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Rumors Linked to Brian Armstrong Drive a 30,000x Surge in BALD Meme Coin in 24 Hours

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James Morales

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Bary Rahma

30 July 2023 23:12 UTC
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  • The BALD token has appeared out of nowhere to amass a market capitalization in the tens of millions.
  • Since its launch on the Base chain, the coin has surged in value by as much as 30,000x.
  • But besides its meteoric rise, little is known about the BALD cryptocurrency.
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The BALD meme coin has surged in value. Built on the Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain, BALD’s price has multiplied 30,000 times in the past 24 hours.

Brian Armstrong Rumors Drive Frenzy

A trading frenzy that began on Sunday, July 30, quickly propelled BALD to the attention of meme coin aficionados.

At the height of a pump on Sunday afternoon, the coin token’s price was approaching $0.085, with a market capitalization of around $85 million.

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BALD meme coin price surges
BALD Price Chart. Source: GeckoTerminal

Interestingly, the coin appears to have been deployed by a whale connected to a large supply of cbETH, the Coinbase variant of staked ETH.

Based on this fact and Base’s association with Coinbase, speculation is that it was created by someone associated with the company. Rumors that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong might be behind the coin further fueled the mysterious token’s fire.

BALD arrived on Uniswap unannounced on Saturday. It has no website or social media presence, and its origins remain a mystery.

Base Chain TVL Balloons

An Ethereum Layer 2 solution, the Base chain itself, is still under development. Nonetheless, with interest in the BALD meme coin, the total value locked (TVL) on Base spiked over the weekend.

At the time of writing, BASE’s TVL was approaching $50 million from less than two million USD on Saturday. 

Read more: Layer 1 vs. Layer 2: What Is the Difference?

Total value locked (TVL) on Base increases
Total Value Locked on Base (Source: L2Beat)

At present, it isn’t possible to bridge assets out of the Base chain. Still, with liquidity on the rise, it seems likely that more tokens will appear on the chain.

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