They said the project was legit.
They said the dev team was “transparent.”
They said the roadmap was “a circus of innovation.”
I didn’t realize they meant that literally.
The Red Nose Onboarding
The website was loud.
Flashing gifs. Rainbow gradients.
The token? $HONK.
The mission? “Bring joy and decentralized balloon mechanics to the blockchain.”
I should’ve run.
Instead, I clicked “Connect Wallet.”
A pop-up appeared:
“Do you trust this clown?”
I clicked yes.
Like a fool.
Like a clown.
Like family.
Staking With Seltzer
I staked my $HONK tokens in something called the Pie Vault.
Every day I earned more $HONK.
Or so I thought.
Turns out the vault was just a JPEG of a pie.
And the APR was calculated with a rubber chicken algorithm.
There was a Discord.
It was just clown emojis and one guy yelling “HONK FOR PUMP” every 3 hours.
I asked when the dApp was launching.
A mod replied with a link to a YouTube video titled “Clowns Falling Down Compilation 2016.”
Rug of the Century
Then came the announcement:
“Phase 2: Chaos Protocol Activation.”
What followed was:
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Airdrops of invisible NFTs
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A DAO vote to replace governance with banana peels
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The founder, Gigglechain, disappearing in a puff of digital confetti
When I checked my wallet, it said:
“Assets: 1 Nose. Value: 🤡”
Final Thoughts
Crypto is full of clowns.
But this time?
The clown was organized.
The clown had branding.
The clown had honking tokenomics.
And I fell for it.
So if you’re reading this while considering a “playful, community-first meme token experience”...
Run.
Or at least make sure the devs aren’t wearing size 34 shoes.
Stay skeptical, stay sad, stay goblin.
– A.B. Gobling
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