ALEXI HOROWITZ-GHAZI, BYLINE: Mark Longo was working as a building inspector in Manhattan back in 2017, when he came across an orphaned baby squirrel ... had turned Peanut into a meme coin ...

In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

ALEXI HOROWITZ-GHAZI, BYLINE: Mark Longo was working as a building inspector in Manhattan back in 2017, when he came across an orphaned baby squirrel in the middle ... some anonymous party had turned ...

Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) is the latest token to join the $1B club after gaining a spot listing on Binance. PNUT was added to the exchange even faster than legacy memes from the first Solana boom.