的價值不超過0.01美元。”該創始人在柴犬幣名為“汪汪書”(woofpaper)的白皮書中寫道。
Ryoshi在白皮書里說,柴犬幣——以及包含柴犬幣ShibSwap交易平臺和由開發者、持幣人和粉絲組成的去中心化柴犬幣軍團的“柴犬幣生態系統”——是一項“自發社區建設”實驗。他在白皮書上說柴犬是“一種不可思議的狗”,并且還鼓勵人們向柴犬救援協會(Shiba Inu Rescue Association)捐款。不過,《財富》雜志未能聯系到Ryoshi就本文置評。
“柴犬幣是一種模因幣,我們要接受這一點。”卡塞林指的是基于模因、在TikTok、Reddit等平臺上推廣的新一類加密貨幣。“這場模因幣運動無視繁文縟節......因此,狗狗幣一開始只是一個玩笑,柴犬幣的白皮書也取名‘汪汪書’。”
Ryoshi聲稱自己沒有持有任何代幣,在創建柴犬幣后便將50%的柴犬幣匯給了以太坊的聯合創始人維塔利克?布特林。理論上,此舉讓布特林能夠一手控制柴犬幣市場,如果他拋售持有的柴犬幣,它的價值就會一瀉千里。但Ryoshi賦予布特林這種權力是有意而為之。
“柴犬幣軍團認為,所有類型的成功都需要某種類型的漏洞。”加密貨幣雜志《Block Journal》的首席執行官大衛?蕭稱。
從去年8月開始,柴犬幣一直處于相對默默無聞的狀態,直到今年早些時候這一情況才發生了改變。當時,人們對狗狗幣的興趣呈現激增,促使交易者紛紛尋找下一個有望引爆市場的加密貨幣。
“柴犬幣的上漲,顯然是得益于狗狗幣的成功。”大衛?蕭指出。
狗狗幣火箭般的飆漲,在一定程度上源于3月GameStop事件所引發的影響。當時,為GameStop股價暴漲推波助瀾的散戶投資者開始將目光轉向了玩笑式的加密貨幣。特斯拉的首席執行官埃隆?馬斯克也時不時發布推文為狗狗幣背書,這也幫助狗狗幣獲得了認可和支持。
狗狗幣的重大時刻出現在4月底,當時美國全國廣播公司(NBC)宣布馬斯克將在5月亮相《周六夜現場》。
在此之前的幾周里,加密貨幣的交易者和觀察家們紛紛公開猜測,馬斯克是否會在節目中提及狗狗幣。這波討論為狗狗幣帶來了更多的曝光,也引起了億萬富翁馬克?庫班等名人的興趣。
但馬斯克在《周六夜現場》的亮相讓一些加密貨幣交易者感到失望,他開玩笑地稱狗狗幣是“騙局”,致使其價值應聲大跌30%。柴犬幣似乎從《周六夜現場》所引發的輿論關注中獲益不少。就在馬斯克現身該節目的兩天后,幣安網納入柴犬幣,柴犬幣的價格隨之翻了一番。
大衛?蕭指出,即使狗狗幣沒有從馬斯克主持的節目中直接受益,但他的亮相和在此之前的幾周所引發的種種討論也吸引了數百萬人對模因幣的關注。
現在是什么情況?
柴犬幣的未來是未知之數,專家們警告說,現在進場可能已經為時已晚。
5月12日,柴犬幣的價格從5月11日的高點0.000034美元下挫14%,至0.000029美元。
“如果你現在買入,接下來會怎樣就不好說了。”大衛?蕭說道,“但如果你幾天前就入局了,那么你肯定可以賺到錢。”
大衛?蕭表示,隨著交易者被吸引到基于模因幣,而不是像以太坊那樣推廣先進技術或基礎用例的加密貨幣,最近幾周乃至幾個月內涌現出成千上萬種模因幣,說到底,柴犬幣應當被視為其中的一種。
“圍繞柴犬幣等模因幣的喧囂炒作......并不是金融現象,而是社會現象。”卡塞林說道。
大衛?蕭指出,一款名為“澳大利亞牧羊犬代幣”(Australian Shepherd Token)、交易代碼為“ASS”的代幣以及另外兩款狗主題代幣Astro Doge和Doge Elon,在上周都出現了上漲。
“很明顯,這種上漲是不可持續的。最終大多數人都會虧錢。”他說。
盡管如此,大衛?蕭說他還是收到了大量詢問柴犬幣的電子郵件。他在中國和世界各地的聯系人都對柴犬幣很好奇,想更多地了解這股熱潮。
“他們所談論的是:‘我們也能夠買入這個垃圾幣。’”他說。
然而,哪怕已經引發了如此多的關注,柴犬幣距離超越狗狗幣還是很遙遠,畢竟后者現在的市值已經高達640億美元。
“如果柴犬幣超過狗狗幣,我會很驚訝。”加密貨幣衍生品交易平臺FTX的首席執行官薩姆?班克曼-弗里德說,“但世事無絕對,任何事情都有可能發生!”(財富中文網)
譯者:萬志文
狗狗幣(Dogecoin)在誕生之初只是一個玩笑,但如今該加密貨幣卻價值不菲。5月8日,它遭遇了主持《周六夜現場》(Saturday Night Live)的埃隆?馬斯克帶來的威脅,現在可能又面臨著一家以小狗為主題的新興競爭對手的挑戰。
柴犬幣(Shiba Inu)推出不到一年,以柴犬這一狗的品種命名。它是一種加密貨幣,交易代碼為“SHIB”,其將自己標榜為“狗狗幣殺手”。截至5月12日,單枚柴犬幣幾乎一文不值,不到0.000029美元,但隨著它相繼被納入兩大加密貨幣交易平臺歐易(OKEx)和幣安網(Binance),其交易量在上周迅速飆升。中國的交易者助推了柴犬幣的上漲,中國人創辦的交易平臺火幣網頗受中國交易者的歡迎,它在上周貢獻了最大的柴犬幣交易量份額。
根據CoinMarketCap.com的數據,柴犬幣的24小時交易額超過了80億美元,其市值超過110億美元。在上周被納入熱門交易平臺之前,柴犬幣的單日交易額最高僅超過5億美元,而就在今年1月,其日交易額甚至還不到1美元。
就目前而言,柴犬幣或許是一種“模因幣”,幾乎沒有基礎價格,也沒有什么用例。但專家表示,不應忽視柴犬幣的爆紅,因為它反映了一個日益壯大的新加密貨幣交易者階層的行為。
加密貨幣交易平臺AAX的研究與戰略主管本?卡塞林說:“我們不能夠簡單地徹底否定這種喧囂炒作,而是要認識到,我們所看到的是大批剛接觸加密貨幣的交易者在涌入這一領域,掀起一場群眾運動。”
誰是狗狗幣殺手?
柴犬幣創造于2020年8月,但其創始人鮮為人知,他的名字叫Ryoshi。
正是Ryoshi的宣傳,才讓柴犬幣有了“狗狗幣殺手”的綽號。他認為,相較于狗狗幣,柴犬幣的技術更多地“由社區驅動”。狗狗幣以柴犬作為吉祥物。Ryoshi就單枚柴犬幣微不足道的價值進行了宣傳。“我們有能力取得指數級增長,在價值上超越狗狗幣,而且單枚柴犬幣的價值不超過0.01美元。”該創始人在柴犬幣名為“汪汪書”(woofpaper)的白皮書中寫道。
Ryoshi在白皮書里說,柴犬幣——以及包含柴犬幣ShibSwap交易平臺和由開發者、持幣人和粉絲組成的去中心化柴犬幣軍團的“柴犬幣生態系統”——是一項“自發社區建設”實驗。他在白皮書上說柴犬是“一種不可思議的狗”,并且還鼓勵人們向柴犬救援協會(Shiba Inu Rescue Association)捐款。不過,《財富》雜志未能聯系到Ryoshi就本文置評。
“柴犬幣是一種模因幣,我們要接受這一點。”卡塞林指的是基于模因、在TikTok、Reddit等平臺上推廣的新一類加密貨幣。“這場模因幣運動無視繁文縟節......因此,狗狗幣一開始只是一個玩笑,柴犬幣的白皮書也取名‘汪汪書’。”
Ryoshi聲稱自己沒有持有任何代幣,在創建柴犬幣后便將50%的柴犬幣匯給了以太坊的聯合創始人維塔利克?布特林。理論上,此舉讓布特林能夠一手控制柴犬幣市場,如果他拋售持有的柴犬幣,它的價值就會一瀉千里。但Ryoshi賦予布特林這種權力是有意而為之。
“柴犬幣軍團認為,所有類型的成功都需要某種類型的漏洞。”加密貨幣雜志《Block Journal》的首席執行官大衛?蕭稱。
從去年8月開始,柴犬幣一直處于相對默默無聞的狀態,直到今年早些時候這一情況才發生了改變。當時,人們對狗狗幣的興趣呈現激增,促使交易者紛紛尋找下一個有望引爆市場的加密貨幣。
“柴犬幣的上漲,顯然是得益于狗狗幣的成功。”大衛?蕭指出。
狗狗幣火箭般的飆漲,在一定程度上源于3月GameStop事件所引發的影響。當時,為GameStop股價暴漲推波助瀾的散戶投資者開始將目光轉向了玩笑式的加密貨幣。特斯拉的首席執行官埃隆?馬斯克也時不時發布推文為狗狗幣背書,這也幫助狗狗幣獲得了認可和支持。
狗狗幣的重大時刻出現在4月底,當時美國全國廣播公司(NBC)宣布馬斯克將在5月亮相《周六夜現場》。
在此之前的幾周里,加密貨幣的交易者和觀察家們紛紛公開猜測,馬斯克是否會在節目中提及狗狗幣。這波討論為狗狗幣帶來了更多的曝光,也引起了億萬富翁馬克?庫班等名人的興趣。
但馬斯克在《周六夜現場》的亮相讓一些加密貨幣交易者感到失望,他開玩笑地稱狗狗幣是“騙局”,致使其價值應聲大跌30%。柴犬幣似乎從《周六夜現場》所引發的輿論關注中獲益不少。就在馬斯克現身該節目的兩天后,幣安網納入柴犬幣,柴犬幣的價格隨之翻了一番。
大衛?蕭指出,即使狗狗幣沒有從馬斯克主持的節目中直接受益,但他的亮相和在此之前的幾周所引發的種種討論也吸引了數百萬人對模因幣的關注。
現在是什么情況?
柴犬幣的未來是未知之數,專家們警告說,現在進場可能已經為時已晚。
5月12日,柴犬幣的價格從5月11日的高點0.000034美元下挫14%,至0.000029美元。
“如果你現在買入,接下來會怎樣就不好說了。”大衛?蕭說道,“但如果你幾天前就入局了,那么你肯定可以賺到錢。”
大衛?蕭表示,隨著交易者被吸引到基于模因幣,而不是像以太坊那樣推廣先進技術或基礎用例的加密貨幣,最近幾周乃至幾個月內涌現出成千上萬種模因幣,說到底,柴犬幣應當被視為其中的一種。
“圍繞柴犬幣等模因幣的喧囂炒作......并不是金融現象,而是社會現象。”卡塞林說道。
大衛?蕭指出,一款名為“澳大利亞牧羊犬代幣”(Australian Shepherd Token)、交易代碼為“ASS”的代幣以及另外兩款狗主題代幣Astro Doge和Doge Elon,在上周都出現了上漲。
“很明顯,這種上漲是不可持續的。最終大多數人都會虧錢。”他說。
盡管如此,大衛?蕭說他還是收到了大量詢問柴犬幣的電子郵件。他在中國和世界各地的聯系人都對柴犬幣很好奇,想更多地了解這股熱潮。
“他們所談論的是:‘我們也能夠買入這個垃圾幣。’”他說。
然而,哪怕已經引發了如此多的關注,柴犬幣距離超越狗狗幣還是很遙遠,畢竟后者現在的市值已經高達640億美元。
“如果柴犬幣超過狗狗幣,我會很驚訝。”加密貨幣衍生品交易平臺FTX的首席執行官薩姆?班克曼-弗里德說,“但世事無絕對,任何事情都有可能發生!”(財富中文網)
譯者:萬志文
The Dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency that’s now worth serious money, confronted the threat posed by Elon Musk hosting Saturday Night Live on May 8, and now it may be facing a challenge from an upstart puppy-themed competitor.
The Shiba Inu coin, launched less than a year ago and named after the dog breed, is a cryptocurrency that trades as SHIB and champions itself as the “Dogecoin killer.” A single SHIB coin is nearly worthless—less than $0.000029 as of May 12—but its trading surged this week after it was added to cryptocurrency trading platforms OKEx and Binance. Chinese traders have helped propel SHIB’s rise, with the Chinese-founded exchange Huobi, which is popular among Chinese traders, handling the largest share of SHIB’s trading volume at last week.
SHIB’s 24-hour trading volume is over $8 billion, and it has a market capitalization of over $11 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.com. Before SHIB was added to the trading platforms last week, its trading volume maxed out at just over $500 million in a single day, and as recently as January its daily trading volume was lower than $1.
For now, SHIB may be a “meme coin” and have little to no underlying value or use cases. But experts say that its popularity should not be ignored since it reflects the behaviors of a new, growing class of cryptocurrency traders.
“Rather than simply dismissing the hype outright, it’s important to realize that what we’re seeing is the mass movement of traders new to crypto moving into the space,” says Ben Caselin, head of research and strategy at cryptocurrency exchange AAX.
Who is the better Doge?
The SHIB coin was created in August 2020, but little is known about its founder, who goes by Ryoshi.
Ryoshi has promoted the coin’s “Dogecoin killer” nickname, arguing that SHIB’s technology is more “community-driven” than its counterpart, which uses the Shiba Inu as its mascot. And Ryoshi has heralded its minuscule worth. “We have the ability to outpace the value of Dogecoin, exponentially, without ever crossing the $0.01 mark,” the founder wrote in a SHIB “woofpaper,” better known as a white paper.
Ryoshi, in the paper, says that the coin—along with the “Shiba Inu Ecosystem” that includes the ShibSwap exchange and a decentralized Shib Army of developers, coin holders, and fans—was an experiment in “spontaneous community building.” Ryoshi says in the paper that Shiba Inu are “incredible dogs” and encourages people to donate to the Shiba Inu Rescue Association. Ryoshi could not be reached for comment on this article.
“SHIB coin is a meme coin and embraces that,” says Caselin, referring to the new class of coins based on memes and promoted on platforms like TikTok and Reddit. “The meme coin movement rejects formalities and protocol…Hence Dogecoin started off as a joke, and the Shiba white paper is called the woofpaper,” he says.
Ryoshi claims to not hold any coins and gave 50% of the coins to Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin after creating the currency. In theory, the move gives Buterin the ability to single-handedly control the market and crash SHIB’s value should he sell off his holdings. But giving Buterin this power was intentional.
“[The Shib Army] believes that all types of successes need some type of vulnerability,” says David Hsiao, CEO of crypto magazine Block Journal.
The SHIB coin lived in relative obscurity from August until earlier this year, when a surge in interest for Dogecoin drove traders to find the next big thing.
“[SHIB coin’s] rise has obviously been due to Dogecoin’s success,” says Hsiao.
Dogecoin’s meteoric rise can be traced, in part, to fallout from the GameStop saga in March, as individual retail traders who fueled GameStop’s rise turned to joke cryptocurrencies. Periodic tweets in support of the Dogecoin from Tesla CEO Elon Musk also helped it gain legitimacy.
Dogecoin’s big moment came in late April when NBC announced Musk would appear on Saturday Night Live in May.
In the weeks leading up to the event, cryptocurrency traders and observers openly wondered if Musk would mention Dogecoin on the show. The discussion gave the coin more exposure, and sparked interest from prominent figures like billionaire Mark Cuban.
Musk’s SNL appearance disappointed some crypto traders, as he jokingly called the Dogecoin a “hustle,” a comment that sunk its value 30%. SHIB seemed to capitalize on the hype surrounding SNL. Two days after Musk’s appearance, Binance listed SHIB on its platform, and the price for SHIB doubled.
Hsiao says that even if Dogecoin didn’t directly benefit from Musk’s hosting duties, his appearance and the weeks leading up to it drew the attention of millions to meme coins.
What happens now?
SHIB’s future is uncertain, and experts caution that it may already be too late to get in on the action.
SHIB’s price dropped 14% to $0.000029 on May 12, down from a high of $0.000034 on May 11.
“If you’re buying today, I don’t know where the future lies for you,” says Hsiao. “But if you were in a few days ago, yes, you’re definitely making money.”
Ultimately, Hsiao says, SHIB should be considered as one of thousands of meme coins that have popped up in recent weeks and months as traders have gravitated toward coins based on memes rather than coins that promote a superior technology or underlying use cases like Ethereum.
“The hype around meme coins such as Shiba…is not a financial, but a social phenomenon,” says Caselin.
Hsiao notes that a coin named the Australian Shepherd Token, which trades under the name ASS, and others called Astro Doge and Doge Elon have gotten bumps at last week.
“Obviously, this is not sustainable. Most people will lose money,” he says.
Still, Hsiao says his inbox is inundated with questions about SHIB coin. Contacts in China and around the world are curious to learn more about the buzz.
“All they’re talking about is—and pardon my language—‘We might as well buy this shitcoin,’” he says.
But even with all the attention, SHIB is a long way from dethroning Dogecoin, which now has a market cap of $64 billion.
“I’d be surprised if SHIB overtook DOGE,” says Sam Bankman-Fried, chief executive officer at cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX. “But anything can happen!”