The upcoming year of 2024 is the “Year of the Dragon” in the Chinese lunar calendar. Combined with the recent frenzy of calligraphy in the cryptocurrency world, major public chains have also given rise to calligraphy tokens and memecoins related to the symbol of the dragon.
Solana Ecosystem
Silly Dragon (SILLY)
DragonCoin (DRAGON)
LOONG (LOONG)
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Long
DRAG
DADA
BNB Chain
DragonKing
Avalanche
DINO
The concept of the dragon and its associated memecoins and calligraphy projects have emerged on major public chains in anticipation of the Year of the Dragon in 2024. However, the rise of the dragon concept is not solely influenced by Chinese elements, but in fact, it originated in the West. During Halloween 2023, Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, appeared in a “Silly Dragon” costume at the Amsterdam Solana Breakpoint 2023 meeting. Soon after, “Silly Dragon” (傻龍) was launched on Solana. With Anatoly’s attention, Silly Dragon’s price has increased more than 80 times and reached a historical high of 0.13 USDT on December 25th.
In the Western world, the dragon exists in ancient Greek and Babylonian mythology, Christian narratives, Norse mythology, and Celtic culture, as well as Anglo-Saxon legends. It is a symbol of power and divinity for the Vikings, Celts, and Anglo-Saxons. In the Christian Bible, the legend of “Saint George and the Dragon” portrays the dragon as a “hoarder” and a devil. In China, the dragon has been worshipped as a totem since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It is the head of all creatures, brings abundant rainfall, and symbolizes peace in the world. In the political lineage since the Qin and Han dynasties, the dragon is a symbol of wealth, wisdom, and power in Chinese politics.
The “Year of the Dragon” and the speculation surrounding it have created a shared cultural meme in both the East and the West. In light of this, Foresight News has compiled a list of recent dragon-themed memecoins and calligraphy projects on major public chains.
Solana Ecosystem
Silly Dragon (SILLY)
Silly Dragon (SILLY) is the most eye-catching memecoin on the Solana public chain. It reached a historical high of 0.138 USDT on December 25th and is currently priced at 0.1183 USDT. Silly Dragon was launched on December 5th and has gained support from Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana. Its price has increased more than 80 times in the past half month. Anatoly Yakovenko mentioned Silly Dragon on September 6th. On December 16th, Anatoly tweeted about Silly Dragon, and its price surged 26 times to 0.027 USDT.
DragonCoin (DRAGON)
DragonCoin (DRAGON) is a memecoin on Solana that claims to be created “for people to get rich.” It was launched on December 20th and has increased nearly 100 times. It is currently priced at 0.0000000000023868 USDT, with a market value of about 238,000 USD and a 24-hour trading volume of about 256,000 USD. DRAGON has 388 holders, with Raydium holding the highest percentage at 8.13%, followed by an address named “Creator” at 5.05%, and the address 6qMgPW…v6eF at 3.9%.
LOONG (LOONG)
LOONG (LOONG) is another memecoin on Solana with a total supply of about 99.9 million. It was launched on December 19th and is currently priced at 0.00010438 USDT, with a market value of about 10,000 USD and a 24-hour trading volume of 1,380 USD. LOONG has 115 holders, with Raydium holding the highest percentage at 26.31% and pru.sol holding 9.4%.
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Long
Long is a BRC20 calligraphy token in the Bitcoin ecosystem, created in March, with a total issuance of 21 million and a maximum single minting limit of 1,000. Long’s slogan is “Long Bitcoin, Short the World” and “Buy $Long in the Year of the Dragon in 2024 for good luck and to buy a flying dragon in the sky.” Long has a global Chinese community with 282 members on Telegram and at least 8 groups on WeChat. On December 14th, Long reached a peak trading price of 1.01 USDT and is currently priced at 0.47 USDT, with a market value of about 10.06 million USD and a total of 1,411 holders. The address starting with bc1p06 holds the highest percentage at 1.94%, with a holding quantity of about 407,545, ranking first. The top 8 addresses hold percentages between 1% and 2%.
DRAG
DRAG is also a BRC20 calligraphy token in the Bitcoin ecosystem, created on April 26, 2023. Its community slogan is “Let DRAG go global, let the culture of DRAG spread to every corner of the world” and claims to have gathered industry OGs and well-known capital. DRAG has a total supply of 210 million with a maximum single minting limit of 10,000. Its market value is about 9.88 million USD, with a floor price increase from 0.00082 USDT to 0.049 USDT. The 24-hour trading volume is about 160,000 USD, and there are 1,606 holders. The address starting with 3PkQBd holds the highest percentage at 3.04%, with a holding quantity of 6,380,554, and 4 addresses hold percentages between 2% and 3%.
DADA
DADA is also a BRC20 calligraphy token in the Bitcoin ecosystem, deployed in April 2023. Its community slogan is “龙行龘(DA)龘(DA)” and its goal is to target the bull market, the dragon concept in 2024, and the IP of the 2024 Spring Festival Gala. DADA has a total supply of 21 million with a maximum single minting limit of 1,000. Currently, DADA has a market value of about 2.03 million USD, with a floor price increase from 0.03 USDT to 0.096 USDT. The 24-hour trading volume is about 72,000 USD, and there are 786 holders. The address starting with bc1pev holds the highest percentage at 2.06%, with a holding quantity of 433,000, and 9 addresses hold percentages between 1% and 2%.
BNB Chain
DragonKing
DragonKing is a BEP-20 community token on the BNB Chain. It adopts a deflationary model, and holders of DragonKing with over 15 billion tokens in their wallets can earn USDT. 0.5% of each DragonKing transaction will be added to the liquidity pool, and 3% will be redistributed to token holders who hold at least 15 billion DragonKing tokens. DragonKing has established the Dragon King DAO Foundation and released a whitepaper. The maximum supply of DragonKing is 5 trillion, and the total supply is currently 13.27 trillion. It has a market value of about 249,000 USD and is priced at 0.000000018751 USDT.
Avalanche
DINO
DINO is an ARC20 calligraphy token on Avalanche, claiming to be a Silicon Valley entrepreneurial project that reflects foreigners’ nostalgia for Jurassic Park. DINO has a total supply of 2,100,000,000,000,000 and has completed all minting. The maximum single minting limit is 100,000,000. DINO’s floor price is currently 0.8 USDT, with a market value of about 16.96 million USD. There are currently 41,772 holders of DINO on Avalanche. The address starting with 0xc1af holds the highest percentage at 1.2%, with a holding value of 2.5 trillion, and the remaining addresses are below 0.65%.
In addition, there are other dragon-themed calligraphy tokens on Avalanche, such as drag, dragon, DRAGON-X, Dragon, LONG2024, long, longking, but they all have a market value of 0.
Please note that calligraphy tokens and memecoins are subject to high volatility. Investors should exercise caution. This article does not constitute any investment advice.