New BROCCOLI Half-Hour Express 50M, Retrospective on the "Broccoli War" Sparked by this Donation

On the afternoon of February 18, the somewhat dormant "CZ's Dog" narrative suddenly became active. Around 6 PM, a new $BROCCOLI token was released, experiencing a rapid surge in a short period of time, quickly reaching a $50M market cap within an hour and a half, and currently stabilizing at around $10M. The fireworks of this token are not only related to the Renaissance but also closely tied to the recent $LIBRA and "charity relief."

Event Background: CZ's "Broccoli Night" and Meme Coin Frenzy

After CZ announced his pet dog named "Broccoli" on February 13, numerous similarly named meme coin projects swiftly emerged on the BNB Chain, with a combined market cap surpassing $4 billion at one point. This naming trend is not only due to its similarity in pronunciation to "Blockchain" but also because of the community's fervent worship of CZ's personal influence, creating a speculative spectacle known as the "Broccoli Night." However, behind this frenzy lurked whale manipulation, community division, and a trust crisis.

Charity Activities and CZ's Involvement: From the Argentina President Coin Issuance Incident to the "Love Airdrop"

The root of the matter can be traced back to the Argentina President Milei coin issuance incident, where many crypto investors suffered significant losses. Subsequently, a college student KOL spontaneously initiated a $50,000 charity dinner aid plan on the BNB Chain to compensate all victims (priority given to college students). CZ then expressed support for this project and publicly transferred 150 BNB (approximately $100,000) to the charity address of the KOL, collaborating to launch the "exclusive BNBCHAIN stablecoin love airdrop for $LIBRA loss sufferers." However, this act of goodwill inadvertently became the "trigger" for whale manipulation—CZ's disclosed donation address was viewed by speculators as an "official endorsement signal," sparking a new round of meme coin hype.

After CZ's donation address was made public, according to Ai Auntie's monitoring, an investor who profited $460,000 on Broccoli (0x6d5...714) created a new token, Broccoli (0xa14...aab), and transferred 150 BNB and the tokens to CZ's donation address. The specific actions include creating a new token 13 minutes after CZ announced the donation address, transferring 80% of the token supply (approximately 7.97 billion tokens) to CZ's address two minutes later, while also liquidating all remaining tokens ending in 714, and transferring the 150 BNB profits back to CZ's address. The new token's actual market cap is around $7 million, representing 20% of the displayed market cap. Currently, the investor holds 10.62 million tokens as the developer address and is the largest holder of the token.

After the new token with the ending aab dev's rug pull on the 714 old token, the whale of the 714 community also started to fight back. That night at 19:50 (UTC+8), 10 million 714 tokens were sent to CZ's address, causing the 714 token's market value to surge from $96 million to $126 million briefly. However, the market value later fell back and is currently stable at around $70 million. This action is both a community protest against the new token and an exposure of the nature of "market manipulation" in the Meme coin ecosystem, relying on whale games.

In the morning of the 19th, CZ tweeted that the address he donated to received more BNB than he donated, along with more various tokens. He stated that he would not keep a single cent and most likely donate to those who suffered losses in TST or some Broccolis. He emphasized, "This is not an endorsement of any token, do not overinterpret this."

CZ, although has repeatedly emphasized "has not issued any Meme coins," after the "Broccoli War," CZ once mentioned in a post that during the process of diverting to the BNB Chain, due to a lack of understanding of the meme issuance process and community operations, it brought many negative impacts to many retail investors. He expressed deep apologies for this and promised to improve BNB Chain's performance and establish a Meme coin incentive policy. However, his social media activities and the public donation address objectively provided speculative material for traders. There are over a hundred tokens with the same name "Broccoli" on the BNB Chain. The Binance Web3 wallet even had a dedicated "CZ's Dog" section highlighting the top four projects by market value (now closed on the first day). This also underscores the platform's tacit approval of traffic dividends.

Additionally, in this event, whales exploited information asymmetry, liquidity control, and community sentiment to reap retail investors. The so-called "decentralized community consensus" has turned into a capital game, highlighting the essence of the Meme coin's "witchcraft arena."

The "Broccoli War" is not only a microcosm of Meme coin speculation but also reveals the vulnerability of the cryptocurrency market in frenzy—when charity becomes a speculation hotspot, when community consensus turns into whale chips, the industry urgently needs to build a healthier ecosystem foundation from technical, governance, and regulatory perspectives. "When you try to make money quickly, you often lose. When you donate money, you will get more in return." This is CZ's sentiment in response to the donation event tweet. CZ's remarks and the upgrade commitment of the BNB Chain may be the starting point, but true change still needs time to validate.