Avalore Dump Week 40
"Founder is so hot" Edition
Week 40! Wow! If you’re reading this right now, I bet you didn’t think we’d make it to 40 Avalore articles. I certainly didn’t think so! It’s been a bit dicey these last few months.
Thankfully Nobs has saved the chain again! You know what we’re talking about this week, so let’s just get into it.
Hot Emin Summer Origin
Yes, we will of course get to more pictures of hot Emin later, but if you want to understand the movement you must first understand how it began.
It all started with a seemingly innocent post from Nobs, pictured above.
HOWEVER, our glorious leader Emin did not think that post was so innocent at all! In fact, after seeing the post at 2am on May 12, 2026 (the Hot Emin Summer Solstice), Emin took major offense to his own objectification.
In a fit of rage, Emin blocked Nobs on Twitter and removed him from group chats. He could no longer stand to interact with such a superficial individual.
This escalated the situation, and Nobs retaliated the only way he knows how—flooding the timeline with images of hot Emin.
And thus, the legend of $HOTEMIN was born!
Community Buyin
With the ticker announced and the gauntlet thrown down, the AVAX community did what it does best—rallied around memes.
Emin’s chest was EVERYWHERE. There was no escaping him or his massive biceps. It was impossible to scroll Twitter without a half naked Emin popping up in every post.
I think this is a good example of why people hate to see focus shift away from the community on AVAX. They just don’t make communities like this anymore. This type of viral explosion does not happen in such a coordinated manner on other chains—it really is something special we have here.
Labs Buyin
What’s this??? Labs supporting a community initiative??? Wow!!! Whoever runs Emin’s account managed to change his PFP to the original Hot Emin image for a few hours (I assume he changed it back when he woke up). Progress!
We even had the C-Suite posting about it! Really nice to see everyone aligned and having a good time. This is the kind of thing the chain has been missing.
The emploids were quick to champion this as a huge win for the chain. This is proof that a chain can be for both business AND community!
HotEmin IS business! This has been their plan all along! Despite the heavy institutional narrative coming from the main Twitter account, the AVAX community has been allowed to blossom in the environment that Labs has created for us.
Speaking of the main Twitter account…
The Nose Strip is Pulled Off
We got some late breaking news this week! Avery has stepped down from Ava Labs! You may know him as the one previously running the AVAX Twitter account.
I will admit, I used to not be a big Avery fan. I found the institutional content he was pushing to be very uninspiring and blamed him for that. After talking with him one-on-one though, I really think he’s a smart guy and a lot of the blame I placed on him should have been placed on those above him.
You might remember that study of the AVAX main account I posted a few weeks back where I found the account to be much less relevant to us than other chains’ main accounts.
HOWEVER, I’m guessing that was published right around the time that Avery left, and the account has gotten much, much worse since then.
I believe Avery was one of the good guys, and it’s sad to see him go. We can only hope that the daily 9am “Avax is for business” posts are a sign of a time in transition, and that we will eventually get more relevant content moving forward.
That’s all the news I’ve got for this week! Time to photoshop more pictures of Hot Emin. Will the token actually launch?? Only time will tell.
Tweet of the Week
