Big Brother Da Fei Reveals: Why Meme Coins Are Replacing VC Coins as the New Trend

The trend in the cryptocurrency market is shifting. Brother Da Fei’s recent observations point out an interesting phenomenon—retail investors are abandoning VC coins on a large scale and turning to Meme coins for investment. This is not just a change in choice but also a deeper reflection of market structure issues and the awakening of ordinary investors. Why is this shift happening? The underlying logic is worth exploring in depth.

Why Retail Investors Are Escaping VC Coins and Turning to Meme Coins

In the past several bull cycles, each had its own hotspots. Shib was a craze early on, the BRC20 standard sparked a frenzy in 2023, and by 2024 Pepe took over as the market focus. What do these projects have in common? They are all driven by Meme coin waves.

In contrast, the situation with VC coins is completely different. Brother Da Fei points out that most VC coins’ cheap chips are controlled by project teams and institutions. Whenever a new project launches, retail investors face an uneven game—they can only buy in at high prices and bear the pressure of project sell-offs. This is why more and more novice investors get trapped, while those holding the chips profit easily.

Institutional Chips Accumulation: The Root Cause of Retail Traps

What was the original vision of blockchain? Early participants in Bitcoin and Ethereum were ordinary people who could acquire tokens at near-initial prices. But the current situation has become unrecognizable. The VC coin model essentially involves institutions accumulating large amounts of chips early on and then waiting for market enthusiasm to rise before selling off. In this process, retail investors become the bagholders.

Brother Da Fei describes this phenomenon as “these dragon hunters turning into evil dragons”—former innovators and early participants who have now become forces suppressing new entrants. The so-called “investment” by institutions is actually just buying low in the early stages and then pushing prices higher through retail FOMO, ultimately cashing out. When institutions exit, the project often crashes to zero.

Why Meme Coins Attract Retail Investors

Against this market backdrop, the appeal of Meme coins becomes evident. Although these tokens may seem “not serious,” their distribution mechanisms are relatively fair, unlike VC coins which are heavily pre-embedded with institutional chips. The environment for retail players in Meme coins is more transparent, and participation is fairer.

This also explains why enthusiasm for Meme coins continues to rise from Shib to Pepe. To some extent, the popularity of Meme coins represents ordinary investors’ resistance to institutional monopoly and is a form of protest against capital suppression.

Returning to Satoshi’s Original Intent: The Only Path

Brother Da Fei believes that the current market needs a profound reform. What is the true spirit of blockchain? Decentralization, fair participation opportunities, and Satoshi’s original intention when designing Bitcoin. But now, these principles are being broken by VC coins and institutional monopolies.

To rebuild this fairness, the market must undergo reshuffling. Projects that should fail must go to zero, institutions that should go bankrupt must face liquidation, and unregulated exchanges should be eliminated. Only through such pain can the crypto market correct itself and return to the original purpose of blockchain.

The victory of Meme coins is fundamentally the result of ordinary people voting with their feet. Brother Da Fei’s view may be radical, but it touches the pain points of the market— in a field that should be decentralized and accessible to the masses, institutions and project teams should not systematically suppress ordinary investors. This grassroots resistance from the market is the true force driving meaningful change.