2024 is destined to be an extraordinary year for the encryption field. The election, halving, and many public chains have major updates or upgrades. For Asians, 2024 is also a special year, the Year of the Dragon. It is the only creature in the Chinese zodiac that does not exist in reality, and this is the favorite attribute of the crypto community who prefers cultural symbols.
In this article, BlockBeats will take stock of dragon-related concepts that have appeared in the market currently, for readers’ reference only. In addition, BlockBeats would like to remind readers that crypto assets that are hyped solely based on concepts carry high investment risks, and readers should treat them with caution.
The "dragon" head meme of each public chain
The first meme currency related to dragons appeared on various public chains as early as 2024. As the real "leaders", they have all gained considerable price increases in the past period, but they have also changed with the popularity of the narrative. And there are ups and downs. BlockBeats only provides public information to readers and does not serve as investment advice.
Solana: Silly Dragon (SILLY)
Solana’s rise this time has been indispensable to meme coins, and SILLY is one of the memes with the most presence in terms of popularity and wealth effects. Silly Dragon dates back to September 6th. On that day, Solana co-creator Anatoly posted a mysterious message on social media, with just three green dragon emoticons accompanied by two words: "Silly dragons."
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On December 8, Yaoyao (@ynonestop), who is responsible for the growth of Solana, combined the two words "silly" and "Solana" into "Soylano" and posted that "2024 is the Year of the Dragon in China, and this will be Soylano" The Year of Cryptocurrency." According to Birdeye data, as of press time, the price of SILLY was US$0.11, a 24-hour drop of 13.94%.
Near: Black Dragon (BLACKDRAGON)
Black Dragon is a dragon concept meme coin on Near. It was established by the Near community and was initially airdropped to ecological participants through the ShardDog platform. According to DEX Screener data, Black Dragon has a market value of US$1 million. As of writing, the price of BLACKDRAGON is US$0.00000001, with a 24-hour increase of 26.65%.
Avalanche: LOONG
LOONG is a dragon concept meme coin deployed on Avalanche, with a total supply of 999,999,999,999 coins.
According to Birdeye data, as of press time, the price of LOONG was US$0.000000027, a 24-hour drop of 12.39%.
BNB Chain: MetaDragon
In 2024, the GameFi field is considered by many institutions as a track worthy of attention, and there are also conceptual targets related to dragons in this field. MetaDragon is a strategy card game built on BNB Chain, with its game governance token MDS (MetaDragonStone) and game guild token BGG (Braves Game Guild).
The three core ecosystems of MDDAO are MCard, MEgg, and MWars. The picture below shows the gameplay introduction given by the official website. Collect MCard to open treasure chests, hatch MEgg to get MDragon, and summon Shenlong to upgrade MDragon to participate in further gameplay.
According to DEX Screener data, as of press time, the price of MDS was $0.011, a 24-hour decrease of 0.4%. The market capitalization and FDV of BGG are both US$38.9 million, the price is US$0.038, and the 24-hour increase is 4.65%.
Dragon Ball
In addition to the meme coins that hype the concept of "dragon" itself, dragon-related derivative concepts have also received a lot of attention recently, such as Dragon Ball and Saiyans in Japanese culture. Saiyans (Japanese: サイヤ人; English: Saiyan) are the fictional race of people in the famous work "Dragon Ball" by Japanese cartoonist Akira Toriyama. Due to their cultural attributes, there are projects hyping dragons not only in meme coins but also in NFTs. .
XSaiyan(SAIX)
XSaiyan is an xpet imitation game based on BRC-20 and Arbitrum. Its main image is Super Saiyan. On December 27, its token SAIX began to be minted, and then SAIX was listed on the BRC-20 trading market. According to OKX data, as of press time, the market value of SAIX is approximately 205 BTC, and the floor price is US$0.0089.
According to XSaiyan official news, SAIX will be listed on Uniswap on January 3 and will not be listed on any CEX before then. SAIX's liquidity across BTC and ARB will be managed fairly, and long-term product deployment is planned on both networks in the future.
SEIYAN
SEIYAN is a Saiyan concept meme on Sei, because the avatar of Sei's co-founder Jay's social media account is a Saiyan. The price of Sei has gained a lot recently, with a strong trend. Today it has broken through a new all-time high. As of press time, the price of Sei is US$0.76, with a 7-day increase of 28%. Meme serves as a growth amplifier. The current price of SEIYAN is US$0.073, with an increase of 400% in the 7th day.
Seiyans NFT
Seiyans is Sei's last collection of Saiyan-related NFTs, which was mint on December 28. According to Dagora data, as of the time of writing, the floor price of Seiyans is US$300.
According to statistics , the number of Seiyans buyers reached 1.2 million and sales reached 320 million. The main trading markets are Pallet and Dagora. But currently, due to the huge queue, it takes a certain amount of time to enter Pallet's web page.
lizard
In addition to the conceptual hype of the dragon itself, lizards also have a deep connection with dragons in the Western world. Therefore, BlockBeats has compiled the current lizard-related targets in the encryption field for readers' reference.
GEC
GEC is a lizard meme on Avalanche, deployed on December 21, 2023, with the purpose of making AVAX great again. On December 28, Gotbit, a market maker known as the meme currency DWF, announced its cooperation with GEC. Subsequently, GEC reached a record high of $0.000000618 on December 31. According to DEX Screener data, as of the time of writing, the price of GEC was $0.000000086, a 24-hour drop of 59.6%.
According to its official website, the top 30% of Avax holders, the top 30% of JOE holders; the top 10,000 COQ holders, the top 2,000 KIMBO holders, all HAT holders, etc. can receive 3,471,000,000,000 GEC tokens. airdrop.
GECKO
GECKO is a lizard meme on Solana, created and deployed by the Galactic Gecko community. The total supply is 99.9 billion pieces, and the figure below shows GECKO’s allocation share. According to Birdeye data, as of press time, the price of GECKO was $0.00036, with a 24-hour increase of 27.4%.
According to data from GECKO's official website, the Partnerships & Grants section will be launched in the future. The picture above shows that 10% of the tokens will be used for rewards.
"Dragon Concept" Hype in Progress
Although it has not yet reached the Year of the Dragon in the orthodox Chinese sense, dragon-related concepts have already started to be hyped early. For example, as early as November, two dragon-related inscriptions, LONG and DRAG, appeared on the BRC-20 market. Community The promotion also focuses on the fact that next year is the Year of the Dragon.
As 2024 officially enters, more and more concepts related to dragons emerge. On January 1, 2024 alone, there were 6 new coins on the homepage of DEX Screener’s new currency section that can be recognized at a glance from their names. dragon concept.
In fact, whether in East Asia or Europe and the United States, the concept of dragon has a unique understanding of local cultural characteristics. In China, the dragon is a symbol of nobility and majesty. Coincidentally, the pinyin "long" also means "bullish" compared to English. This is a positive connotation in the field of encryption, so the dragon concept must have a place in the encryption world of 2024.
