ETH returns to $3,000, mainnet meme players are already making a lot of money

On July 11, ETH returned to the $3,000 mark after nearly five months, sparking market attention. With mainnet rising signals released, the Meme sector in the ETH ecosystem also saw a collective rebound, with multiple tokens experiencing short-term surges, and market sentiment quickly warming up. Therefore, deeply exploring projects with genuine growth potential in the ETH ecosystem has become a key path to finding Alpha. This article will focus on four potential projects with current popularity and solid fundamentals, providing analysis and summary. $MANYU: A Celebrity Shiba Inu with 20 Million Fans $MANYU is a "spoiled Shiba Inu" and a rare Meme market project with a real traffic foundation, with its prototype boasting over 20 million followers on social media platforms and a total video view count exceeding 360 million. Within just five days of launch, the project rushed to the top of CoinMarketCap, with a 14-fold increase in 7 days. Its market cap has now exceeded $42 million, with over 10,000 token holders and exposure surpassing 700,000 times. $MANYU aspires to create the next potential Shiba Inu king after $DOGE and $SHIB through an "IP + Community + Pure Emotion-Driven" light mode route. $BOOE: Writing the Crypto Bible on Ethereum $BOOE constructs a narrative blueprint in the form of a "sacred manuscript", portraying the Ethereum ecosystem as an epic spanning mythology and code. It emphasizes digital sovereignty, decentralized finance prophecies, and the eternal wisdom driving the Ethereum civilization. From "decentralized prophecy" to "on-chain eternal wisdom", $BOOE seeks to build the world's belief in Ethereum. Beyond its compelling narrative, $BOOE's trading team is equally noteworthy. The Ethereum whale "fbb4", who successfully managed $Pepecoin and $BasedAI (two projects exceeding $100 million), recently invested $800,000 to heavily buy $BOOE, intending to recreate a legend. The project has also attracted attention from Ethereum ecosystem core figures. Joseph Lubin, an executive of the recently popular Ethereum micro-strategy SBET, followed $BOOE's project Twitter. Ethereum co-founder Anthony publicly interacted with "Winner winner", showing support and giving $BOOE imaginative potential in both cultural and capital dimensions. $SBET: The "ETH Microstrategy" Namesake Token As a derivative of Shaplink Gaming's "ETH Microstrategy", $SBET, though lacking official endorsement, successfully ignited market sentiment through the company's substantial ETH holdings. Against the backdrop of ETH breaking through $3,000 again, this token quickly gained popularity, becoming an emotional outlet for retail investors and the community. Compared to the Ethereum Foundation's continuous ETH selling, SharpLink's operations inject a strong stimulus for "E-guards": from June 23 to 30, SBET spent approximately $22.8 million to buy 9,468 ETH at an average price of $2,411. Currently, its total holdings have reached 205,957 ETH, all staked on-chain, just 40,000 short of the Ethereum Foundation, likely to overtake them. Since initiating this strategy on June 2, SBET has earned 222 ETH in staking rewards, constructing a stable cash flow model. $IMF: The "Shadow Bank" of Mainnet Meme IMF (International Meme Fund) is a decentralized financial platform tailored for mainnet meme, allowing users to mortgage and lend stablecoins $USDS using meme tokens like $PEPE, $JOE, $MOG without selling. Through modules like Accelerate and Amplify, project parties or whales can leverage, circulate loans, protect the market, and even create "lock-up" illusions to facilitate early exits and shadow fund management. Currently, IMF has rapidly grown into one of the most influential liquidity engines in the meme circle - not only the 34th largest $PEPE holder but also the largest holder of $MOG and $JOE. The platform's raised $USDS is growing at an extremely fast rate, becoming the most powerful financial leverage behind the meme market, attracting more funds and market attention. Summary ETH's return to $3,000 signals not just mainnet value but also injects long-missed vitality into the ETH ecosystem's Meme sector. This mainnet Meme uptrend seems more like a "replay of an old story at a new high point" - who can navigate emotional tides and support long-term value still requires time and further market verification.