A cryptocurrency investor has managed to turn 20 Solana (SOL) worth around $3,500 into over $3.2 million in just two days by betting on a token linked to a decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) trading fund ai16z.
The fund functions as an “AI investment DAO” (decentralized autonomous organizations), whose primary goal is to leverage AI agents for market analysis and token trading. The AI behind the fund – dubbed Marc ‘Ai’nderssen – a spoof of Andreessen Horowitz founder Marc Andreessen, will be influenced by ai16z.
The token’s price exploded after the fund was acknowledged by Andreessen himself on the microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
The trader’s lucrative bet on ai16z’s was notable, but the value of their tokens quickly plummeted after they topped the $3 million in value with the cryptocurrency enduring a significant correction that saw the value of the trader’s holdings drop by $1.3 million in less than a day.
At the time of writing, the trader’s ai16z tokens are worth $1.5 million and make up 85% of their wallet, with other meme-inspired cryptocurrency making up the remainder.
Various traders have managed to make millions off of memecoin investments this year, with one trader, identified on-chain by the alias “sundayfunday.sol,” turning a $72,000 investment into a staggering $30 million within just three days trading a little-known cryptocurrency.
As reported, a patient’ cryptocurrency trader has recently managed to turn around $8,600 into over $1.26 million after investing in a little-known cryptocurrency and holding onto it for two months to secure their gain of 144x.
The trader’s gains came after another cryptocurrency trader managed to turn 500 SOL tokens worth around $67.000 into 5,789 SOL worth over $780,000 in just 15 minutes after managing to “snipe” a large portion of a newly launched cryptocurrency’s supply.
There have also been significant losses, with a Solana trader losing $37,000 while speculating on a memecoin over their emotional trading pattern. It’s worth noting memecoin are extremely speculative and volatile, and while stories of successful trades often surface, those of unsuccessful trades are often buried.
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