{"id":39359,"date":"2025-03-31T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=39359"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:13:58","slug":"what-happened-in-the-crypto-world-on-april-1st-top-5-craziest-pranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/what-happened-in-the-crypto-world-on-april-1st-top-5-craziest-pranks\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened in the Crypto World on April 1st? Top 5 Craziest Pranks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What has happened in the crypto world on April 1st<\/a> so far?<\/strong> From Vitalik to Trust Wallet, Samson Mow to Binance; here are the funniest and most surprising pranks!<\/p>\n

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  • 1- OneCoin Dethroned Ethereum!<\/a><\/li>
  • 2- “Degen Communism: The Only Correct Ideology!” \u2013 Vitalik Buterin<\/a><\/li>
  • 3- Trust Wallet\u2019s April Fools’ Prank: The Real Satoshi Nakamoto Confirmed!<\/a><\/li>
  • 4- Binance\u2019s “Croc” Prank: Meaningless but Funny!<\/a><\/li>
  • 5- Samson Mow: EU is Introducing Office Hours for Crypto Wallets (!)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n

    <\/span>1- OneCoin Dethroned Ethereum!<\/span><\/h2>\n

    On April 1, 2017, CoinDesk published a news article that could have shaken the crypto world. According to the report, a federal judge had ruled that OneCoin was a legitimate and legal cryptocurrency.<\/strong> As a result, CoinMarketCap would be required to list OneCoin,<\/strong> which would push it ahead of Ethereum to claim the second spot by market cap.<\/p>\n

    Even more importantly, the decision was said to highlight government intervention in the crypto ecosystem, which is supposed to be decentralized. Such a massive news piece might have emotionally driven some investors to change their trading plans. However, the following sentence at the end of the article eased the tension:<\/p>\n

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    \u201cUnprecedented price volatility is not expected across major cryptocurrencies in the coming days\u2026 because this is just a huge joke!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    <\/span>2- “Degen Communism: The Only Correct Ideology!” \u2013 Vitalik Buterin<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin<\/strong> made his own April Fools’ joke by writing a humorous blog post declaring that “degen communism” was the only acceptable political ideology in the crypto world. This concept was seen as a playful jab at the memecoin craze.<\/p>\n

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    Degen communism: the only correct political ideologyhttps:\/\/t.co\/CpFdMGCsJg<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n