👤 Author — Taras (Tar_Agustin Dolney tDYC)
Psychologist, trader, and market researcher through the lens of human psychology
"Meme coin is not just an asset. It is a mirror of our naivety, desire for quick success, and collective illusion that money falls from the sky."
Why is this topic important?
In a world where Dogecoin was born as a joke, and Pepe skyrocketed in a day — a novice easily confuses humor with an investment opportunity. But what does it really mean to participate in the meme economy? Is it just gambling — or a deeper psychological risk model that has long haunted humanity?
Meme coins ≠ investments. This is an emotional lottery.
1. The psychology of hype: the crowd effect and FOMO
When everyone is talking about Banana, Bananas31, Shiba Next, FLOKI, DOGEVERSE — dopamine systems in our brain get activated. The trader experiences an illusion:
"If everyone is entering — I have no right to lose!"
This is FOMO (fear of missing out). But the problem is that those who buy at the peak often don’t even know what asset it is. They buy emotion, not the product.
Irony: you are not investing in a meme coin — you are investing in the faith of the crowd, which can vanish as quickly as it appeared.
2. Meme coin as a fiction of meaning — and a projection of one’s own hope
Meme coins have no foundation. There is no clear technology, real case, or future benefit. They exist as long as there is attention to them. But attention is the scarcest asset of modernity. It dies with the new trend.
For many people, this is an opportunity to project their own hope:
"Maybe I don’t understand charts, but I can catch a moment here."
This is not investing. This is a psychological compensation for insecurity.
3. Collective illusion — when we all deceive each other (unconsciously)
A meme coin is a market based not on demand, but on virality. If a token enters a trend — it gets bought. But why? Because someone wrote on Twitter that "this is the new GEM".
This creates a phenomenon of collective self-deception:
"Since we all believe in it, there must be something to it."
But... no, not necessarily.
⚠️ Why is this dangerous?
Meme coins are:
unstable (volatility > 80% per day),
unpredictable (true technical analysis cannot be conducted),
emotionally exhausting (financial anxiety, constant chart updates, desire to "recoup losses"),
risky in terms of capital (since 80–90% of memes burst forever).
💬 Interpretative conclusion:
Meme coins are a cultural symptom of our time.
We live in an era of instant gratification, short videos, fast food — and fast profit. Meme coins capture this aesthetic: bright, loud, fast. But, as with all fast things — often, after the taste, there is emptiness left.
An investor is someone who works with meaning. A meme trader works with hope. The choice is yours.
Recommendation from Tar_Agustin:
If you do enter a meme coin:
Invest no more than 1–3% of the total portfolio,
do not use leverage and loans,
set strict stop-loss and take-profit,
and always remember: the main thing is not profit, but maintaining a clear mind.
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Author: Taras (Tar_Agustin Dolney tDYC)
Crypto analyst with an academic psychoeducation. I write about the market as it is — with a human face and nerve cells.
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"Although a meme is about laughter, a portfolio is about responsibility"
