Global Internet Outages: CrowdStrike, Windows BSoD Meme Tokens, and More

Understanding the Impact of Global Internet Outages on the New Solana and Ethereum Meme Coins

In the midst of a claimed worldwide internet outage that has affected various real-world businesses, dozens of new cryptocurrency tokens inspired by internet services company CrowdStrike and the well-known Microsoft “Blue Screen of Death” (BSoD) glitch were released on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error, which causes the system to abruptly shut down or restart, affects millions of Windows users worldwide. The issue, which has affected companies like stock exchanges, airlines, and railroads, is apparently connected to a Crowdstrike software update that went wrong.

Short-Term Hype in the Crypto Market: Microsoft and CrowdStrike Tokens Becoming Popular

As of Friday morning in Europe, no corporation or business involved in the cryptocurrency space has reported any issues or disruptions in their services. Tokens including references like CrowdStrike, STRIKE, Microsoft, Bluescreen of Death, and BSoD, however, have been issued and frequently traded as traders attempt to profit from the brief attention these issues receive, according to data from DEXTools and DEXScreener.

• One of the unique behaviors of players in the cryptocurrency industry is creating tokens to profit from short-term hype or popular news headlines.
• Even though the majority of these tokens eventually lose all of their value due to their lack of underlying principles, their founders and original purchasers nonetheless end up with a profit.
• It seemed that Microsoft and CrowdStrike were the most popular subjects.
• Pump.Fun, a Solana-based token generator, allowed users to build hundreds of tokens that referenced different company-related memes.

FAQ

For more up-to-date crypto news, you can follow Crypto Data Space.