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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3058 - Q&A: “Is it a good time to launch a meme coin?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Are crypto meme coins a viable side hustle, or are they just a fast track to failure? We break down the risks, rewards, and what it takes to launch a meme coin that actually lasts.

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0:00.0

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0:28.1

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0:32.9

Is it a good time to launch a meme coin?

0:40.1

This is kind of a wild episode, a wild topic to delve into from time to time you might hear in the news about various crypto meme coins.

0:49.5

It's a coin that, well, it's a, you know, I was going to say fake.

0:52.7

I shouldn't say fake.

0:53.4

It's virtual digital currency that somebody I was going to say fake. I shouldn't say fake. It's virtual,

1:00.8

digital currency that somebody just kind of creates. And then it gets a lot of investors and makes a lot of money. And then all of a sudden it crashes. That's kind of the life cycle of a

1:06.1

typical meme coin. Now, most of us know about Bitcoin and maybe some other cryptocurrencies that are actually stable and,

1:13.1

you know, have been around for years and have created a lot of wealth for people.

1:16.6

But then you also have like all these other ones, okay?

1:19.4

And a couple of years ago, I really kind of got into this world just researching a lot from

1:23.2

the side hustle perspective because I thought it was just so interesting.

1:26.3

I wrote a book called Gonzo Capitalism, which is not all about meme coins, but just about the broader world of people

1:32.3

kind of making things and offering it for sale. And here we are once again, meme coins have this

1:37.6

mythical reputation. They kind of go away for a while. And lately we've seen a whole bunch of new ones

1:42.2

kind of starting up. You might have heard of Dogecoin. There's also thousands of projects that just crash and burn within weeks.

1:48.7

So we're going to hear today a question from Matt in Miami. Appropriately, he's from Miami,

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