The Chinese game "Black Myth: Wukong" was officially released at 10 a.m. on August 20. Within one hour of its launch, the number of people online at the same time exceeded 1 million, causing the Steam server to be paralyzed for a time. Currently, whether on the X platform or Reviews of games can be found everywhere on the YouTube platform.

The data of "Black Myth: Wukong" one hour after its release has surpassed popular masterpieces such as "Cyberpunk 2077", "Elden's Circle" and "Baldur's Gate". As of press time, the peak number of people online at the same time has exceeded 2 million, occupying the top spot in Steam's online population and becoming the game with the third highest online population in Steam history, second only to "CS 2" and "Dota 2".

The high popularity of the game has not only driven stocks related to the Chinese gaming industry, but also many Wukong meme coins have appeared in the currency circle.

The Meme coin $WuKong issued on Solana increased by more than 99999% within 24 hours that day, and a user made a profit of US$350,000 in just 5 hours. At the same time, multiple meme coin trading pools with the same name named $WuKong have emerged on Solana, with varying performance. In addition, $WuKong Meme coins with the same name also appeared on the ETH and BNB networks, both showing different increases. However, by the time of writing, most of them had given up the exaggerated increases.

In addition to meme coins, currency circle tycoon Justin Sun has also gained popularity. He directly released a series of activation codes for users to receive without any conditions, and his personal avatar has become the protagonist in the game.