On December 18, 2013, a cryptocurrency investor felt compelled to pen a message rallying his fellow shellshocked troops on the Bitcointalk forums, encouraging them to hold their Bitcoin investments regardless of market fluctations. From GameKyuubi’s panicked, whisky-fuelled, typo-ridden missive, he accidentally coined the term ‘HODL’ and it entered the lexicon, sparking a million crypto and investment memes.
On this day in 2013, the ‘HODL’ meme was born. An internet forum user posted while…
