Against the trend, it surged to a new high. Will Musk's political concept Meme coin RFC be the next big golden dog?
Blockchain editor
When the entire crypto market was immersed in the sad market of plummeting, a Musk concept meme project called "RFC" (Retard Finder Coin) bucked the trend. According to GMGN data, RFG's price soared by more than 200% in the past 48 hours, and its market value was close to 30 million US dollars.
RFC's X platform social account nickname is "Retard Finder" (meaning "idiot finder"), which was created in December 2024. Its tweets are mostly about immigration policies and radical environmental issues, leaning towards right-wing forces and criticizing white left (standing on Trump's side).
In the past month, the account has been followed by celebrities such as Musk and Eric Trump, and the number of fans has soared from more than 200,000 fans to 700,000, with an average daily increase of about 20,000 fans, far exceeding the growth rate of similar political satire accounts (usually 30,000 to 80,000 per day). Moreover, Musk's account also interacted with the RFC account 22 times, and conspiracy theorists even suspected that the account was Musk's "political trumpet".
Behind Musk's mad praise may be political manipulation
Retard Finder initially became popular with a simple and ironic post: when someone graffitied a Nazi symbol on Tesla Cybertruck, it responded with just one sentence "Found one" and a screenshot of the incident. The concise humorous style immediately caused widespread dissemination and laid the tone of its style of "exposing absurdity with minimal words". Since then, many users have spontaneously started to interact with Retard Finder on the X platform. Whenever they find what they think is "idiotic speech", they will @ the account; Retard Finder will also selectively forward these accounts' tweets to entertain the public.
Since Musk started following and interacting with Retard Finder in early March, the account had only about 200,000 followers. Now it has rapidly climbed to nearly 700,000, with an average daily increase of about 20,000 followers, far exceeding the growth rate of similar political satire accounts (usually 30,000 to 80,000 per day).
Some people may be curious, why Musk does not speak directly on his own account, but chooses to use this project? The reason may be political risk aversion. Musk is facing an EU investigation into the X platform's interference in the German election. Directly criticizing "white left" may increase legal risks; speaking through a third-party account (@IfindRetards) not only reserves room for political maneuvering, but also successfully makes the account his "spokesperson", so that he can convey his personal views more freely.
By searching "from:elonmusk @ifindretards" on Musk's homepage, it is not difficult to find that the interaction between the two accounts is unusually frequent. In the past 35 days, the two sides have interacted 22 times, 11 of which were initiated by Musk @ing the other party, far exceeding the average monthly interaction frequency of 3-5 times with Tesla's official account (@Tesla).
In March 2025, Musk directly @ed the account when replying to a post on X criticizing his "declining cognitive ability". Previously, Claire Lehmann, founder of Quillette, had posted that Musk relied on drugs rather than exercise to keep his mind clear, and Musk @IfindRetards in a light-hearted way, as if to imply "I found a fool". This interaction not only increased the exposure of the account, but was also regarded as Musk's tacit approval and recognition of his "troll culture".
A rare carnival in the crypto circle
In the Token trading market where Meme culture is prevalent, top traffic stars such as Musk and CZ have always been the focus of the market, and any of their actions can attract widespread attention. Then, with the frequent interactions between Musk and the "mouth substitute" account, the RFC token quickly became a hot spot in the market, and its market value continued to rise.
Since the launch of the RFC token on March 25, its market value once soared to $9 million in the early morning of March 26, and then fell all the way back to a minimum of $1.5 million. Since then, the market value has been fluctuating around $200. Until 14:36 on March 31, Musk @Retard Finder again in response to @Nature's post, the market value of the RFC token soared 510.47% in one hour, from $2.86 million to $17.48 million, setting a record for the highest increase brought by a single interaction.
At 23:52 on April 2, Musk @Retard Finder again in response to @EndWokeness's post, causing the token's market value to soar 84.57% in just 4 minutes, from $11.37 million to $20.98 million. Although it quickly fell back afterwards, the interactive effect was still significant.
At 12:59 on April 6, Musk directly responded to Retard Finder's tweet, which asked Musk to investigate and restore a user's social account. Musk replied, "Investigating." The ultra-high frequency of interaction has also caused the price of RFC tokens to soar against the trend in the past two days, with the market value rising from 10 million US dollars to a maximum of 30 million US dollars, becoming the most beautiful dark horse in the market today.
Whether it is Musk's frequent interactions or the humorous and interesting pictures of the account itself, the success of RFC tokens has undoubtedly injected a strong carnival stimulant into the crypto community in the sluggish market. Although some RFC holders shouted "RFC is the next DOGE", Odaily Planet Daily still reminds that Meme is risky and pay attention to risk control.
