Crypto Community Sends $MIRA Memecoin to $80M in 5 hours to Fund Brain Tumor Research

In honour of 4-year-old Mira, a little girl who has been battling a rare brain tumor, the Crypto community came together to launch $MIRA, and within just 5 hours, sent it to a market cap of $80M to help fund treatment.

A heartwarming story, and a potentially life-changing one for not just Mira, but other children and families who have also been afflicted with the disease, one that shows that Crypto can be used for good, and make a real difference to people’s lives.

Mira’s father, Siqi Chen, initially took to X on 27th September 2024 , sharing the unfortunate news that his daughter has a brain tumor. The post got over 8.8M views and 210K likes, and a day later Siqi shared an update on his daughter’s condition post-surgery, showing gratitude to all the love and support shown towards Mira, and sharing the great news that she’s doing well.

Siqi then shared that he and his family are financially fortunate, and rather than fundraising for Mira, he instead directed people to support children like Mira and donate to the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation to help other families who have been affected.

What was to come 3 months later however, would change their lives forever.

$MIRA token raises $1M for Hankinson Lab

Crypto natives launched the $MIRA coin in honour, and trader @waddles_eth bought and sent 50% of the supply to Mira’s father, Siqi Chen. 

Just over 24 hours earlier, Siqi had taken to X sharing a GoFundMe link in a desperate plea for donations to help fund the only Lab in the world that focuses on the same tumor as Mira’s – Hankinson Lab.

In just 3 hours, they had raised $75k, and Siqi decided to personally match every dollar after that point, upto $100k, meaning if $200k was raised, Hankinson Lab would receive at least $300k. 

Minutes after the post, many people had also asked about sending Crypto as a donation. In response, Siqi then shared his ETH address, stating that he would accept tokens on behalf of his lab, covering any exchange and gas fees.

Crypto natives being Crypto natives, asked for SOL and BTC addresses too, to which Siqi provided, and donations started flooding in. However, the magnitude of what was about to come next, no one could have expected, let alone Siqi Chen.

Around 15 hours ago, Siqi quoted the same tweet where he posted the BTC/SOL donation addresses, sharing that 20 minutes before, someone had made a memecoin called $MIRA to help raise funds to research Mira’s brain tumor, and had sent Siqi half of the entire supply. At the time of his initial post, it was worth around $400k.

Siqi then continued to update the people in what is now a legendary thread, sharing his plan on how he would sell $MIRA, but also stating that he doesn’t “want to be the one to rug folks”. He sold close to $50k worth, with all proceeds going towards Hankinson Lab. Siqi also made it clear that he would not sell anything without announcing 24 hours in advance.

Then, less than 20 minutes after the initial tweet, Siqi added to the thread, sharing this screenshot showing over £3.3m worth of $MIRA in his wallet.

9 minutes later, he shared another screenshot – over $5.8m worth of $MIRA.

Siqi ran a poll, asking the people if he should sell another 10% worth to help the lab. Over 65% of votes were for him to sell, so he decided he would liquidate 50m $MIRA tokens.

Then, just over an hour since the first post in the thread, Siqi shared a screenshot showing holdings worth almost $11M. Less than half an hour later, it was worth close to $15M, and the Crypto community had even created a memecoin called $kitkat, named after Mira’s dog.

By the end of the thread, the wallet total was at $18.8M.

Just under 9 hours later, Siqi shared an update, confirming that even if he doesn’t sell a single token more, Hankinson Lab will be sent at least $1M, a potential life-changing amount for many children and families impacted by this rare type of brain tumor.

He went on to thank everyone and clear up a few things, before confirming his plan. In about 12 hours (after the post), he will be liquidating $1,000 worth of $MIRA every 10 minutes, and if anything was to change, he would update the community.

It’s been a life-changing 48 hours for Siqi, his family, and for Hankinson Lab. From initially having a $50K gofundme target, to raising $200K, to then being sent 50% of the supply of a token, and having that being worth $20M at one point, to then confirming that AT LEAST $1M would be sent to Hankinson Lab, it’s shown the power of the Crypto, and how it can be used for good, even if everyone’s intentions are different, it can still make a life-changing difference to those who need it most.

No matter what happens now, this has been a win for the world

Siqi Chen on $MIRA