They closed the position.We opened it back.

CA0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000published at launch

A meme token on Robinhood's own chain, paired to GameStop.Bought in GME, sold in GME, and every trade pays holders in GME.The stock they wouldn't let you buy now pays you to hold.

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The CLOSE cat: a tabby in a straitjacket with glowing green eyes and a red bandana, arms crossed, standing.
09:56

28 January 2021. The buy button disappears.

483 to 112

GME that day, high to low.

$3.7B

The clearing call Robinhood couldn't pay.

13M

Users who could sell, but not buy.

The CLOSE cat standing in a padded cell. To the right, a door glows green and two green bears peek in.

The door was never locked. They took the button.

Five years later Robinhood put GameStop on its own chain and said nobody can halt trading there. $CLOSE lives on that chain, in that pair, and pays out in that stock. The network is the lore.

Why this holds when the chart doesn't.

  • Everyone knows the story.

    A movie, a Congressional hearing, a record fine. Nothing to explain.

  • There is a villain.

    13 million people could only sell. The dump wasn't chosen, it was the only button left.

  • The link is physical.

    Same chain, same stock, same issuer. Can't be forked to another network.

  • Robinhood keeps feeding it.

    Their founder called that day a market failure, then put GME on his own chain. Every post about free trading is free marketing.

  • Paid in GME, not in vibes.

    A weekly number that grows with volume, whatever the chart does. A reason to hold when it's red.

  • Holders move the story.

    The cat gets out of the jacket as the token grows. Straps, jacket, door.

The unbuckling happens in stages.

Each milestone takes something off him. The full list is on the Holders page.

LiveIn the jacketStage 1. Arms crossed, eyes open, waiting. LockedStraps offStage 2. Both paws free, still in the cell. LockedThrough the doorStage 4, the last one. Out of the cell, off the planet.
  • Nobody forgot.
  • The stock you couldn't buynow pays you to hold.
  • Sell only?Not this time.

Questions people actually ask.

Longer answers are in the docs.

What is $CLOSE?

$CLOSE is a meme token on Robinhood Chain, Robinhood's own L2, launched through pons and paired to GME, the tokenized GameStop stock. You buy it with GME, you sell it for GME, and every trade pays a creator tax in GME that goes to holders. The name comes from Position Closing Only, the status Robinhood put on GameStop on 28 January 2021.

When and where does it launch?

On Robinhood Chain through the pons launchpad. The date and the contract address are announced on 𝕏 first and then published here. Anything claiming to be $CLOSE before that is not.

What do holders actually get?

The creator tax on every $CLOSE buy and sell, collected in GME by pons and paid out to holders by balance. It is a number that grows with volume, not with price, and it is posted weekly on the Holders page.

Is CLOSE affiliated with Robinhood or GameStop?

No. CLOSE is built on Robinhood Chain the way anyone can build on a public network. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Robinhood Markets, GameStop or pons.

Is this financial advice?

No. It is a meme token. It can go to zero. The GME paid to holders depends on trading volume and can be small or nothing in a quiet week.