The teams behind the សូឡាណា meme coins Maneki (MANEKI) and Cat in a Dogs World (MEW) airdropped tokens to the wallets of people who pre-ordered the Chapter 2—tokens that could potentially offset the entire $450 cost of the phone, provided their market value holds.
នៅខែមេសា 1, 37,600 MEW were airdropped to eligible Solana wallets. On Wednesday, 5,199 ម៉ាណេគី were sent to the same wallets—and MANEKI’s price has only climbed over the past day.
ម៉ាណេគី hit its all-time high on Thursday, rising 71.6% to $0.02 on the news of the airdrop. MEW hit an all-time high of $0.009 on March 31. Currently, the cat-themed token is down 10.4%.
Solana Chapter 2 buyers have also បានទទួល 114,858,914.9661 in Wuffi (WUF) tokens worth around $24.76; 800,000 iq50 (IQ50) tokens worth around $16.29; and 20 million Catwifhat (CWIF) tokens worth around $4.96. That adds about $46 to the overall haul, bringing the full total to just over $405.
In January, Solana Labs announced the Saga Chapter 2 phone after the original Solana Saga sold out, thanks to the growing value of included អត្ថប្រយោជន៍, including airdrops and free NFTs.
While the latest airdrops for Chapter 2 are cat-themed, it was actually a dog-themed token that spurred the original Saga sellout. BONK, a dog-themed meme coin, offered 30 million tokens to each Saga buyer—and by the time December came around, the coin had gained so much value that the airdrop was valued at more than the price of the phone itself.
The sales frenzy prompted other Solana projects to offer up free tokens and NFTs to Saga owners, fueling even more interest in Solana Labs’ smartphone efforts and arguably fueling demand for the Chapter 2.
