Editing Wen

**Wen** (ticker **WEN**) is a [[Solana]] memecoin created from a poem by Meow, the pseudonymous founder of the [[Jupiter]] exchange, and airdropped to over a million wallets in January 2024.[^1][^2]

## Lore
Meow wrote "A Love Letter to Wen Bros", a poem about the "wen token?" questions crypto teams receive, and minted it as an NFT using a new token standard, the Wen New Standard (WNS).[^1] The NFT was fractionalised into 1 trillion WEN, and 70% of the supply was split equally across more than a million eligible wallets.[^1]

Eligible wallets included active Jupiter users from the previous six months, Solana Saga phone owners and holders of Ovols and other NFT collections; each could claim 643,652 WEN.[^1][^2] WEN was the first token on Jupiter's launchpad and a test run for Jupiter's own JUP airdrop on 2024-01-31.[^1]

The price rose about 483% on launch day.[^2] When the three-day claim closed, about 41% of the airdrop was still unclaimed; unclaimed tokens were burned.[^3][^4]

## Timeline
- 2024-01-25: airdrop details published[^1]
- 2024-01-26: claim opens at 10:00 ET; trading starts[^1][^2]
- 2024-01-29: claim closes at 10:00 ET with about 41% unclaimed[^3]
- 2024-01-31: Jupiter's JUP airdrop follows[^1]

## See also
- [[Bonk]]
- [[Pudgy Penguins]]

## References
1. [WEN Token? Over a Million Wallets Eligible for Solana Meme Coin Airdrop](https://decrypt.co/214282/wen-token-over-million-wallets-eligible-solana-meme-coin-airdrop), Decrypt, 2024-01-25
2. [WEN Airdrop Sparks Frenzy as Solana Meme Coin Targets a Million Wallets](https://decrypt.co/214461/wen-token-airdrop-frenzy-solana-meme-coin-jupiter), Decrypt, 2024-01-26
3. [WEN Airdrop: 41% of Solana Meme Coin Still Unclaimed as Deadline Looms](https://decrypt.co/214546/wen-airdrop-41-of-solana-meme-coin-still-unclaimed-as-deadline-looms), Decrypt, 2024-01-29
4. [Solana Memecoin WEN Rallies as 3-Day Airdrop Ends](https://thedefiant.io/solana-memecoin-wen-rallies-as-3-day-airdrop-ends), The Defiant, 2024-01-29
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