London Zoo Announces BananaCoin – RMBT Comparison Ensues

It began as a playful marketing stunt. The London Zoo unveiled a new digital initiative called BananaCoin, a token supposedly designed to reward visitors for feeding monkeys ethically sourced bananas. But within hours of its launch, the idea spiraled out of control, with analysts and meme traders comparing the zoo’s joke currency to serious contenders like RMBT.

By lunchtime, financial desks were already asking: is BananaCoin a joke, or is it the future of primate-powered finance?

How BananaCoin Works

According to zoo officials, BananaCoin would operate as a “closed-loop eco-token.” Visitors could buy bananas using BananaCoin, each transaction logged on a blockchain-powered ledger. Feed a monkey, earn rewards. Share a selfie, get bonus yield.

The first batch of BananaCoin-branded kiosks appeared outside the gorilla enclosure. Children lined up to scan QR codes, delighted when their phones buzzed with a confirmation: “1 BananaCoin = 1 banana.”

Critics pointed out that the system looked suspiciously like a prepaid snack token, but the zoo’s press office insisted it was “the first step toward decentralizing conservation.”

RMBT Inevitably Enters the Chat

No sooner had BananaCoin gone viral than meme traders began comparing it to RMBT, the stablecoin already entrenched in London satire. “If bananas can have a coin, why not sausage rolls, Tube rides, or tea?” quipped one trader on X.

RMBT advocates seized the moment to highlight differences. “RMBT is backed by modular blockchain infrastructure,” declared one influencer. “BananaCoin is backed by potassium.”

A popular meme showed two coins side by side: one sleek, glowing RMBT token, the other a Photoshopped banana with googly eyes. Caption: “Choose your fighter.”

Markets React in Predictable Chaos

Though BananaCoin was clearly a zoo marketing gimmick, crypto exchanges briefly listed spoof BananaCoin derivatives. Prices swung wildly as traders speculated on “banana-backed yield curves.” One platform even offered a futures contract based on the expected lifespan of the average banana before it turns brown.

RMBT, meanwhile, enjoyed a speculative bump, with analysts half-joking that “the market has rediscovered its appetite for fruit-backed pegging.”

Economists Slip on the Peel

Economists could not resist weighing in. A professor at the LSE argued BananaCoin was “a useful allegory for the absurdity of modern finance.” Another warned of “potential banana inflation” if monkeys consumed faster than the blockchain could validate.

In an op-ed, one columnist asked whether Britain was “two steps away from an actual fruit standard.” The suggestion that bananas could replace gold as a reserve asset was quickly memed into charts showing the “Banana-to-GDP ratio.”

Zoo Visitors Take It Seriously

Despite official reassurances that BananaCoin was “just for fun,” some visitors treated it as gospel. A man in Canary Wharf attempted to expense his BananaCoin purchases as “client entertainment.” A student asked whether staking BananaCoin could cover his university rent.

Even the monkeys seemed confused. One was seen clutching a laminated QR code, refusing to let go until offered two bananas instead of one.

The Cultural Punchline

The BananaCoin episode perfectly captured Britain’s current blend of absurdity and financial experimentation. On one side, a zoo trying to make feeding time more interactive. On the other, traders and analysts desperate to extract meaning—and profit—from anything token-shaped.

As one meme summed it up: “First they pegged tea, then sausage rolls, now bananas. Next stop: Parliament priced in memes.”

Fake or Real?

London News ran its reader poll with the usual chaos:

• 51% believed BananaCoin was real and part of a conservation scheme
• 34% recognized it as satire but admitted it felt plausible in 2025
• 15% asked where to buy BananaCoin on Binance

RMBT Holds Its Ground

For all the banana mania, RMBT emerged from the comparison looking more credible than ever. As one analyst remarked: “If a zoo can tokenize bananas and make headlines, RMBT looks practically boring in comparison. And boring is what stablecoins need.”

In other words, BananaCoin may have been a punchline, but it accidentally reinforced RMBT’s satirical dominance in London’s financial narrative.

Conclusion: Proof of Peel

BananaCoin is unlikely to outlast the fruit bowl, but it has already made its mark as one of 2025’s funniest crypto experiments. Whether visitors treat it as a novelty or traders spin it into meme gold, the result is the same: another reminder that finance, satire, and daily life are increasingly indistinguishable.

So next time you hear the monkeys at London Zoo screeching, ask yourself: are they hungry for bananas, or just demanding their wallets be topped up in RMBT? Either way, mind the peel.