Spurred by his friends and family who had been taking losses in the space, @Shibtoshi_SG started @Squid_Grow as a place to, “have a chance because they were finding a lot of rugs where the devs were just stealing their money.” Shibtoshi also wanted to unironically add utility. This is a unique reason and product-market fit for a meme coin, which are almost entirely for speculative and entertainment purposes. -The project, @Squid_Grow, has been around for 2.5 years and isn’t going anywhere. -Shibtoshi self-funds every aspect of the project. -The utility is revenue-based utility in the form of buyback and liquidity injections. “I wanted to be a builder in this space. This project for me and what it is we build is going to be my legacy.”