Editing Retardio

**Retardio** (ticker **RETARDIO**) is a [[Solana]] memecoin launched on 1 February 2024 alongside an NFT collection, Retardio Cousins.[^1] Its market cap neared $240 million at its high, and in December 2024 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned consumers against the project.[^2][^3]

## Lore
The ecosystem centres on 4,444 NFTs called Retardio Cousins.[^1] CryptoSlam data cited by Cointelegraph put the collection's lifetime sales at $31 million.[^3] CoinMarketCap records the token's all-time high price of $0.2421 in November 2024.[^4]

## Timeline
- 2024-02-01: launch on Solana[^1]
- 2024-11: all-time high price of $0.2421; market cap near $240 million[^4][^2]
- 2024-12-03: FCA warns against [[pump.fun]], an earlier action in its memecoin crackdown[^5]
- 2024-12-16: FCA warning against Retardio; market cap about $87 million[^3]

## Controversies
On 16 December 2024 the FCA said Retardio may be providing or promoting financial services in the UK without its permission, and that UK buyers would have no access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.[^3] The warning came less than two weeks after a similar FCA notice led pump.fun to block UK users.[^5] The project replied that it had "issued a warning against the UK's financial regulator".[^3] Cryptopolitan reported the price rose 16% after the warning, lifting the market cap to $111 million.[^2]

## See also
- [[Just a chill guy]]
- [[Gigachad]]
- [[Fwog]]
- [[Ponke]]
- [[Silly Dragon]]
- [[Popcat]]
- [[Mumu]]

## References
1. [RETARDIO price today, RETARDIO to USD live price, marketcap and chart](https://www.coindesk.com/price/retardio), CoinDesk, 2026-10-21
2. [FCA issues warning against Solana-based memecoin](https://www.cryptopolitan.com/fca-issues-warning-against-solana-memecoin/), Cryptopolitan, 2024-12-16
3. [FCA warns UK citizens to avoid Solana-based memecoin](https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-fca-warning-retardio-memecoin-nft), Cointelegraph, 2024-12-17
4. [RETARDIO price today](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/retardio), CoinMarketCap, 2026-10-21
5. [Solana Meme Coin Launchpad Pump.fun Bans UK Users After Regulator Warning](https://decrypt.co/295355/solana-pump-fun-bans-uk-users-regulator), Decrypt, 2024-12-06
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