From Internet Giants to Encryption Enthusiasts: A Former Meta Employee's Meme Coin Investment Journey

Justin once worked for a well-known internet company and is now fully devoted to the encryption field. As an entrepreneur and encryption enthusiast, he has not only successfully bet on multiple hot projects, accumulating impressive results, but also gained valuable experience amidst market fluctuations.

In this exclusive interview, Justin shared his story from internet giant to the encryption world, delving into the investment strategies, market conditions, and future trends of meme coins. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned player in meme coins, you will find inspiration in this.

Employees of big companies jump into the encryption "rabbit hole"

Before joining the internet giant, Justin decided to focus on the encryption field long-term, but he felt he needed more technical and teamwork experience. At that time, the company had an encryption team, and many big names came from a well-known encryption project. However, not long after, the bear market arrived, and the company cut all blockchain-related businesses, turning its focus to the metaverse and artificial intelligence.

Justin earns a salary at the company while converting most of his income and stocks into encryption, and in his spare time, he explores various projects in the encryption field. In 2023, he and his partners held the first large-scale blockchain and artificial intelligence conference in New York, inviting several star projects. These experiences greatly helped him in his later entrepreneurship.

Family members have a "partially understand, but fully support" attitude towards the encryption industry. His father even actively searches for news, and whenever he sees certain cryptocurrencies gaining popularity, he asks Justin if he has bought them. Although he was initially hesitant about Justin giving up his stable job, he ultimately respected his decision and even asked Justin to help buy some Bitcoin.

In terms of investing in Meme coins, Justin is overall profitable, but the number of losing projects exceeds the number of profitable ones. His core strategy is: if he is optimistic about a certain Meme, he will place a heavy bet. Even if most Memes go to zero, a few winning ones are enough to turn the tide. In contrast, many people adopt a "wide net" strategy, buying a little of every hot Meme. Although it is possible to hit a hundredfold coin, the final returns are generally low due to the overly diversified positions.

Discussion on the Current Status of Meme Coin

A senior executive of a trading platform showcased their dog, sparking a meme coin craze on the platform. Justin believes this is an attempt to leverage the situation to increase platform activity, but the community's response has been poor. Without a clear "official announcement" on which version is the authentic one, a large number of imitations appeared in the market instantly, causing significant losses for many retail investors and also diluting liquidity. This operation was very successful from a marketing perspective, indeed boosting the platform's ecological activity, but the issue lies in the fact that retail investors' sentiments are determined by profits and losses, and many people naturally expressed their dissatisfaction after losing money. This model creates topics in the short term, but it may harm user trust in the long term.

Justin believes that the Meme coins in the platform's ecosystem still have the potential to explode in popularity, but the road ahead is long. Currently, the infrastructure of this ecosystem cannot keep up with the trading demands of Meme coins, facing issues in transaction speed, stability, and other aspects. Other public chains have also gone through multiple refinements to achieve today's smooth experience, while this platform is clearly ill-prepared, leading to difficulties for users in trading. Furthermore, the platform needs to find its own breakthrough point, rather than simply replicating the successful experiences of other chains. Justin believes that AI could be a breakthrough, especially AI applications. If it can incubate new tools for the AI era, it may revitalize the entire ecosystem.

Regarding the incident where a certain country's president promoted a Meme coin and the project subsequently collapsed, Justin analyzed that the president might have seen the popularity of other celebrity coins and wanted to combine encryption to boost the economy and finance private enterprises. The project party might have also provided profit sharing. However, he estimated that the president did not anticipate the subsequent crash in coin value that triggered a public outcry, so he immediately deleted the post to distance himself from the responsibility. Many industry insiders are very angry about this because the endorsement from a national leader made them willing to take large positions, estimating total losses exceeding 10 million dollars.

Justin believes that traders should not develop a "loss aversion" mentality due to losses, but should calmly analyze whether to increase their position or cut losses. The essence of trading is to take responsibility for one’s decisions. If multiple national-level Meme coins follow a pattern of "launching with a surge - collapsing to zero" in the short term, this method is difficult to sustain. For long-term development, it is necessary to find a sustainable operational economic model and gameplay; otherwise, it may collapse after a brief period of popularity, similar to NFTs.

How Ordinary Users Can Participate in Meme Coin Investment

Meme coins give people a sense of "grassroots counterattack" excitement, which is similar to the mechanisms that attract people to casinos, but the fluctuations far exceed those of casinos. Although most people ultimately incur losses, stories of sudden wealth still make people believe that "the next one could be me." Even when they lose, they continue to invest because of the FOMO mentality. However, Justin suggests that one should participate strategically to survive longer. True traders carefully select targets with a high win rate, rather than going all in on every Meme they see. At the same time, setting clear profit-taking and stop-loss strategies will prevent being led by market emotions.

Justin shared his method for judging the potential of Meme coin.

1. Narrative: See if this narrative can reach enough people and whether it can resonate.

2. Chip structure: Determine if there are signs of a market maker, analyze the Top 100 addresses, and pay attention to indicators such as trading volume and market value ratio.

3. Profit and Loss Ratio: Based on the narrative, set a target price for the token, assess whether it is worth investing and how much position to allocate.

4. Social Media Influence: Analyze the project's attention on social media and potential dissemination channels.

Justin's personal investment strategy is to recover the principal when it doubles or triples, and to take profits in phases based on ideal valuations for the remaining portion. He does not set rigid stop-loss and take-profit standards, but instead adjusts them in real time according to market sentiment. In the event of a significant unexpected incident, decisive stop-loss actions must be taken.

His three pieces of advice for Meme investors are:

1. Learn to judge the emotion,传播力, durability, and periodicity of a topic.

2. When you have confidence in a project, be bold in taking a position and do not blindly diversify your investments.

3. Carefully analyze the reasons for each loss and continuously optimize the strategy.

Future Outlook of Meme Coin

Justin believes that the hype around Meme coins is far from peaking, and crazier plays will emerge in the future. Meme culture runs through the entire history of humanity, and blockchain has given it a more efficient way to create and spread. In the future, social media, news, and Memes may combine more closely, becoming a consensus carrier for hot topics, allowing people to participate in a more intuitive way.

Justin predicts that Memes will not only continue to be popular in 2025 but will also permeate the entire market for a long time. Memes have become a new way to express hot topics and culture,凝聚共识 through coin prices. To seize opportunities, one must be sensitive to global hot topics, including technology, culture, trends, politics, and more. Each field may give birth to its own leading Meme, and investors can choose to leverage their strengths in areas they are good at.

Regarding whether Memes can become long-term assets, Justin believes it depends on whether the information they carry has the ability to be disseminated over the long term or in cycles. Memes like Doge, which are frequently mentioned by celebrities and are related to social topics, have long-term value, while most Memes remain short-cycle hotspots and are difficult to explode again. The Meme ecosystem will continue to evolve, but only a very few can truly become long-term assets.