The final boss of Italian Brainrot comes back.
Tungtungtung ($Sahur), a meme coin based on Solana with contract address DNrmDMs2czDaAwgzg2BmvM7Jn5zqA6VN5huRqCrSpump, has increased by 6300% and its market cap is $1.62 million on May 9, 2025. The rally has exceeded its former all-time high (ATH) of $1.52 million with a 24
The origin of $Sahur is an instance of the Italian brainrot phenomenon, one of these being a pattern of culturally surrealist AI-created content involving animals, items in people’s homes, fantasy animals bearing Italian-sounding names and stereotypes in response to culture. Italian brainrot has given birth to some meme coins, states a May 2025 Wikipedia post, one of which is $Sahur. The token name apparently originated from an anthropomorphism of a wooden figure resembling an Indian club, a wooden club in shape resembling a baseball bat, created by @noxaasht on TikTok in February 2025. The “Tung Tung Tung” sound originates from drumbeats played in Indonesia as a call for Suhur to begin, symbolically placing the meme within religious and culturally associated religious acts but within an Italian brainrot comedy context.
Italian brainrot trend went viral on social platforms such as TikTok after characters such as Tralalero Tralala were released in January 2025. The incoherent and mundane content trend has been accorded a place in cryptocurrency markets by $Sahur with its viral strength. The token has touched a new ATH of $1.62 million as an indication of just how much impact internet trends can have on memecoins’ markets, particularly in the Solana blockchain that offers cheap and speedy transactions.
Sahur’s 6300% growth and $6.5 million in volume are a reflection of what the market has in response to the drama surrounding the Italian brainrot. The trend demonstrates the potency of niche internet trends in shaping meme coin design and performance as part of crypto market growth in 2025.
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