A test token created by the BNB Chain team for a tutorial video unexpectedly became the center of a trading frenzy, reaching a market cap of $11.86 million at the press time.
The TST token was originally developed for an instructional walkthrough on the Four.Meme platform, a memecoin launchpad on BNB Chain.
However, its name was inadvertently revealed in a single frame of the tutorial video, leading traders to pile in, speculating on its potential value.
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Unintended hype of TST token
Binance co-founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao addressed the situation on X, noting that a BNB Chain team member initially removed the video after realizing the test token had been exposed.
However, CZ directed the team to restore the video, making it clear that TST was purely for demonstration purposes and had no official backing from Binance or its team.
At the time of CZ’s post, TST’s market cap was just $494,000, a fraction of the speculative heights it later reached.
He explicitly cautioned that the token was not an official project and held no inherent value beyond its role in the tutorial, stressing that his statement was not an endorsement but merely an acknowledgment of the situation.
TST and the broader speculative trend in crypto
The TST token saga serves as a clear example of the speculative frenzy surrounding memecoins, where even a test token with no intended value can experience extreme price swings fueled by hype and FOMO-driven trading.
This was similar to the Unicorn Fart Dust (UFD) token, which was intentionally created as a satirical commentary on speculative crypto bubbles.
Both instances highlight how memecoins, despite lacking fundamental utility, continue to attract traders eager to capitalize on short-term gains—often exposing them to low liquidity, rug pulls, and sudden price collapses.
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