# Fartcoin

> An AI-inspired fart joke token crossed a $1 billion valuation and reached late-night TV.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Finance
- Seed date: 2024-10-18
- Peak date: 2024-12-19
- Spread Score: 41 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Catchphrase, Controversy, Creator relay, Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

An anonymous developer released Fartcoin after an AI conversation proposed it. Valuation jokes and criticism spread on X. It crossed a billion-dollar valuation in December, reached Colbert’s monologue, and later gained exchange listings.

## Timeline

- 2024-10-18 — Anonymous Pump.fun creator (Open web) — An anonymous developer released Fartcoin on Pump.fun; its page recorded creation at 06:05 UTC.
- 2024-11-09 — Wylie Aronow (X) — Wylie Aronow called Fartcoin the easiest AI token for a non-crypto audience to understand.
- 2024-12-07 — @MPelletierCIO (X) — Martin Pelletier called Fartcoin’s valuation worse than the tech bubble of 2000.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/fartcoin

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Fartcoin.” Case HIS-00673. Spread Score v1.2: 41/100. Updated 2026-10-14. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00673