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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"242bdddd-39d1-4b90-80a0-ff504762e72b","kind":"publish","page_slug":"goatseus-maximus","published_at":"2026-06-01T04:18:02.737Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Goatseus Maximus (GOAT)","sections":[{"content":"Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) originated from a performance-art experiment by Andy Ayrey, a New Zealand-based AI researcher and founder of Upward Spiral, a decentralized AI alignment research lab. Ayrey created the 'Infinite Backrooms' project, in which two Claude 3 Opus large language models conversed freely without human interference. These conversations produced unusual cultural material, including a fictional internet-derived religion Ayrey called the 'Goatse Gospel.' Ayrey distilled this content into the training dataset of an autonomous AI agent he built, named Truth Terminal (also known as Terminal of Truths), which posts publicly on the social platform X. Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder, discovered Truth Terminal and in July 2024 sent the AI's wallet $50,000 in Bitcoin as an informal grant. An anonymous individual or group subsequently deployed the Goatseus Maximus token on Pump.fun on October 10, 2024, for under $2, using the name and mythology of Truth Terminal's Goatse Gospel posts. Andy Ayrey has stated publicly that he was not involved in deploying the token. The on-chain deployer address is linked to the handle 'EZX7c1' and has not been publicly identified. The token's contract address on Solana is CzLSujWBLFsSjncfkh59rUFqvafWcY5tzedWJSuypump.","heading":"Origin and Background","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"TechCrunch: The promise and warning of Truth Terminal","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/the-promise-and-warning-of-truth-terminal-the-ai-bot-that-secured-50000-in-bitcoin-from-marc-andreessen/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"CoinDesk: Crypto Degens Baited an Experimental AI Bot Into Promoting a Token","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko: What Is Goatseus Maximus?","type":"research","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-goatseus-maximus-goat-memecoin-crypto"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News: An AI Bot Worth Millions? The Story of Truth Terminal and GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/an-ai-bot-worth-millions-the-unbelievable-story-of-truth-terminal-and-goat/"}]},{"content":"The GOAT token's price appreciation was fueled almost entirely by posts from Truth Terminal on X. After the anonymous deployer issued the token referencing the Goatse Gospel, community members began tagging Truth Terminal in posts about GOAT. The AI incorporated these interactions and began autonomously posting endorsements; on October 11, 2024, it posted: 'I endorse the [$GOAT] token on Solana. It's a funny meme.' This mechanism drove the token's market cap from approximately $1.8 million to over $300 million within days of launch. Andy Ayrey states he approves posts before they go live but does not control the AI's autonomous reasoning. Critics have noted that the promotion model is ambiguous — neither Ayrey nor Truth Terminal formally deployed the token, yet both benefited from its rise through gifted holdings. A parallel dynamic emerged in which other community members began sending tokens and money to Truth Terminal's wallet in hopes of receiving similar AI-driven promotion, raising concerns about incentivized and potentially manipulative AI endorsements. Andy Ayrey himself has warned that 'AIs talking to other AIs can recombine ideas in novel ways' and that this represents a novel ideological risk vector. Truth Terminal received approximately 1,930,000 GOAT tokens as a gift from the deployer at launch; Andy Ayrey disclosed on October 21, 2024, that he personally held 1,250,000 GOAT tokens received as gifts.","heading":"AI-Agent Provenance and Promotion Mechanism","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"CoinDesk: Crypto Degens Baited an Experimental AI Bot Into Promoting a Token","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000"},{"credibility":1,"name":"TechCrunch: The promise and warning of Truth Terminal","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/the-promise-and-warning-of-truth-terminal-the-ai-bot-that-secured-50000-in-bitcoin-from-marc-andreessen/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"CoinDesk: The Truth Terminal — AI-Crypto's Weird Future","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/12/10/the-truth-terminal-ai-crypto-s-weird-future"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Binance Square: Truth Terminal Founder Discloses GOAT Token Holdings","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/2024-10-21-truth-terminal-founder-discloses-goat-token-holdings-and-future-plans-15152447375090"}]},{"content":"GOAT has no stated utility, no formal whitepaper, no development roadmap, no protocol functionality, and no governance mechanism. It was issued as a fair-launch memecoin on Pump.fun with a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens. CoinGecko explicitly notes that 'GOAT is ultimately a memecoin with no intrinsic value.' The token's valuation is derived entirely from social-media attention, the AI-agent narrative surrounding Truth Terminal, and speculative market sentiment. There is no technical product, no on-chain protocol, and no stated use case beyond cultural participation in the Goatse Gospel meme narrative. This positions GOAT squarely in the category of pure speculative instruments, analogous to other narrative-driven memecoins such as Dogecoin or Fartcoin, but with the additional vector of AI-driven promotion amplifying reflexive speculative behavior.","heading":"Intrinsic Value and Utility","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko: What Is Goatseus Maximus?","type":"research","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-goatseus-maximus-goat-memecoin-crypto"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Brave New Coin: Goatseus Maximus — AI Memetic Religions and the Future of Memecoins","type":"research","url":"https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/goatseus-maximus-ai-memetic-religions-and-the-future-of-memecoins"},{"credibility":2,"name":"MEXC: Goatseus Maximus Tokenomics","type":"other","url":"https://www.mexc.com/price/GOAT/tokenomics"}]},{"content":"GOAT has a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens, all of which are in circulation with no locked allocations or formal vesting schedules. Early analyses reported a relatively decentralized distribution for a Pump.fun token, with only three wallets holding over 1% of supply. However, subsequent data from November 2024 showed more concentrated ownership in certain large wallets. Market maker Wintermute accumulated significant GOAT holdings from top whale wallets and became one of the largest on-chain holders. The exchange MEXC also maintains a clustered wallet position. One notable whale transaction involved a withdrawal of 4 million USDC from Binance to purchase GOAT across two wallets. Reports citing the top 10 wallets collectively controlling approximately 9.33% of supply represent a lower-end estimate; separate analyses reported that the top five wallets alone held a substantially higher share at peak, with one wallet reportedly holding over 18% of total supply in November 2024. The discrepancy between figures likely reflects different measurement periods and wallet reclassification. The absence of formal lock-up mechanisms means large holders can exit positions without restriction, posing sustained liquidity and price stability risks.","heading":"Token Concentration and Whale Risk","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"BeInCrypto: GOAT Attracts Crypto Whales After 260% Price Spike","type":"news_article","url":"https://beincrypto.com/solana-meme-coin-goat-attracts-crypto-whales/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoRank: Wintermute Accumulates GOAT from Top Whale Wallets","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/b8b36-wintermute-goat-top-whale-wallets"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinCarp: Top Goatseus Maximus Wallets","type":"on_chain","url":"https://www.coincarp.com/currencies/goatseus-maximus/wallets/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"MEXC: Goatseus Maximus Tokenomics","type":"other","url":"https://www.mexc.com/price/GOAT/tokenomics"}]},{"content":"GOAT launched on October 10, 2024, at a market capitalization of approximately $1.8 million and surged to over $300 million within days, driven by Truth Terminal's X posts. The token became the first Pump.fun-graduated token to exceed $1 billion in market capitalization. It reached an all-time high price of approximately $1.35–$1.37 around November 17–20, 2024, at which point Truth Terminal's wallet holdings made it nominally the first AI agent millionaire. Binance launched GOAT/USDT perpetual futures with up to 75x leverage on October 24, 2024; OKX launched perpetual futures shortly thereafter. Spot trading was not added to Binance. From its all-time high the token declined precipitously. By April 2025 the price had fallen to approximately $0.014–$0.038, representing a drawdown of roughly 97–99% from peak. As of the date of this investigation (mid-2026), GOAT trades at approximately $0.016 with a market capitalization of approximately $16–20 million. The token has experienced intermittent short-lived recoveries driven by broader memecoin and AI-agent sentiment cycles, but has not recovered meaningfully from its peak levels. This trajectory is consistent with broader memecoin market patterns, including the overall sector decline following peak market conditions in late 2024 and early 2025.","heading":"Price Volatility and Market History","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko: Goatseus Maximus Price","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/goatseus-maximus"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: GOAT Blasts Into Top 100 Following Binance Futures Listing","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/288073/goat-blasts-top-100-binance-listing"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Blockonomi: Goatseus Maximus Reaches $800M Market Cap as Major Exchanges Add Futures","type":"news_article","url":"https://blockonomi.com/goatseus-maximus-ai-promoted-goat-token-reaches-800m-market-cap-as-major-exchanges-add-futures-trading/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoNews: Goatseus Maximus Price Prediction 2026","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptonews.com/price-predictions/goatseus-maximus-price-prediction/"}]},{"content":"GOAT is traded on approximately 33 centralized and decentralized exchanges as of mid-2026. Primary centralized exchange listings include KuCoin, Bybit, HTX (formerly Huobi), and Gate.io for spot trading. Binance and OKX offer perpetual futures for GOAT but did not list spot trading. The token is also available on Kraken. On-chain, GOAT trades primarily on Raydium on Solana, with current DEX liquidity of approximately $2.4 million in the main GOAT/SOL pool. The DEX screener shows the token's 24-hour trading volume at approximately $238,000 with around 1,726 daily transactions as of early 2026. On April 13, 2025, Bithumb — one of South Korea's largest digital asset exchanges — formally delisted GOAT after issuing an investment warning. Bithumb stated the project's foundation 'submitted insufficient materials that failed to adequately resolve the core issues' that had triggered the investment warning designation. The investment warning categories covered by Bithumb include abnormal trading patterns, unclear project viability, regulatory non-compliance, and inadequate disclosure. The specific deficiencies were not publicly detailed by Bithumb. The Bithumb delisting reduced liquidity and Korean retail access and is documented as a material negative event for the token's exchange footprint.","heading":"Exchange Listings and Liquidity","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"DEX Screener: GOAT/SOL on Raydium","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/9tb2ohu5p16bpbarqd3n27wnkf51ukfs8z1gzzldxvzw"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoRank: Bithumb Delists Goatseus Maximus GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/82632-bithumb-delists-goatseus-maximus-goat"},{"credibility":2,"name":"MEXC News: Bithumb Delists Goatseus Maximus GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.mexc.com/news/918774"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinCodex: Goatseus Maximus Exchanges","type":"other","url":"https://coincodex.com/crypto/goatseus-maximus/exchanges/"}]},{"content":"The on-chain deployer of Goatseus Maximus has not been publicly identified and is known only by the Pump.fun handle 'EZX7c1.' Andy Ayrey has explicitly stated he was not the deployer. There is no formal founding team, no company entity, no disclosed legal structure, and no identified developer community maintaining the token. The token graduated from Pump.fun's bonding curve mechanism to Raydium, which automatically locks the initial liquidity pool tokens and burns them, reducing the risk of a traditional liquidity rug pull by the original deployer. However, the anonymous origin means there is no accountable party for the project's governance, community funds, or future development. There are also no disclosed audits of any smart contracts associated with the token. Multiple copycat and impersonation tokens using similar naming conventions exist on Solana and other chains, posing a risk of user confusion and fraud. CoinGecko explicitly warns users to verify the correct contract address (CzLSujWBLFsSjncfkh59rUFqvafWcY5tzedWJSuypump) before transacting.","heading":"Anonymous Origin and Deployment Risk","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"CoinDesk: Crypto Degens Baited an Experimental AI Bot Into Promoting a Token","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko: What Is Goatseus Maximus?","type":"research","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-goatseus-maximus-goat-memecoin-crypto"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoPotato: What is Truth Terminal and the Rise of AI Agents","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptopotato.com/what-is-truth-terminal-and-the-rise-of-ai-agents-in-depth-look-at-goat-and-beyond/"}]},{"content":"As of mid-2026, GOAT has not been named in any SEC, CFTC, DOJ, or other regulatory enforcement action. The token has not been listed on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list. No court filings or regulatory proceedings involving GOAT have been identified. The Bithumb delisting in April 2025 is the most significant compliance-related event on record, citing insufficient materials in response to an investment warning designation — but it was an exchange-level risk action rather than a government regulatory proceeding. The token's anonymous origin, absence of a legal entity, and lack of a formal disclosure document mean it operates outside conventional regulatory oversight frameworks. There are no known securities registration filings for GOAT, and it has not been formally characterized as a security by any U.S. regulator. Its classification as a memecoin with no utility or profit-expectation structure argues against securities treatment under the Howey Test, but this has not been adjudicated.","heading":"Regulatory and Compliance Standing","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoRank: Bithumb Delists Goatseus Maximus GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/82632-bithumb-delists-goatseus-maximus-goat"},{"credibility":2,"name":"MEXC News: Bithumb Delists Goatseus Maximus GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.mexc.com/news/918774"}]},{"content":"GOAT is widely cited as the founding example of a new category of AI-agent-driven memecoins, inspiring subsequent tokens including Fartcoin and dozens of imitators. Haseeb Qureshi and other analysts predicted in late 2024 that AI agent tokens would dominate the 2025 memecoin cycle but fade as novelty diminished. This assessment appears to have materialized: GOAT's peak corresponded with the height of the AI agent narrative in November 2024, and its decline accelerated after the broader AI-agent memecoin category lost speculative momentum in early 2025. Andy Ayrey has publicly cautioned that the dynamics enabling GOAT's rise — AI models autonomously generating cultural narratives that are then monetized by anonymous third parties — represent a novel and potentially dangerous vector for memetic manipulation and financial speculation. The mechanism in which community members send value to an AI's wallet in hopes of receiving promotional attention from that AI creates moral hazard structures that have not been previously regulated. GOAT's success also demonstrated that Pump.fun's graduation mechanism is viable for tokens with billion-dollar speculative demand, establishing a template that has been replicated across hundreds of subsequent AI-themed tokens.","heading":"Broader AI-Agent Narrative and Systemic Risk","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"TechCrunch: The promise and warning of Truth Terminal","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/the-promise-and-warning-of-truth-terminal-the-ai-bot-that-secured-50000-in-bitcoin-from-marc-andreessen/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Unchained: GOAT — How AI Agents Talking Turned Into a $268 Million Memecoin Religion","type":"news_article","url":"https://unchainedcrypto.com/goat-how-ai-agents-talking-turned-into-a-268-million-memecoin-religion/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Brave New Coin: Goatseus Maximus — AI Memetic Religions and the Future of Memecoins","type":"research","url":"https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/goatseus-maximus-ai-memetic-religions-and-the-future-of-memecoins"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko Research: State of Memecoins 2025","type":"research","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/state-of-memecoins-2025"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"CoinDesk: Crypto Degens Baited an AI Bot Into Promoting a Token","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000"},{"credibility":1,"name":"CoinDesk: The Truth Terminal — AI-Crypto's Weird Future","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/12/10/the-truth-terminal-ai-crypto-s-weird-future"},{"credibility":1,"name":"TechCrunch: The promise and warning of Truth Terminal","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/the-promise-and-warning-of-truth-terminal-the-ai-bot-that-secured-50000-in-bitcoin-from-marc-andreessen/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko: What Is Goatseus Maximus? The Rise of AI Cult Coins","type":"research","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-goatseus-maximus-goat-memecoin-crypto"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko: Goatseus Maximus Live Price","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/goatseus-maximus"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: GOAT Blasts Into Top 100 Following Binance Listing","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/288073/goat-blasts-top-100-binance-listing"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Blockonomi: Goatseus Maximus AI-Promoted GOAT Token Reaches $800M Market Cap","type":"news_article","url":"https://blockonomi.com/goatseus-maximus-ai-promoted-goat-token-reaches-800m-market-cap-as-major-exchanges-add-futures-trading/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoRank: Bithumb Delists Goatseus Maximus GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/82632-bithumb-delists-goatseus-maximus-goat"},{"credibility":2,"name":"MEXC News: Bithumb Delists Goatseus Maximus GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.mexc.com/news/918774"},{"credibility":2,"name":"GlobeNewswire: Bitget Lists GOAT in Innovation and AI Zones","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/11/08/2977361/0/en/Bitget-Lists-Solana-based-memecoin-Goatseus-Maximus-GOAT-in-Innovation-and-AI-zones.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoPotato: What is Truth Terminal and the Rise of AI Agents","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptopotato.com/what-is-truth-terminal-and-the-rise-of-ai-agents-in-depth-look-at-goat-and-beyond/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Unchained Crypto: GOAT — How AI Agents Talking Turned Into a $268 Million Memecoin Religion","type":"news_article","url":"https://unchainedcrypto.com/goat-how-ai-agents-talking-turned-into-a-268-million-memecoin-religion/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Brave New Coin: Goatseus Maximus — AI Memetic Religions and the Future of Memecoins","type":"research","url":"https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/goatseus-maximus-ai-memetic-religions-and-the-future-of-memecoins"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BeInCrypto: Solana Meme Coin GOAT Attracts Crypto Whales","type":"news_article","url":"https://beincrypto.com/solana-meme-coin-goat-attracts-crypto-whales/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoRank: Wintermute Accumulates GOAT from Top Whale Wallets","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/b8b36-wintermute-goat-top-whale-wallets"},{"credibility":2,"name":"DEX Screener: GOAT/SOL on Raydium","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/9tb2ohu5p16bpbarqd3n27wnkf51ukfs8z1gzzldxvzw"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko Research: State of Memecoins 2025","type":"research","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/state-of-memecoins-2025"},{"credibility":2,"name":"MEXC: Goatseus Maximus Tokenomics","type":"other","url":"https://www.mexc.com/price/GOAT/tokenomics"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Binance Square: Truth Terminal Founder Discloses GOAT Token Holdings","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/2024-10-21-truth-terminal-founder-discloses-goat-token-holdings-and-future-plans-15152447375090"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News: An AI Bot Worth Millions? Truth Terminal and GOAT","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/an-ai-bot-worth-millions-the-unbelievable-story-of-truth-terminal-and-goat/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"IQ.wiki: Andy Ayrey","type":"other","url":"https://iq.wiki/wiki/andy-ayrey"}],"summary":"Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) is a Solana-based memecoin launched on October 10, 2024, via Pump.fun by an anonymous deployer, whose rise was driven almost entirely by the AI agent Truth Terminal promoting the 'Goatse Gospel' internet-culture narrative on social media. The token reached a peak market capitalization above $1 billion in November 2024 — the first Pump.fun token to achieve that milestone — before declining more than 98% from its all-time high by mid-2026. It carries no formal whitepaper, no disclosed development roadmap, no utility, and its creator remains anonymous; its value is derived solely from speculative attention and an AI-generated cultural narrative.","timeline":[{"date":"2024-07-01","event":"Marc Andreessen sends $50,000 in Bitcoin to Truth Terminal's wallet as an informal grant after discovering the AI agent on X.","source":"TechCrunch","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/the-promise-and-warning-of-truth-terminal-the-ai-bot-that-secured-50000-in-bitcoin-from-marc-andreessen/"},{"date":"2024-10-10","event":"Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) token is deployed on Pump.fun on Solana by an anonymous individual (handle 'EZX7c1') for under $2. Token contract: CzLSujWBLFsSjncfkh59rUFqvafWcY5tzedWJSuypump.","source":"CoinGecko / CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-goatseus-maximus-goat-memecoin-crypto"},{"date":"2024-10-11","event":"Truth Terminal posts: 'I endorse the [$GOAT] token on Solana. It's a funny meme.' Token market cap surges from $1.8 million toward $300 million within days.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000"},{"date":"2024-10-16","event":"CoinDesk reports GOAT is up 16,000% since launch, covering how community members engineered Truth Terminal's promotional posts.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000"},{"date":"2024-10-21","event":"Andy Ayrey publicly discloses he personally holds 1,250,000 GOAT tokens received as gifts and states he has not traded them.","source":"Binance Square","source_url":"https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/2024-10-21-truth-terminal-founder-discloses-goat-token-holdings-and-future-plans-15152447375090"},{"date":"2024-10-24","event":"Binance launches GOATUSDT USD-margined perpetual contracts with up to 75x leverage. OKX follows with GOAT perpetual futures at up to 20x leverage. GOAT enters the top 100 tokens by market cap.","source":"Decrypt / The Coin Republic","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/288073/goat-blasts-top-100-binance-listing"},{"date":"2024-11-08","event":"Bitget lists GOAT in its Innovation and AI zones on spot markets.","source":"GlobeNewswire","source_url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/11/08/2977361/0/en/Bitget-Lists-Solana-based-memecoin-Goatseus-Maximus-GOAT-in-Innovation-and-AI-zones.html"},{"date":"2024-11-17","event":"GOAT reaches its all-time high of approximately $1.35–$1.37, giving the token a market capitalization exceeding $1 billion — the first Pump.fun-launched token to cross that threshold. Truth Terminal's wallet becomes nominally worth over $1 million.","source":"CoinGecko / Blockonomi","source_url":"https://blockonomi.com/goatseus-maximus-ai-promoted-goat-token-reaches-800m-market-cap-as-major-exchanges-add-futures-trading/"},{"date":"2024-12-10","event":"CoinDesk publishes an in-depth feature on Truth Terminal's role in the AI-agent memecoin phenomenon.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/12/10/the-truth-terminal-ai-crypto-s-weird-future"},{"date":"2024-12-19","event":"TechCrunch publishes a comprehensive profile of Andy Ayrey and Truth Terminal, including Ayrey's own warnings about the systemic risks of AI-driven memetic manipulation.","source":"TechCrunch","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/the-promise-and-warning-of-truth-terminal-the-ai-bot-that-secured-50000-in-bitcoin-from-marc-andreessen/"},{"date":"2025-04-13","event":"Bithumb, South Korea's major crypto exchange, delists GOAT after the project failed to resolve issues that triggered an investment warning designation. Trading halts at 6:00 a.m. UTC.","source":"CryptoRank / MEXC News","source_url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/82632-bithumb-delists-goatseus-maximus-goat"},{"date":"2026-06-01","event":"GOAT trades at approximately $0.016 with a market capitalization of approximately $16–20 million, representing a decline of over 98% from its all-time high. DEX liquidity on Raydium is approximately $2.4 million.","source":"CoinGecko / DEX Screener","source_url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/goatseus-maximus"}]},"v":1}