Key Notes
- GHIBLI achieved a market cap of $20.8 million within 19 hours of launch, soaring by 39,010% in value.
- The rise of Ghibli-themed meme coins, sparked by social media trends and participation from figures like Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
- Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and David Schwartz joined the Ghibli-style anime portrait trend, further amplifying its popularity .
As the social media trend picks up for Ghibli Anime AI characters, built using OpenAI tools, Solana-based meme coins inspired by these animes are now gathering steam.
Earlier this week on March 25, OpenAI unveiled its image-generation feature for its ChatGPT-4o mode. Following this, several users shared images on their social media platform in the similar art style of Studio Ghibli, which is very popular for its anime films like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away.
Interestingly, billionaires like Elon Musk and OpenAI chief Sam Altman also joined the trend. Elon Musk’s post on the X platform stirred interest in the top meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE). It was up by more than 5% earlier today.
Ghibli Anime Meme Coins Pick Up Quick Momentum
Although billionaires Musk and Altman didn’t speak about any Ghibli-themed meme coin, their participation in this trend was enough to spark a rally. Ghiblification (GHIBLI), the largest Ghibli-themed meme coin by market capitalization, surged to a $20.80 million market cap just 19 hours after its launch, according to DEX Screener.
At the time of writing, GHIBLI is trading at $0.02083, marking an astonishing 39,010% increase since its inception.
This development was enough to spark a rally in 20 other Ghibli-themed meme coins. Some traders also believe that this could set the stage for the potential revival of the meme coin market, which has crashed by 57% in value since the peak of December 8, soon after the Bitcoin price surpassed the $100,000 milestone.
Ripple Executives Also Catch the Ghibli Bug
As Ghibli-style anime portraits see a huge spike, Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and David Schwatrz also caught the trend, creating their own portraits using OpenAI’s viral image generation model powered by GPT-4o.
The model excels at handling intricate editing requests across a wide range of artistic styles. Additionally, it has significantly improved text rendering within images, addressing a challenge that previous OpenAI models struggled to overcome.
Nevertheless, there are a lot of copyright infringement concerns around this model as for its training countless frames from the studio’s films might have been used.
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