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The daring Solana meme coin maestro, Leland King Fawcette, is currently revving his way through a crazy quest! This madman is attempting to rip through all 50 U.S. states in record time on his Hyundai Kona, live on Pump.fun - the craziest token launchpad known to humankind.
His mission? To take down Barry Stiefel's eight-day, seven-hour speed demon record set back in 1998. Fawcette took off from White River Junction, Vermont, on June 11, and guess when he needs to land on the Hawaiian shores by? That's right, June 19, 7:33 PM EDT - no small feat!
He's halfway there and has hit 47 states in about a week. But don't celebrate yet, folks, those Western bad boys are still waiting – they're the ones that could potentially doom him with mind-numbing miles and monotony!
"The Big Western States," as Fawcette calls them, pose a serious challenge. They're so darn vast that you could drive for six hours without touching a thing, and the sheer size of these monstrous landmasses has him sweating buckets!
"I set out to do this to stick it to Barry [Stiefel], because I couldn't believe that he could get around America in eight days and seven hours all by himself," the streamer told us. "I need to see if it's actually possible. If we can't get a sub-eight-day, seven-hour time with modern technology, I'm going to question his record!"
So, Fawcette unleashed the Solana meme coin, 50STATES, on June 11, the day he kicked off his road race across the country. He's been livestreaming his crazy trip on Pump.fun, the favored platform for meme coin creators who've ditched third-party sites.
But has all the madness been worth it? 50STATES peaked at a market cap just under a million bones on Saturday, but it's plummeted to a measly $180,000 since then. One shrewd observer claimed that "bunch of shady bastards are tanking the price", but they're certain it'll skyrocket back up.
"He's trying to do something real, but the community is sometimes turned off by it," trader Leonardo Sant told us. "He will break the record – that's for sure!"
Users on Myriad think Fawcette's going to set the solo record, predicting nearly a 61% chance of success. Disclosure: Myriad Markets is a product of Decrypt's Top Dog, DASTAN.
Wanna know a secret? Cows reproduce with bulls. Yup, that's the truth according to Fawcette himself.
So what's behind all this chaos and the related token scheme? It goes back more than a year. Back in May 2024, a common kid and his maybe mom were begging viewers to invest in their meme coin in exchange for, let's just say, entertaining stunts – trust us, it went viral. Fawcette previously tried and failed to promote other livestreaming tokens in a similar fashion, but they bombed like a firecracker in a dumpster. He blamed sniper bots for his ruined projects, and even went as far as intentionally rugging them immediately after launch to combat the bots.
But that didn't stop other developers from using Pump.fun to spice things up with controversial and viral livestreams. Case in point: one coin maestro who set himself on fire, earning himself third-degree burns on 30% of his body. Livestreaming is now a beloved feature on the site, spawning a whole new generation of zany, attention-grabbing streams.
- In an attempt to outdo Barry Stiefel's record, Leland King Fawcette decided to launch a new crypto project during his cross-country road trip on Pump.fun.
- Alongside his daring journey, Fawcette introduced the 50STATES meme coin, which peak at a market cap of nearly a million dollars, but subsequently plummeted to $180,000.
- The decentralized technology and blockchain-based lifestyle have transformed traditional methods, as seen in Fawcette's use of NFTs, crypto, and tokens, such as 50STATES, during his travel-related stunts.
- The success of this meme coin, as well as the ongoing record-breaking quest, has sparked debates within the crypto community about the potential and limits of such projects in the crypto-sphere, especially with controversies like snaiper bots and rug pulls.
- Some travel enthusiasts are now looking forward to exploring new destinations and experiences through the lens of cryptocurrency and associated technology, inspired by Fawcette's unique blend of travel, crypto-adventure, and entertainment.
