Predatory meme coins profit from Charlie Kirk’s murder
As the world reacts to the tragic murder of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the incident has triggered a wave of meme cryptocurrencies linked to the media personality. Within hours of the shooting at Utah Valley University, where a sniper’s bullet fatally struck Kirk, developers began deploying a series of meme coins tied directly to his name and image, most of them supposedly calling for justice over his killing. Meme coins linked to Charlie Kirk. Source: DexScreener The most prominent of these is the Justice For Charlie (CHARLIE) token, which has already generated extraordinary trading volumes. Data from decentralized exchanges (DEX) shows the Solana (SOL)-based meme coin surging to a peak of $0.0136 before retreating to $0.00886 at the time of writing. CHARLIE one-day price chart. Source: DexScreener The token initially reached a $12.4 million market cap with $93 million in volume, but a sell-off reduced its liquidity to $1....