花生松鼠。 （Mark Longo的照片）

Memecoins有片刻。从霍克·图阿（Hawk Tuah）到唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统再到像Moo Deng这样的动物影响者的每个人都将其变成加密货币。

Peanut the squirrel. (Photo by Mark Longo)

花生松鼠。 （Mark Longo的照片）

Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influencers like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have been turned into cryptocurrency. But what are the costs of all the hype?

Memecoins有片刻。从霍克·图阿（Hawk Tuah）到唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统再到像Moo Deng这样的动物影响者的每个人都将其变成加密货币。但是所有炒作的成本是多少？

On today's show — a modern parable. How an orphaned baby rodent became a world famous animal influencer, became a political martyr, and was finally transmuted into a billion dollar cryptocurrency. It's a tale about how a chance encounter can lead to fame and fortune. But also how all that can spin wildly out of control in this brave, new – kind of terrifying – attention economy we're all living in.

在今天的演出中 - 现代寓言。一个孤儿的婴儿啮齿动物如何成为世界著名的动物影响者，成为政治烈士，并最终被转变为十亿美元的加密货币。这是一个关于机会遇到的故事如何导致成名和财富的故事。但是，在这种勇敢，新的（一种可怕的人们的注意经济体）中，所有这些都可以极大地失控。

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This episode was hosted by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi and Nic Neves. This episode was produced by James Sneed. It was edited by Jess Jiang. Fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. And engineered by Jimmy Keeley. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

这一集由Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi和Nic Neves主持。这一集由詹姆斯·斯涅德（James Sneed）制作。它由杰西·江（Jess Jiang）编辑。由塞拉华雷斯（Sierra Juarez）进行了事实检查。并由吉米·基利（Jimmy Keeley）设计。 Alex Goldmark是Planet Money的执行制片人。

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