Ep. 3058 - Q&A: “Is it a good time to launch a meme coin?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K 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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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:28.1 | Lemonada. |
| 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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