FLOKI
Elon named his dog Floki. A meme coin was born before the puppy was housebroken.
Ticker
$FLOKI
Chain
ethereum
ATH Market Cap
$3,000,000,000
Launch Date
2021-06-01
Contract
FLOKI was born in mid-2021 after Elon Musk tweeted that he was naming his new Shiba Inu puppy "Floki." The token launched immediately, riding the wave of Elon-driven meme coin mania that defined that era. It bridged the gap between the Dogecoin generation and the newer Solana-native meme coins, operating across Ethereum and BNB Chain. The project invested heavily in marketing — running ads on London buses, Hong Kong transit systems, and sports sponsorships. Unlike pure meme coins, FLOKI built an ecosystem including a metaverse game (Valhalla), an NFT marketplace, and DeFi products. It reached a multi-billion dollar market cap and remains one of the most recognized meme coin brands globally. FLOKI represents the era when meme coins started trying to build real utility to justify their valuations.
