Turbo

Turbo (TURBO) is a memecoin that an artist asked GPT-4 to design in April 2023, starting with a $69 budget. It is not a product or protocol. It is a community-run token with a toad mascot, a fixed supply of 69 billion and no transaction tax. The original TURBO is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum. On Solana it trades as a Wormhole W$0.015-1.6%-bridged copy, shown in wallets as "Turbo (Wormhole)". The coin's main draw is its story: it was one of the first memecoins built by following an AI's instructions. Around it, outside teams have built TurboChain, a separate blockchain that uses TURBO to pay fees, and TurboSwap, a cross-chain swap page.

What is Turbo crypto, and who created it?

Rhett Mankind, an Australian digital artist, created Turbo as a public test of AI. In April 2023 he posted on X that he had given GPT-4 a small budget and asked it to make "the next great meme coin". He promised to follow every step it gave him. The AI helped pick the name and the launch plan, and wrote much of the code.

The first launch failed. Fortune reported that a bot bought nearly all the tokens straight away. Mankind tried again with money from the community. HackerNoon said about 50 people chipped in and got tokens in return.

Within weeks TURBO was worth around $77 million in total, per Fortune. Mankind then gave up control of the token contract, so no one can change it. He also made the toad mascot, which fans call Quantum Leap, free for anyone to use.

TURBO tokenomics: supply, taxes and the creator's share

TURBO has a fixed supply of 69 billion tokens, all made at launch. The official site says there is no tax when you buy or sell. It also says the contract is renounced and there is no treasury. The project has no owner or CEO and makes no profit.

One detail is worth knowing. At launch the creator kept a share for himself, "just over 10%" according to Fortune. That is common for a memecoin. Still, it means one early wallet held a large slice of supply. You can check the holder list on Etherscan.

The site also has a TURBO burn tracker, added with a new website in September 2026. Burning means sending tokens to a dead address so they can never move again. Burns are optional and tiny. In October 2026 the tracker showed about 957,000 TURBO burned, a sliver of the total. Burns that small do not change the supply in any real way.

Turbo token on Solana: the Wormhole TURBO mint

TURBO on Solana is a wrapped copy, not the original token. Wormhole is a bridge. You lock TURBO on Ethereum and get the same amount of wrapped TURBO on Solana, which you can later send back. The official site lists the Solana mint address as 2Dyzu65QA9zdX1UeE7Gx71k7fiwyUK6sZdrvJ7auq5wm. Our Turbo (Wormhole) token page tracks its price and trading.

The Solana version is a small side market. In October 2026, Phantom's token page showed less than 1% of all TURBO on Solana. Most trading happens on Ethereum and on big exchanges.

That matters when you trade. The Solana pools are small, so a large swap there can move the price a lot. For a big order, an exchange or Ethereum will usually give you a better price. The official site also lists TURBO on Robinhood Chain and on TurboChain.

How to buy Turbo coin

There are three main ways to buy TURBO. The easiest for most people is a big exchange.

1. Use a large exchange. The official site links TURBO markets on Binance, Coinbase, OKX, Kraken, KuCoin, Crypto.com and Revolut.
2. Use Ethereum. Swap ETH for TURBO on Uniswap. The contract is 0xa35923162c49cf95e6bf26623385eb431ad920d3.
3. Use Solana. Swap SOL for Wormhole TURBO in a wallet such as Phantom. Paste the mint address. Do not just search for "TURBO", since other tokens share the name.

The TurboSwap page also lets you swap into TURBO from other chains, such as Ethereum, Solana and NEAR. It runs on NEAR Intents through Aurora. The site says TurboSwap and TurboChain are run by outside teams. They are "not owned, operated, or controlled by the TURBO community."

What is TurboChain?

TurboChain is a separate blockchain where you pay fees in TURBO. Aurora Labs, the team behind Aurora on NEAR, launched it on 17 December 2024. It was the first chain built with Aurora's Virtual Chain kit. It works with Ethereum tools, so apps built for Ethereum can run on it.

The Turbo website now calls TurboChain an "AI-native" chain with tools for AI agents. In September 2026 the community put out a build guide. It asked people to make games, NFT tools and apps on the chain. TurboChain is not part of Solana.

Is Turbo coin a good investment?

Solana Compass does not give investment advice. But the facts are clear: TURBO is a pure bet on hype. Its value rests on its fans and its AI story, not on any income. The project itself says it makes no profit and holds no treasury.

The price swings are huge. TURBO hit its all-time high in December 2024, per OKX, around the time TurboChain launched. By October 2026 it was down more than 90% from that peak. Our token page shows the live price.

People often ask if Turbo can reach $1. There are 69 billion tokens, so $1 each would make the coin worth $69 billion in total. That is far beyond anything TURBO has reached.

Who is Turbo for?

Turbo is for traders who want a bet on AI-themed memecoins and can afford to lose all of it. It is one of the oldest coins of its kind. It also trades on many big exchanges, so it is easier to buy and sell than most memecoins.

It is a poor fit if you want income, a useful product or a safe place to hold value. If you use Solana, keep in mind that the Solana version is a small, bridged market. Unless you need TURBO in a Solana wallet, an exchange or the Ethereum token is usually a better place to trade.

Turbo risks: contract, bridge and copycat tokens

The biggest risk with TURBO is the price. Memecoins can lose most of their value fast, and TURBO has already fallen more than 90% from its peak. There are three other risks to know about.

First, the contract. The Ethereum contract is renounced, so no one can mint new tokens or change the rules. That removes a common memecoin risk. It also means no one can fix a bug. We found no published security audit.

Second, the bridge. Wrapped TURBO on Solana is only worth something while Wormhole holds the real TURBO on Ethereum. Wormhole was hacked for about $320 million in February 2022. Its backer, Jump Crypto, put the funds back, but the hack shows what can go wrong.

Third, copycats. Several other Solana tokens use the TURBO name. Always check the mint address against the one on turbotoken.io before you buy.

Who runs Turbo now?

No company runs Turbo. In September 2026 the official X account said volunteers and moderators run it. They work in small groups. Each group has a job, such as exchanges, marketing, social media or art. New helpers are "carefully assessed" before they get a role. The X account posts memes and news every day.

The official site lists partners such as Aurora Labs and NEAR, AEON for payments, Animoca Brands' Motorverse for games, and Chainlink. Apart from TurboChain, the site says little about how these deals work.