A Seattle raccoon video turned into a meme coin that surged 52x in a day

On July 14, Seattle resident Kiana Hall filmed a raccoon calmly wandering near her home — the clip, captioned "Jimothy," racked up roughly 8 million views within a couple of days. By July 16, anonymous developers had already launched a JIMOTHY token on Pump.fun, tied directly to the meme.

On July 18, the token surged roughly 52x in a single day — its market cap jumped to $22 million on about $30 million in 24-hour volume. Pump.fun's trending page and a repost from the platform's own account gave the token access to a far larger pool of traders than a typical unpromoted meme coin gets, BeInCrypto reports. The story later took an unexpected turn when the official White House account mentioned the raccoon on social media — JIMOTHY jumped another 60% on the news, briefly pushing its market cap above $40 million.

• None of the token's earliest buyers faced any lock-up on their coins — they could sell at any moment
• The token peaked at $0.0449
• JIMOTHY now trades around $0.0063 — 86% below its peak, with market cap down to roughly $6 million
• It has lost another 43.5% over the past week alone

Buyers who got in within the first few hours of launch could, in theory, have locked in enormous gains at the peak of the frenzy — a similar story recently played out with the CASHCAT meme coin, where one trader turned $838 into over $1 million. But for anyone who bought in later, riding the hype and reposts, the picture is the opposite: liquidity in micro-cap meme coins evaporates as fast as it arrives, and most current JIMOTHY holders are sitting deep in the red.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.