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Slop, rap beef, brain rot and, yes, “hawk tuah” — what a year it’s been on the internet. “Cultural savviness is more required for memes today than they’ve ever been.”For those who were not extremely online this year, NBC News rounded up the biggest memes and moments that shaped 2024. Brat summerFrom green walls to presidential campaigns, “Brat,” Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, was inescapable this year. Many buzzworthy moments gained traction online, turning some competitors into even bigger stars and energizing people watching at home. Their back-and-forth continued throughout the summer as the rappers churned out track after track.

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☆ ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ says she’s ‘cooperating’ with lawyers in suit related to crash of meme crypto
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Internet star Haliey Welch, also known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” said Friday she is “fully cooperating” with attorneys who are representing people impacted by the recent crash of crypto meme coin $HAWK. Welch helped launch the cryptocurrency, named after her viral catchphrase, earlier this month. Within hours after the digital coin was made available, its price plummeted and the 22-year-old influencer faced accusations that it was a scam. In a post on X on Friday, Welch responded to the lawsuit, urging those who “experienced losses related to this” to contact the law firm Burwick PLLC. In the days leading up to the $HAWK’s launch, she promoted it in several posts on X.

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☆ America’s maxing out its bah-humbug energy
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In this Dickensian episode of America in Decline, Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t just some rich guy — he’s the richest guy on the planet. And this holiday season, he’s going after everyone. (Unless, of course, you’re part of a far-right German party with ties to neo-Nazis — those guys he’s cool with.) Oh well, just make some coffee at home on the new French press you just ordered from Amazon… aw, crap. Essential workers would eventually receive back pay, whenever the government gets back online, while nonessentials have to go without pay.

Persons: Let’s, Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t, he’s, —, Elon Musk, Trump, ” Maine Republican Sen, Susan Collins, Suze, Vivek Ramaswamy, “, we’re, Haliey Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump, Republicans, Capitol, Republican Party, ” Maine Republican Locations: New York, New Jersey, America, City, ” Maine, Washington State

It’s minting millionaires while potentially harming others — yet everyone, even the losers, seem to be in on the joke. Some believe memecoins are permitted because the Securities and Exchange Commission has never formally categorized bitcoin as a security. And, crucially, many memecoins, including Fartcoin, do not appear able to be legally purchased from U.S. soil on most of the crypto exchanges offering them. In fact, Trump world has already shown signs of accelerating its embrace of cryptocurrencies. Yet there is clearly a dark side to the memecoin world.

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☆ Memecoins like Fartcoin are riding Trump's victory to huge valuations. Experts say it may have only begun
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Rob Wile | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

It's minting millionaires while potentially harming others — yet everyone, even the losers, seem to be in on the joke. For the most part, the greatest risk in trading memecoins, which tend to be based on the lifespan of viral internet memes, is the meme itself fading away from the cultural zeitgeist. Some believe memecoins are permitted because the Securities and Exchange Commission has never formally categorized bitcoin as a security. In fact, Trump world has already shown signs of accelerating its embrace of cryptocurrencies. Yet there is clearly a dark side to the memecoin world.

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