# CANON — THE ORANGE FILE The documented record behind the site. Two registers are used everywhere, in the site and in this file: - **DOCUMENTED** — the real public record, sourced below. Real people appear only through documented public facts. No invented quotes, ever. - **DRAMATIZED** — the Bureau of Feline Valuation, its case file, its archivists, its stamps and memos. Pure fiction, always marked in-fiction as "Archivist's note: reconstruction." The site footer states it is an unofficial archive/homage, unaffiliated with Ansem, and that nothing in it is financial advice. --- ## THE SUBJECT — Ansem (@blknoiz06) [DOCUMENTED] - Ansem is the pseudonym of **Zion Thomas**, a crypto trader and analyst posting as **@blknoiz06** on X to an audience that passed 750,000 followers during the 2024 run. - Background: Bachelor's in Computer Science from **Georgia Tech**; worked as a software engineer before going full-time crypto; a former amateur boxer. - Famous calls: bought **SOL near $1.50** and held; early public backer of **BONK** (~80x reported) and **dogwifhat (WIF)** (~520x reported) before either was widely known. This earned him the informal title "The Solana Guy," and CoinDesk later profiled him as **"Ansem: The Memecoin King"** (Dec 10, 2024). - **March 2024 — the Sphere:** the WIF community, with Ansem as its loudest voice, raised **~$690,000 in four days** (goal $650K) to put the dogwifhat meme on the Las Vegas Sphere. The Sphere never took the deal. Refunds were announced on **April Fools' Day** — two days before the cat tweet. - **April 19, 2024:** Ansem boxed at Crypto Fight Night IV (La Perle, Dubai) and was stopped by TKO in the final round by Louis "Barney" Smith. - **December 6, 2024:** Ansem vs. BitBoy (Ben Armstrong) at Crypto Fight Night, World Trade Centre Dubai — a draw, ~750K live streams. - **2026:** an anonymous developer launched "The Black Bull" ($ANSEM) on Pump.fun and airdropped supply to his wallet to force his attention; Ansem redistributed creator fees ("stimmy for the trenches") while maintaining he does not launch or endorse tokens trading on his name. ## THE ASSET — the cat [DOCUMENTED] - An orange tabby. Name: **Hobbes**, revealed by Ansem on X in early April 2024 amid cat-coin mania. - **The photograph (Exhibit A):** posted April 3, 2024, 6:04 PM, captioned **"the $100M cat"** — an orange tabby loafed on a blue-and-white paisley duvet, window light from the left, a small orange plush toy on the sill. The photo carries a retro film-camera filter whose fake datestamp reads **"4 3 '98"** — the photograph is dated twenty-six years before it was taken. Archived engagement at capture: ~446,700 views, 4,578 likes, 834 reposts, 797 replies, 114 bookmarks. https://x.com/blknoiz06/status/1775539958113075375 ## THE EVENT — 72 hours, April 1–4, 2024 [DOCUMENTED] - Context: memecoin market already molten. **MEW**, another cat coin, had passed a **$500M** valuation the week before. - **"Ansem's Cat" (HOBBES)** launched on Solana as a community token — no centralized developer, not launched by Ansem. - **April 2, 2024, 10:00 UTC:** LBank lists HOBBES in its Meme Zone ("World Premiere"). - **April 3, 2024:** HOBBES prints its all-time high — **$0.123703** — putting the implied valuation near **$100M** (~$98M mcap reported) on **$170M+** trading volume. The same day, Ansem posts the photograph: "the $100M cat." - **April 4, 2024:** a GlobeNewswire press release runs the headline "Meme Coin Madness: HOBBES Surpasses $100 Million in Just 24 Hours, Hoping to Become First Cat Token to Reach $1." - **Aftermath:** HOBBES retraces **−99.9%** from its all-time high. The cat remains a cat. ## COMPETING THEORIES [register: mixed — each marked in-site] 1. **The Oracle theory** [DRAMATIZED framing of documented facts]: Ansem's attention was the single most valuable commodity on Solana in spring 2024; the tweet did not describe the price — it *was* the price. 2. **The Inevitable Cat theory** [DOCUMENTED context]: MEW's $500M run made a $100M cat a mathematical certainty; Hobbes was simply nearest to the fire. 3. **The '98 Problem** [DRAMATIZED]: the datestamp reads 4 3 '98. The Bureau's position is that a filter did it. The file remains open anyway. ## UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS - Was the caption a valuation, a joke, or a eulogy for the Sphere money? (Only Ansem knows; the Bureau does not invent quotes.) - Why "Hobbes"? (Presumed literary tiger; **speculation — DRAMATIZED**.) - Where does a memecoin's value go when it leaves? (Open.) ## ARTIFACTS DIGITIZED IN-SITE 1. Exhibit A — the photograph (archival reconstruction, marked DRAMATIZED as an artist's re-staging; the original belongs to Ansem and is linked, never hotlinked or copied). 2. The valuation chart of HOBBES, Apr 1–14 2024 (drawn from documented ATH and −99.9% retrace; shape stylized, marked as reconstruction). 3. The Bureau's golden cat idol (wholly DRAMATIZED — the site's 3D centerpiece). 4. The purr recording (synthesized; DRAMATIZED evidence item). 5. Field memos, stamps, red string (DRAMATIZED bureau apparatus). ## SOURCES - https://x.com/blknoiz06/status/1775539958113075375 (the tweet) - https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/12/10/ansem-the-memecoin-king - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ansem-s-cat (ATH $0.123703, Apr 3 2024, −99.9%) - https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/04/2857429/0/en/ (the $100M/24h release) - https://www.coincarp.com/exchange/announcement/lbank-30701994897433-world-premiere-hobbes-ansem-s-cat-w/ (LBank listing Apr 2) - https://decrypt.co/221595/sphere-wif-hat-solana-meme-coin-raises-690k-dogwifhat-las-vegas - https://protos.com/wif-fundraiser-says-vegas-sphere-refunds-will-start-on-april-fools/ - https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/who-is-ansem (identity, calls, background) - https://phemex.com/academy/who-is-ansem-solana-trader-ansem-token-frenzy - https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/12/19/2999575/0/en/ (CFN Dubai draw) - moomoo/Benzinga: "'Ansem's Cat' Meme Coin ... Teleports To $100M Valuation In One Day"