Three acts, one thesis: a bank can fire a man — it can’t kill an idea whose time has come.
Most meme coins are built by anonymous teams who dump on holders. BASED started under different conditions. The trade-off is honesty about what happened — including what hasn't worked yet.
The bank found the token.
Minted “Fuck The Bank” on BNB Chain — half protest, half lesson in what fractional reserve actually means. It went viral. Bank of America put it together, and I was terminated within days.
Livestream. Travel. Onboard.
Refused another desk job. Took the camera live and drove across 45 states — sitting down with bartenders, baristas, and folks at shelters, opening their first Phantom wallet and putting real BASED in it. The goal was simple: prove no exit by being permanently visible.
Rebuilding on Solana.
BASED launched on Solana April 22, 2024. Reached ~$1.5M market cap, dropped to $7.6K. Now in the rebuild phase: eleven buybacks, 25.1M tokens reclaimed, every transaction on-chain.