The dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s. Stock prices crashed. Market caps vanished. People lost money and hope. Mainstream media said the internet was only a scam and vaporware. But all of these companies were founded during the bubble: • Amazon (1994) • Yahoo! (1994) • eBay (1995) • Expedia (1996) • Netflix (1997) • Google (1998) • Tencent (1998) • PayPal (1998) • Alibaba (1999) • Salesforce (1999) • Baidu (2000) ... and more While many companies failed during the crash, those that survived often shared these traits: • A focus on sustainable business models • Adaptability to changing market conditions • Strong leadership and long-term vision Back to today. Token prices crashed. Market caps vanished. People lost money and hope. Mainstream media said crypto was only a scam and vaporware... Sounds familiar?

2 year-old Neo just had this chat with his mom: 👶🏻: Labubu! 👩🏻: 😲 What is Labubu? 👶🏻: Toy 👩🏻: Who told you about Labubu? 👶🏻: Louisa 👩🏻: Did she bring a Labubu to school? 👶🏻: Yes. Outside her school bag 👩🏻: What color is the Labubu? 👶🏻: Pink Kids these days are so trendy. 🤯 https://t.co/hvfgiUSYAZ

The Stockdale Paradox has been one of my guiding principles at work and in life since I read the book 15 years ago. It saved me from the darkest days when our late first son was at the hospital. It helped me with all the ups and downs of building @9GAG. It motivates me to keep building @Memeland despite the market conditions and sentiments. One day at a time. One step at a time.

Some people often attack @Memeland on some ideas we mentioned but didn’t launch. Experienced founders or product managers would know that is just part of the building process. Fire bullets, then cannonballs. https://t.co/rJTuCmipMF

Dear People in Pain, Waiting is painful. So, I want to give you some updates: • My team is working hard with the right partners to ensure that $PAIN's launch is painless and fair. • The 80% refund will be airdropped to eligible wallets before $PAIN is available for trading, so you can get more $PAIN if you want. • $PAIN will also be airdropped to eligible wallets. We will announce the official contract address and tokenomics on X and our website (https://t.co/mSqfwzy6c1). • There will not be any claim. Do not click on scam links or fake tokens to inflict more pain on yourself. Enough is enough. Yours Painfully, Harold

"Hide the Pain Harold" was voted the "Meme of the Decade". BuzzFeed shares the story of how Harold accidentally became a meme. Follow @PAIN and post your favorite Harold meme in the comments. Harold will pick the best ones!

Congrats to the OG meme legend “Hide the Pain Harold” and the @PAIN team for the biggest $SOL memecoin presale in history. Regardless of what will happen at TGE, raising more than 180,000 $SOL (~$40M) during the 2 days when the biggest liquidation in crypto happened was a painful and impressive quest. Be it living our lives, raising our families, or building in Web3, there will always be pain. Maybe that's why Harold is the longest-running meme that everyone knows and loves. Like Doge (RIP Kabosu) or Pepe, he has been a global sensation for over a decade. His wisdom and energy in person are also unmatched! No, I'm not trying to shill $PAIN. I don't need to. But I do want to share two quotes about pain with you. James 1:2-4 has these famous verses about pain and trails. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” Jensen Huang, @NVIDIA founder and CEO, had a similar message for students at Stanford University a few months ago. “I wish you ample doses of pain and suffering.” I'm no Jesus, James, or Jensen. But I hope everyone stays painful and stays bullish in everything we do. 🙏🏻

MemePay now supports $TOSHI by @Toshi_base. $TOSHI is not some mystery figure. Not just another cat coin. It's the hottest memecoin dominating the Base network. Spend your $TOSHI with 0 fees. Win unlimited crypto rewards, up to 420% cashback, and all kinds of awesome perks from everyday spending! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MEMECOINS! 👉 https://t.co/QH9CYUDRZo

When I was working as a news anchor, my manager taught me to greet people 新年進步 (Progress in the New Year) instead of 新年快樂 (Happy New Year) on TV. She said finance people are superstitious and 快樂 (Happy) sounds like 快落 (Dump Fast). But I guess English is okay, right? https://t.co/70pFs6iEXH

I was having a casual couple dinner with @wildwildwes (founder of Casetify) and @kunoag (founder of Crunchyroll) at a Korean restaurant. When we wanted to pay the bill, the waiter said it’s taken care by the guys sitting next to us. The four handsome gentlemen told me they are @Memeland holders. Is that how pretty girls feel all the time?

I just bought a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange through “Home Office Development Limited.” I cannot share too much at the moment due to legal, compliance, and strategic reasons. As always, do not invest money we cannot afford to lose. ---------- “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9)