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We Made a Memecoin | 2025 in Review

December 21, 2025·31 min·3 clips
Azeem Khan explains how meme coins are just unregulated gambling dens where you become the exit liquidity for scammers.
The TBD team attempts to create and launch their own meme coin, Bwainwum, as an experiment to understand the crypto craze. With guidance from crypto expert Azeem Khan, they navigate shady promoters, scam attempts, and the harsh reality that meme coins are often unregulated gambling where insiders profit at the expense of ordinary investors.

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A practical look at how a meme coin launch is framed and promoted.

This piece treats a memecoin launch as a mix of planning, tokenomics, and promotion, not just a joke. It lays out the moving parts clearly: a light paper, a story for why the coin exists, the tokenomics, and the people and events used to push it forward, including giveaways,…

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You want the backstage mechanics of a memecoin, without the usual crypto haze.

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