{"id":32927,"date":"2024-11-27T20:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=32927"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:38:15","slug":"a-memecoin-trader-turned-160-into-5-6-million-with-chillguy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/a-memecoin-trader-turned-160-into-5-6-million-with-chillguy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Memecoin Trader Turned $160 into $5.6 Million with ChillGuy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>Solana<\/strong>-based <strong>memecoin<\/strong> trader turned a $160 investment into millions with the viral internet meme token, <strong>ChillGuy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from <strong>Solana&#8217;s<\/strong> blockchain explorer, Solscan, on November 15, a wallet made two purchases of the <strong>Just a Chill Guy (CHILL GUY)<\/strong> <strong>memecoin<\/strong>. The trader exchanged 0.50 Solana, worth about $107 at the time, for 9.6 million <strong>ChillGuy<\/strong> tokens on the Solana memecoin platform, Pump.fun. A few hours later, the trader added 0.246 SOL, approximately $51, for an additional 2.8 million tokens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142133 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coinmuhendisi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/chillguy.jpg\" alt=\"chillguy\" width=\"1214\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The memecoin trader bought Just a Chill Guy tokens for $160.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>ChillGuy<\/strong> token was launched on the<strong> Solana blockchain<\/strong> on November 15, driven by the viral \u201c<strong>Just a Chill Guy<\/strong>\u201d meme that gained popularity on social media. The token&#8217;s value rapidly increased, reaching a market capitalization of $643 million by November 27. At the time of writing, the memecoin&#8217;s trading price is $0.58.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blockchain<\/strong> data shows that the trader sold 2.8 million tokens early and earned 149 SOL, approximately $35,000.<\/p>\n<p>This sale caused them to miss out on a potential $1.6 million profit. However, the trader still holds 9.62 million tokens, now valued at around $5.6 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/what-is-chillguy-the-million-dollar-earning-viral-tiktok-meme\/\">READ:\u00a0What is ChillGuy? The Million-Dollar Earning Viral TikTok Meme!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&lt;class=&#8221;min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5&#8243; dir=&#8221;auto&#8221; data-message-author-role=&#8221;assistant&#8221; data-message-id=&#8221;87494491-956c-4292-83ba-7304fe2c8599&#8243; data-message-model-slug=&#8221;gpt-4o-mini&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<h2>The Creator of Just a Chill Guy Threatened Legal Action Against The Tokens<\/h2>\n<p>While some investors profited from the token&#8217;s success, the creator of the <strong>Just a Chill Guy<\/strong> character publicly denounced its unauthorized use. On November 21, the artist known as &#8220;PhillipBankss&#8221; on X stated that he already holds the copyright for the &#8220;<strong>Chill Guy<\/strong>&#8221; character.<\/p>\n<p>The artist announced that he would be issuing takedown requests for commercial use of the artwork in the coming days. Previously, the artist had stated that he neither approved nor consented to the use of this artwork in crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/phillipbankss\">Related tweet:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32929 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/phil2.png\" alt=\"phil2\" width=\"473\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/phil2.png 473w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/phil2-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the artist&#8217;s objections, community members on X believe that enforcement may be challenging. Some argued that memecoins launched in a decentralized and anonymous manner are difficult to regulate or shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Another community member mentioned that the <strong>memecoin<\/strong> would continue to exist whether the artist approved it or not, and that the crypto asset has now become immortalized on the <strong>blockchain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. Additionally, don\u2019t forget to follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Telegram,\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0channels for the latest\u00a0<a title=\"News\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\">news<\/a> and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Solana-based memecoin trader turned a $160 investment into millions with the viral internet meme token, ChillGuy. According to data from Solana&#8217;s blockchain explorer, Solscan, on November 15, a wallet made two purchases of the Just a Chill Guy (CHILL GUY) memecoin. The trader exchanged 0.50 Solana, worth about $107 at the time, for 9.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":32932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[9727,192,9682,2191,1332,319],"class_list":["post-32927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en","tag-9727","tag-blockchain","tag-chillguy","tag-meme-coin","tag-memecoin","tag-solana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Memecoin Trader Turned $160 into $5.6 Million with ChillGuy! - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/a-memecoin-trader-turned-160-into-5-6-million-with-chillguy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Memecoin Trader Turned $160 into $5.6 Million with ChillGuy! - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Solana-based memecoin trader turned a $160 investment into millions with the viral internet meme token, ChillGuy. 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