Trump was again the target of an assassination attempt.
On April 26 (local time, April 25), shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, prompting President Trump to urgently evacuate the event. Both President Trump and Vice President Vance were unharmed following the shooting, and the gunman has been arrested.
We are deeply saddened by and condemn such acts of violence, but events with strong political overtones are often closely tied to memes. In 2024, photos of Trump, bloodied but raising his fist and shouting “Fight!” after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally, instantly became the most popular meme on X.
So, following Trump’s latest narrow escape, which assets have caught the attention of meme coin traders?
An X user named Henry Martinez (@HenryMa79561893) has been inactive since posting a tweet on December 21, 2023—the same name as the suspect in the attempted assassination of Trump.
This tweet was quickly spotted by netizens on X, garnering 22.6 million impressions. This mysterious figure was regarded by everyone as a "time traveler."
This also attracted the official $PEPE account on the Ethereum mainnet to interact. Since his profile picture is a Sad Frog, the official $PEPE Twitter account referred to him as the "Time Traveling Sad Frog."
Interestingly, the official $PEPE Twitter account also provided another perspective—the cover image of Henry Martinez’s X profile, which seems to depict the scene of this event:
After interacting on the official $PEPE Twitter account, the market cap of $HENRY on SOL gradually rose from under $1.5 million. Later, Solana co-founder toly mentioned it on X, causing $HENRY on SOL to briefly surpass a $4 million market cap.
From the token's perspective, Musk retweeted a tweet from Trump dated 2024 following this assassination attempt:
Elon Musk even personally "archaeologized," retweeting a 2024 tweet from Trump. This action, in the eyes of meme enthusiasts, carries the implication of a newly certified political meme from Musk himself.
Meanwhile, the photo of the perpetrator that Trump posted on Truth Social was also noticed by meme creators for its striking similarity to the image accompanying the 2024 tweet.
The token attracted significant participation from KOLs such as Wang Xiaoe and Lengjing. However, it failed to maintain momentum when attempting to break through the $2 million market cap and has since retreated to approximately $675,000.
At the beginning of the article, we mentioned that in 2024, a photo of Trump, bloodied but raising his fist and shouting “Fight!” after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally, instantly became the most popular meme on X.
Following Trump’s latest assassination attempt, this classic meme was immediately revived by meme creators. Additionally, the official X account of the Republican caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives also brought up this slogan again after the shooting:
Therefore, $FIGHT on both the Ethereum mainnet and Solana experienced significant price increases, but the rise on the Ethereum mainnet was greater, peaking at nearly a 9x increase, while on Solana it reached a maximum of about 6x. Currently, the market cap of $FIGHT on the Ethereum mainnet is approximately $470,000, about 1.5 times that on Solana.
Following the recent assassination attempt on Trump, several related tokens have emerged. However, since the meme coin ecosystems on Ethereum mainnet and Solana are currently competing, and the sentiment surrounding the event is not as intense as during the election period, whether this will spread further remains to be seen.
Source:律动 BlockBeats