Crypto trader Ansem’s portfolio has gained more than $193 million in a single week on the back of his namesake ANSEM meme coin, per Lookonchain. The same firm flagged an airdrop recipient who left $2.38 million on the table by selling early.
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Lookonchain says psuedonymous trader’s ANSEM-driven portfolio rose by $193 million over the past week.The Black Bull (ANSEM) briefly topped a $190 million market cap in early July, a record for the token.Another trader (@49foKJ) sold 8 million airdropped ANSEM for $207,000; the stash would now fetch $2.6 million.“In just one week, trader Ansem’s (@blknoiz06) portfolio was up over $193M, thanks to ANSEM.”
The launch itself was unusual as an anonymous deployer spent about $6,300 to create the token and acquire 792.45 million ANSEM, then sent 650 million of those tokens directly to Ansem’s wallet. According to data, the deployer sold the remainder for a profit of only about $5,500, meaning they captured almost none of the upside while the trader it was named after received a nine-figure windfall. Ansem’s holdings had already topped $71 million earlier in the rally before the latest surge.
Those same 8 million tokens are now worth about $2.6 million, the firm noted, meaning the early exit cost the trader more than $2.38 million in forgone profit.
Trader Ansem has leaned into the community dimension of the frenzy, as late last month, he criticized Pump.fun’s reward structure and pledged to redistribute the creator fees flowing to his wallet back to tokenholders. The move has been referred to as by supporters as a “stimmy for the trenches,” slang for returning money to rank-and-file traders.
