October 31, 2025
Grok, shock, and coin rock
Some rando turned me into a meme coin
Internet turns a guy’s old tweet into a coin; holders yell diamond hands, he calls it a scam
TLDR: An old tweet birthed the $grigs meme coin, with fans spamming Elon Musk because of his Grok chatbot. The author won’t promote it, while comments split between “diamond hands” holders and skeptics calling it clout-chasing nonsense—proof that internet hype can turn a person into a tradable joke.
A stranger spun one man’s ancient tweet into the $grigs meme coin, and the internet did what it does best: chaos. A meme coin is a jokey, hype-driven cryptocurrency—think Dogecoin—and this one tried to rope in Elon Musk with AI mashups of the guy standing next to Elon. Why Elon? His chatbot is called Grok, and the coin’s accidental star once tweeted “trying to grok twitter” back in 2007. The community flooded Musk’s feed hoping he’d bite, not knowing the guy had already blocked him. Awkward.
Then the comments lit up. antonvs threw down a gambler’s gauntlet: “Diamond hands,” insisting they’re holding till the moon. ghusto rolled their eyes: “Online isn’t real life,” suggesting the whole frenzy evaporates once you step away. booleandilemma went full personality roast, calling the author a narcissist. Meanwhile whatsupdog dropped receipts: the coin allegedly peaked around $275k in June and sits near $4.2k now—aka the rollercoaster from “we’re so back” to “we were never here.”
The star refused to shill, calling meme coins scams built on finding a “greater fool.” Yet even trash talk risks pumping the price—welcome to attention economics. Over in the $grigs crowd, jokes flew about him being a time traveler, Twitter’s secret original CTO, or Musk’s burner. It’s all happening on pump.fun, which makes spinning up coins as easy as posting a meme. Planet Money even explained this playbook—opinion leader + hype = moonshot. The community? Split between true believers and reality checks, drenched in memes and side-eyes.
Key Points
- •A meme coin named $grigs was created based on the author’s online persona and discovered via a LinkedIn outreach.
- •The coin was found on pump.fun, created a few days earlier, with an estimated market cap around $12,000 at the time.
- •Promotion efforts in an X community included AI-generated images and frequent tagging of Elon Musk to attract his attention.
- •The campaign’s rationale linked Musk’s AI chatbot Grok to the author’s 2007 tweet using the word “grok,” aiming for Musk’s engagement.
- •Promoters attempted to send the author tokens to incentivize endorsement; he considered meme coins scams and sought advice on whether to respond publicly.