The 950% Surge of Shafu: How Meme Coins Rely on Emotions and Community to Drive Short-Term Frenzy

Shafu (SLFU) experienced a 950.29% surge just a few days after launching Alpha on BSC. The current price is 0.0012402 USDT, and its market cap has skyrocketed from $81,000 to $928,000. How can a project with no technology and no mechanism trigger such madness? What is the underlying logic? Can this rapid increase continue?

Emotion as Asset: How Shafu Went from Zero to Hero

Why can an irrational narrative spread

Shafu’s core narrative is extremely simple—“Fools are blessed.” This Chinese proverb is directly translated into the project philosophy, with the community slogan being “Fools don’t need to think.” It sounds absurd, but this anti-rational, anti-elite, anti-analysis sentiment naturally has viral potential within BSC’s Degen culture.

In a crypto space filled with complex technology and grand visions, a project that openly says “We’re just here to try our luck” appears genuine. This contrast itself becomes a point of dissemination.

Rapid ignition of the dissemination chain

According to the latest news, Shafu’s surge was not spontaneous but driven by a clear dissemination chain:

• KOL Trigger: Early on, multiple KOLs started calling out, with @0xWilliam888’s hype sparking the first wave of FOMO
• On-chain Response: Smart money addresses began continuous buying, with single orders exceeding $5K, rapidly amplifying attention
• Community FOMO: High-frequency raids on platforms like X, reinforcing the “Fools” persona repeatedly, with Chinese meme culture fermenting
• Holder Diffusion: The number of token holders grew rapidly; newcomers, seeing the price rise, experienced FOMO and continued to buy in

This is a typical emotion-driven dissemination—first with KOL endorsement, then smart money building positions, finally retail investors FOMO-ing in.

The Game Between Smart Money and Retail Investors

Who is Profiting

On-chain data shows that the biggest profits from this surge went to early participants and smart money. They spotted the opportunity early and accumulated before retail investors reacted. Later entrants became the “bagholders” pushing the price higher.

Some community members are already reflecting—some say “I knew it would take off but still didn’t buy,” others missed out because they couldn’t understand, and some suffered losses after buying at high prices. This highlights the information and timing gaps that create huge disparities in the Meme coin market.

The Role of Tools and Intelligence

According to the latest news, some trading tools (like GMGN copy-trading bots) are being used to “sniper” these new tokens. This indicates that Meme coin surges have evolved from pure community sentiment into a competitive arena—who can get information faster, whose tools are more advanced, whose capital is larger, who can earn more.

The Essence and Risks of Meme Coins

Why are these coins prone to rapid surges

The logic behind Meme coin surges is quite simple:

• No fundamentals to evaluate; all value depends on consensus
• Community sentiment can be easily amplified, with clear FOMO effects
• Low market cap projects have small liquidity, so small amounts of capital can cause big price swings
• Simple narratives that are easy to spread and meme

Shafu hits exactly these factors, plus the cultural meme of “Fools are blessed,” resonating within the Chinese community.

What happens after the surge

Personal opinion: such coins carry extremely high risks. A 950% increase is unlikely to sustain. Once smart money starts taking profits, latecomers will face severe losses. Historical cases of similar Meme coins show that most retail investors who buy at high prices end up trapped.

Related news also reflects this—some bought at high prices and quickly lost money, with some even joking “I’m an idiot, not a fool.” This indicates market segmentation: early participants profit, latecomers get caught.

Summary

Shafu’s 950% surge is fundamentally a victory of emotion and community, not of technology or fundamentals. It demonstrates how information gaps, timing differences, and tool advantages can create opportunities, while also exposing retail investors’ disadvantages in this game.

If you see similar projects, remember: early participants did make money, but that doesn’t mean you can profit now. In the world of Meme coins, what matters most isn’t the project itself, but whether you can get information faster and seize the right moment more accurately than others. For most retail investors, this is far more difficult than it seems.