Elon Musk and Garry Tan Endorse the "Mog/Acc" Identity, Driving Up $MOG Coin's Price

According to CoinDesk, the meme coin $MOG Coin on Ethereum and Base is sparking a cultural trend among tech elites. This token, based on the Ethereum and Base chains, combines "mogging" (an internet slang meaning to become stronger and faster) with "accelerationism" to form a unique "mog/acc" cultural movement.

From Y Combinator founder Garry Tan to opinion leaders like Elon Musk, many have adopted the iconic Pit Vipers colorful sunglasses avatar, boosting the token by 11% during the week and over 130% for the month.

Accelerationist philosophy advocates pushing technological change at any cost, while mog/acc transforms this into a shareable visual symbol through memes. Solana ecosystem projects like Raydium and Jupiter have joined the movement, changing their official avatars to cats or mascots wearing Pit Vipers. Some developers have even created bots that automatically generate mog/acc-style avatars, which went viral within hours of launch.

This forms an interesting contrast with Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s 2023 proposal of "defensive accelerationism" (d/acc), which emphasizes avoiding greedy paths in technological development. Mog/acc completely strips away the theoretical shell, building an internet-native identity through memes. Analysts point out that this approach of turning abstract philosophy into wearable symbols is replicating the spread path of Dogecoin’s "Shiba Inu spirit" back in the day.