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Tesla Roadster memes: $6.84M on Polymarket, FTR memecoin down 95%

  • —Polymarket's acceleration market drew $6.84 million and resolved "Yes" at 0.81 seconds
  • —FTR on Solana peaked at $7.4 million on October 16, then fell to $0.35 million by October 22
  • —At least 64 Roadster-named tokens launched since October 14, 44 of them on Solana
  • —Tesla stock rose 4.4% premarket but closed down 2.1% on the day of the demo
Why it matters: The episode shows how fast event hype spills into memecoins and collapses just as quickly, trapping liquidity in the process.
Source: CryptoTicker