what's BAN (Comedian)?
BAN is a Solana-based meme coin inspired by Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" artwork—a duct-taped banana sold at Sotheby's. Launched by the Vice President of Sotheby's, it positions itself as the first art meme coin with real-world asset (RWA) inspirations, conducting a decentralized RWA experiment blending contemporary art and web3. The token originated on pump.fun and has grown a community-driven ecosystem with apps in development, memes around art objects, and listings on over 30 exchanges including Binance Futures. All supply is in circulation with no airdrops, emphasizing its meme and cultural narrative over utility tokens.
ban was among 7 tokens (2.3% of 297 Binance perpetuals) with positive 2025 price performance.
Recorded $47.9K in total netflows on Solana over a 24-hour period ending February 9, 2026, ranking fifth among memecoins and AI memecoins on the network.
Was one of seven tokens (2.3% of 297 perpetuals listed on Binance) that had positive price performance in 2025.
Trading launches on ALEXLabBTC with 333M tokens; high risk due to unlocked LP.
Binance Futures launching USDS-Margined perpetual contract with up to 75x leverage.
New BANUSDT Perpetual Contract listing on Bybit announced.
Anonymous wallet launch shared with small group. Controversy around creator's sharing approach.
Token launched from anonymous wallet, mentioned in context of being shared with small group initially.
Market cap at $40M, rebounding ahead of banana auction.
Token launched by wallet "5W7U...b3cV" with reported profits of more than $1M from one insider wallet.
Trader turned 10.2 SOL ($1,795) into $873K in 2 days with 490x return. Initially bought 36.27M BAN, sold 12M for $56.9K, later sold 6.13M for $80.7K, remaining with 18.13M ($734K)