花生松鼠。 （Mark Longo的照片）

Memecoins有片刻。從霍克·圖阿（Hawk Tuah）到唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統再到像Moo Deng這樣的動物影響者的每個人都將其變成加密貨幣。

Peanut the squirrel. (Photo by Mark Longo)

花生松鼠。 （Mark Longo的照片）

Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influencers like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have been turned into cryptocurrency. But what are the costs of all the hype?

Memecoins有片刻。從霍克·圖阿（Hawk Tuah）到唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統再到像Moo Deng這樣的動物影響者的每個人都將其變成加密貨幣。但是所有炒作的成本是多少？

On today's show — a modern parable. How an orphaned baby rodent became a world famous animal influencer, became a political martyr, and was finally transmuted into a billion dollar cryptocurrency. It's a tale about how a chance encounter can lead to fame and fortune. But also how all that can spin wildly out of control in this brave, new – kind of terrifying – attention economy we're all living in.

在今天的演出中 - 現代寓言。一個孤兒的嬰兒囓齒動物如何成為世界著名的動物影響者，成為政治烈士，並最終被轉變為十億美元的加密貨幣。這是一個關於機會遇到的故事如何導致成名和財富的故事。但是，在這種勇敢，新的（一種可怕的人們的注意經濟體）中，所有這些都可以極大地失控。

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This episode was hosted by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi and Nic Neves. This episode was produced by James Sneed. It was edited by Jess Jiang. Fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. And engineered by Jimmy Keeley. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

這一集由Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi和Nic Neves主持。這一集由詹姆斯·斯涅德（James Sneed）製作。它由傑西·江（Jess Jiang）編輯。由塞拉華雷斯（Sierra Juarez）進行了事實檢查。並由吉米·基利（Jimmy Keeley）設計。 Alex Goldmark是Planet Money的執行製片人。

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找到更多星球的錢：Facebook / Instagram / Tiktok /我們的每週新聞通訊。

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在這些鏈接中免費收聽：Apple播客，Spotify，NPR應用程序或您獲得播客的任何地方。

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通過在Apple播客或plus.npr.org/planetmoney.music中訂閱Planet Money+訂閱Planet Money+，幫助支持星球的錢，並聆聽我們的獎金情節。