The world of crypto has presented people with opportunities that have turned destinies around, with millionaires made of the poor, curious minds, and the brave hearts making their mark and proving their grit through the hard pill of risk and patience. These crypto projects, one can say, weren’t all that believable when they streamed through hearsay and second-hand gossip. For those that held their fortune loosely, they lost it by the hold gluttony had on them or maybe through sheer doubt; that pizza in platform for 10,000 BTCs was a sensible choice, at least it was sensible that 30 pieces of silver was a better bet to the messiah at that time.

In a basket full of projects orbiting the world, many lives have been made, not by how the names of the coins or tokens sound nor by the circumstances that surrounded their creation, but some do send one on the brink of delusion due to their strange unusualness, but hey, in the words of my favorite movie villain, the Joker, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stranger.” Below are the five extremely strange crypto projects.

Quick Takeaways

• Creativity and Unpredictability in Crypto:
  The article highlights how the crypto world continues to surprise with unusual and sometimes bizarre projects — from meme coins like Dogelon Mars to tokens representing physical items like SOCKS. These projects demonstrate how imagination and humor often influence crypto innovation.

• Volatility and Risk:
  Many of these strange projects experienced rapid rises and falls — some like Mooncoin and Pepemon Pepeballs faded away, while others briefly thrived before disappearing. This underscores the speculative and risky nature of investing in unconventional cryptocurrencies.

• Cultural Influence and Experimentation:
  Several of the coins (like Poocoin and Pepemon Pepeballs) reflect internet culture, memes, and satire. The article shows how the crypto space blends finance, technology, and pop culture — creating assets that are as much social experiments as they are investments.

Dogelon Mars (ELON)

 Although not remotely related to the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, the coin has received lots of affection from Musk, with his infamous “Doge To The Moon” tweet on April 15, 2021. Doge is an ERC-20 token rolled out on the ETH and Polygon blockchains in April 2021, right before its largegest bull run in the cryptocurrency market. “Doge to the Moon?”

The Dogemalon has an approximate market capitalization estimated to be $74 million as of March 2025 and a price of $0.0000001352. It is the only cryptocurrency that has survived the crypto storm, and it is still listed on platforms and CoinMarketCap.

Mooncoin (MOON)

Introduced in 2013, Deaconboogie’s creation touts its essence on the democracy tagline “mined by the people for the people.” This allows such freedom and flexibility, which enables everyone to participate in the process of mining, eliminating the pre-mining before its entry into the market, and allowing everyone equal access to the coin. Mooncoin is a proof-of-work coin, and its intended purpose is to aid quicker global microtransactions. Closely compared to Dogecoin but distinct, as it is a deflationary coin (this means the coin has a maximum limit on the number of coins per day, resulting in stability) compared to inflationary coins like Dogecoin. With a recurring block speed of ninety seconds, a speed of transaction greater than most cryptocurrencies, including BTC, it is only strange to have such a coin derailed by the whims and travails of sole proprietorship, or would I say, centralization. In 2014, the creator, Deaconboogie, fell ill, and due to a lack of an adequate management system, the coin experienced a downtime affecting the community it garnered. 

The promise for Moncoin didn’t get to fruition, although the token page still exists on CoinMarketCap. As of March 2025, it is unlisted on platforms and as its peak, its market Capitalization just over $6 million now is just a gardener for its grave; it no longer exists but only in moments that cannot be touched.

Pepemon Pepeballs (PPBLZ)

With a name that can pass for a dish served in the south of France, meme token creators sure come up with unusual names. The Popemon Pepeballs didn’t exactly become a success, nor did it make it to become a meme token, although it attracted a lot of attention in its time, becoming an homage to one of the significant cultural phenomena of the last decades, Pokemon and Pepe the Frog. A minimal issue limit of 14,000 PPBLZ tokens was a unique trait. According to CMC’s March 2025 data, the price of the PPBLZ token is unlisted, and its capitalization is only $337,000.

Poocoin (POOCOIN)

A BEP-20 issued on the BNB Smart Chain blockchain, yes, it is literally a “Worthless coin,” as far as the word travels. Even with the name, you would really be judging a book by its cover if you think that is all there is to the coin. One of the unique features of this particular “shit” is the 8% fee charged on each transaction, half of which is shared with the POOCOIN holders, while the other half of the fee is burned to afford more limit, which positively impacts the asset’s platform rate in the future.

SOCKS Token (SOCKS)

 These days we could create a non-fungible token for anything; that is the creativity that has its unique edges. I present to you an NFT for a pair of socks; get your feet ready to be shod.

The uniqueness is in the right to receive a pair of absolute socks from a limited edition with an original design from the project creators. The peculiarity of the SOCK token is that only 500 SOCKS Token were issued (even though many NFT tokens have a larger base)

With an initial price of $12 in 2021, it enjoyed a record high of $152,933, more than twice the absolute price maximum of the main cryptocurrency on the market, BTC. 

Just like a pair of socks used and discarded, lost under heaps of laundry, little has been known about the project for a long time, with the SOCKS Token itself not listed anywhere.

Doctor Strange obviously would have another list in another multiverse; for context and a need to follow the topic’s modus, one’s imagination cannot be limited to the five listed above. Some worthy mentions are Banano Bites, Guncoin, Pandacoin, Garlicoin, Elonsperm, and so on.

Conclusion

Not subject to norms nor confined to rules of engagement, creativity to some might be strange and to others, a breath of fresh air that frees from the stuffiness of status quo. These crypto projects, strange as they may viewm were harbingers of freedom and flexibility that acquaints the cryptocurrency world even though some might be obsolete and scattered in the wind, they left markings that spelt strange in the most lovely writings.