The "verbal aping" (嘴撸) trend has entered a white-hot stage and has now become an open scheme.

@binanceAlpha has secured pricing power, while @KaitoAI has taken control of promotion on Twitter. Meanwhile, on-chain "sh*tcoins" are in a hellish state. Everyone previously claimed they wouldn’t touch VC coins, but now all the "verbal aping" projects are VC-backed. Earlier, MEME coins were all about high multipliers, but now VCs have learned the game: as long as you participate, they give you a small allocation, then pump low-market-cap tokens tens of times.

The leader in this space is @KaitoAI. To get good data on social platforms, it’s no longer trendy to artificially inflate engagement metrics on official tweets. The direction now is clearly heading toward the YAP model.

On BASE, @virtuals_io has already hosted several rounds, and the returns seem decent. Some say that once Chinese investors start paying attention to BASE, it’s doomed to crash—but that’s just baseless nonsense.

Since someone has set the stage, @yapyo_arb has emerged to stir things up on ARB. Honestly, with ETH sidechains like these, it’s hard to say—they seem to lack substantial funding.

To pull off this YAP model or launchpad approach, strong resources are essential. That’s why we’ve seen @kloutgg, a project supported by DEX Meteora (an upgraded version of JUP), come into the picture. It’s unclear how much support they’re getting, but the official account has retweeted them.

I just DMed the official account, and they hinted at releasing a YAP-like product. Here’s a bit of speculation: if @kloutgg combines #Loud with virtuals, then there might be a revival for sh*tcoins, and coordinated shilling could become the norm.

Embrace new things, and enjoy the change.