Watch the video above. That's the meme coin convention.

Lights. Hype. Cartoon animals pumping tokens nobody understands. Crowds of people throwing money at projects they can't explain — because the energy is electric and everyone else is doing it.

Most of those people are going to lose money. Not because they're stupid. Because nobody taught them how to ask the right questions before they buy.

That's why I built MyCryptoGeek.

The Convention Is Real — And It's Everywhere

It doesn't look like a convention. It looks like a Telegram group. A Reddit thread. A Twitter space at midnight where someone is screaming about the next 100x.

The energy is the same. The outcome is usually the same too.

The FBI reported that Americans lost $11.4 billion to crypto fraud in 2025. A huge chunk of that wasn't from obvious scams. It was from people chasing hype — buying into projects that had no fundamentals, no real team, and no community beyond bots and paid promoters.

The meme coin machine is designed to separate you from your money before you have time to think.

What My CryptoGeek Fox Does Instead

My CryptoGeek mascot doesn't follow the crowd. He asks questions.

Before putting a dollar into any project, here's the framework we use at MyCryptoGeek:

1. Who's Behind the Project?

Are the founders publicly known? Do they have verifiable track records? Anonymous teams aren't automatically scams — but they raise the bar for every other question. If the people behind a project won't put their names on it, ask yourself why.

2. What Problem Does This Coin Actually Solve?

Not what the whitepaper claims. Not what the influencer says. What real-world problem does this token exist to solve — and is that problem real, meaningful, and not already solved by something better?

Most meme coins can't answer this question. That's your answer.

3. Is the Community Growing Organically — Or Is It Bots?

This is the one most people skip. A Telegram group with 50,000 members sounds impressive until you notice that nobody's actually talking. Or that every comment is generic. Or that the "community" appeared overnight.

Real communities argue. They ask hard questions. They have members who've been around for more than two weeks. Fake communities look perfect — because they are. They're manufactured.

4. What Does the Token Distribution Look Like?

If a handful of wallets hold 40-60% of the supply, those wallets control your exit. The moment they decide to sell, you're holding the bag. Check token distribution before you buy. Tools like Token Sniffer and CoinGecko make this accessible to anyone.

5. Is There a Real Roadmap — With Evidence of Execution?

Any project can publish a roadmap. What you want to see is a team that has actually shipped what they promised before. Missed deadlines, pivoting visions, and perpetually "coming soon" features are red flags.

We Don't Tell You What to Buy. We Teach You How to Think.

MyCryptoGeek isn't a signal group. We're not telling you the next 10x. We're not pumping anything.

What we do is give regular people — people who are new to crypto, people who almost got scammed, people who lost money and want to understand why — the framework to evaluate any project themselves.

Because the only crypto education that actually protects you is the kind that teaches you to think, not the kind that tells you what to do.

The convention is always going to be loud. The hype is always going to feel real in the moment.

My CryptoGeek Fox walks through it with his eyes open.

Start here: mycryptogeek.com

Do the research. Understand the project. Know who's behind it. Check the community. Then decide.