The killing of Peanut the squirrel causes an explosion of memecoins!

Tuesday 05th November 2024 10:48 AM

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Peanut, a squirrel rescued by Mark Longo, became a viral icon after a brutal search led to his euthanasia by the New York DEC.
A wave of Peanut memecoins has emerged, although not associated with Mark Longo, who continues to support his animal sanctuary P'Nuts Freedom Farm.

Peanut immortalized on blockchain. 7 years ago, Mark Longo saved the little squirrel Peanut » of certain death. Although the cute animal has since become a star d’Internet via his Instagram account, New York DEC agents suddenly conducted a violent search to capture Peanut, then have him euthanasia without any form of compassion. The event aroused emotion in the USA, as well as a wave of squirrel memecoins.

Peanut memecoins that don't serve his real cause, which is P'Nuts Freedom Farm

Since the cruel and incomprehensible killing of Peanut the Squirrel (or P’Nut) a few days ago, the sad destiny of the poor animal and the bureaucratic imbecility of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) of the State of New York are gone viral on the Internet.

The cryptosphere has also been affected, since so many many memecoins – either based onsquirrelsor using the ticker PNUT for the name of their token – have emerged since the unfortunate event. One of them even earned tens of millions of dollars valuation (market cap).

Be careful, however, NONE of these memecoins are not linked to Mark LongoPeanut's adoptive human dad. The latter, overwhelmed by the brutal execution of his animal companion for 7 years, calls for pay homage to the little squirrel via the animal sanctuary that his adventures on Instagram had made it possible to finance until now. Indeed, Mark Longo hopes to be able to maintain the P’Nuts Freedom Farm despite the tragic disappearance of its mascot, to continue saving animals in difficulty.

The Peanut squirrel 7 years ago, when he had just been rescued and taken in by Mark Longo. – Source: instagram.com/peanut_the_squirrel12

The lifetime of these memecoins surfing on the emotion aroused by Peanut remains very uncertainbut let's hope that the P'Nuts Freedom Farm sanctuary can last for a long timeeven without its little star. The cute and fun squirrel now joins Kabosu, the Shiba Inu who inspired the Dogecoin (DOGE) logo in animal paradise.

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