The cryptocurrency markets may not be doing so well right now, with many reveling in the schadenfreude of watching cryptocurrency investors lose their shirts. But we already knew the market was capricious. Over at Reddit’s r/bitcoinmemes, memers are holding on and posting through the madness, commiserating and encouraging one another. Whether you hold Bitcoin (in the terminology of the community, “hodl” bitcoin) or not, these memes may offer you some moments of entertainment.

It’s possible that, contrary to what people were telling us, cryptocurrency is not the future of finance, but it may well be the future of memery. Amid what feels like an endless rain of NFTs new coins and bizarre ventures that may or may not be scams, we need memes to ground us and remind us of what we really might want out of this new economy.