Markets and Trading Writer
Whatsertrade is a full-time crypto trader and writer at DEXTools News specialising in market cycles, technical analysis, and trading psychology. The focus is practical trading: reading market structure, managing risk, and applying on-chain and chart data to real decisions, written from the perspective of someone who trades.
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Locked liquidity is one of the most common trust signals in decentralized exchange trading. When a project locks its liquidity, traders may feel more confident
What Is Vana (VANA)? Data Sovereignty Protocol + DataDAOs Guide 2026 Every time you scroll a social feed, prompt an AI assistant, click an article, or sign a wa
Sahara AI (SAHARA) is a layer one blockchain built specifically for decentralized artificial intelligence development. This 2026 guide covers founders Sean Ren and Tyler Zhou, the $49M raise from Pantera, Binance Labs, Polychain and Sequoia, partnerships with Microsoft, Amazon, MIT and Snap, the Data Services Platform, the AI Developer Platform with no code agent builder, the Decentralized AI Marketplace, SAHARA tokenomics and how Sahara compares against Bittensor, ai16z, MyShell and Ocean Protocol.
Baby Doge Coin (BabyDoge) is a BEP-20 reflection memecoin on BNB Chain launched June 2021 that surged 130% after an Elon Musk tweet and grew to 22+ million holders. Full 2026 guide: tokenomics, the burn-and-reflection mechanism, BabyDoge Swap DEX, animal welfare program, comparison vs SHIB, DOGE and FLOKI, and the DailyCoin ponzi controversy.
Azuki is a collection of ten thousand anime-styled profile picture NFTs minted on Ethereum on January 12, 2022 by Los Angeles studio Chiru Labs under the pseudonymous founder ZAGABOND. The ecosystem now includes the Beanz companion drop of 19,928 NFTs, the controversial Azuki Elementals collection from 2023, and AnimeCoin (ANIME) ERC-20 token launched January 23, 2025 on Ethereum and Arbitrum. Full 2026 guide: four rarity tiers (Human/Blue/Red/Spirit), 12 traits and 450 variations, The Garden community access, AnimeChain L3 and Anime.com platform, HYPE staker airdrop, ERC-721A innovation, and direct comparison vs BAYC, Pudgy Penguins, and Doodles.
Milady Maker is a collection of ten thousand neochibi anime PFP NFTs deployed on Ethereum in August 2021 by Remilia Corporation, with five style cores Lolita, Harajuku, Gyaru, Hypebeast and Prep. In December 2024 the project launched CULT, the official ERC twenty cult coin of the ecosystem, and in January 2025 Vitalik Buterin acquired Milady number nine thousand two hundred and eighty six and set it as his X profile picture. Full 2026 guide: Charlotte Fang controversy, network spirituality philosophy, Remilio Babies, Miladycraft, the magazine and record label, CULT tokenomics, comparison vs Pudgy Penguins, BAYC and Azuki, and the real risks.
Pudgy Penguins is the 8,888 Ethereum NFT collection turned multi-chain consumer brand that briefly overtook Bored Ape Yacht Club in 2025 and launched the PENGU token on Solana in December 2024 with one of the largest airdrops in NFT history. Full 2026 guide: 2021 mint origin, Luca Netz turnaround since April 2022, Walmart and Target retail distribution, Pudgy World social game, Vegas Sphere holiday campaign, PENGU tokenomics, 1.7 million PENGU per NFT holder airdrop, floor 4.79 ETH May 2026, comparison vs BAYC, Azuki and Milady, plus the real risks.
Smurf Cat, also known as Shailushai, is the blue furred mushroom hatted character that exploded across TikTok in 2023 and spawned a Solana memecoin called Real Smurf Cat on SOL. This guide traces the meme from artist Nate Hallinan's 2011 illustration through the Russian TikTok loop that conquered Generation Z, walks through the Solana SPL launch on Pump.fun and Raydium, compares the SOL version against the Ethereum fork, and benchmarks Smurf Cat against POPCAT, MEW, BONK, and the rest of the 2024 to 2026 cat memecoin tribe.
Kekius Maximus (KEKIUS) is the Pepe-meets-Gladiator memecoin that exploded on December 31, 2024 when Elon Musk renamed his X profile to Kekius Maximus, triggering a 1,700% pump in 6 hours, a $77M peak market cap, and a brutal 75% New Year's Day crash when Musk reverted the change. Full 2026 guide: the Pepe + Maximus mashup origin, multiple tokens across chains, why the Solana KEKIUS won the ticker war, the Musk catalyst, pump-and-dump anatomy, comparison vs PEPE, KEKE and KEK, and the real risks of celebrity-name memecoins.
Toshi (TOSHI) is the cat-face of Coinbase's Base L2, a fan-launched memecoin named after Brian Armstrong's Chartreux that hit a $250M market cap, rallied 216% on the January 2025 Coinbase listing roadmap news, and anchors the $1.3B Base memecoin tribe. Full 2026 guide: origin story, MEOW DAO governance, tokenomics, BRETT and KEYCAT comparison, where to buy, risks.
Gigachad (GIGA) is the Solana memecoin built around the legendary Ernest Khalimov peak-masculinity meme, partnered with the original creators and powered by a 9.6B fully circulating supply. Full 2026 guide: origin, tokenomics, Coinbase listing, utility roadmap, and how GIGA compares to PNUT, POPCAT and MOO DENG.
Holder count is one of the first metrics traders check when researching a token. A growing number of holders can look positive, but the number alone does not ex
