meme coins


Markets

Lure of Quick Money Sees $100M Flow to Solana Meme Coin 'Presales'

The trend was fueled by the success of Book of Meme (BOME), which turned a few hundred dollars into hundreds of thousands in paper gains for early investors.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Back Above $67K as Meme Coins Push up SOL and AVAX

Meme coins soared past $55 billion in market cap, up 11% as traders doubled down on SHIB, WIF, BONK, and newcomer CORGIAI.

Bitcoin's price. (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Meme Coins Going Legit Is the Worst Thing for Meme Coins

Institutions like Franklin Templeton are taking meme coins increasingly seriously this cycle. But will these joke-y projects run afoul of regulators?

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

Markets

Meme Coins Strongly Correlated to Network Growth: Franklin Templeton

Meme coin markets have boomed in tandem with the growth of addresses on their underlying blockchains.

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

Markets

Dogwifhat Becomes 4th-Largest Meme Coin as Community Completes Fundraising for Las Vegas Sphere Showing

The meme coin based on a dog wearing a pink beanie became an instant hit during the ongoing crypto bull cycle, now boasting a $2.6 billion market capitalization, but its skyrocketing price could signal increased market froth.

Dogwifhat fundraising website (dogwifcoin.org)

Markets

Meme Coin Frenzy Drives Ethereum Network Fees to Nearly 2-Year High: IntoTheBlock

The increased network activity is benefitting ether investors by burning the token's supply at a faster pace, but it has also made Ethereum "unusable" for many due to sky-high transaction costs, IntoTheBlock analysts noted.

Shiba inu dog

Finance

Biden and Trump-Themed Meme Coins Take Center Stage on Solana

One of Solana's leading meme coins, dogwifhat (WIF), incresed by 48% on Wednesday.

New meme coin narrative emerges (Darren Halstead/Unsplash)

Markets

Avalanche Foundation Puts Rules on Plans to Buy Meme Coins

Only meme coins native to the Avalanche blockchain will be considered, according to new guidelines.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community Proved that ‘Meme Coins’ Are No Joke

With the launch of Shibarium this year, Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in DeFi and Web3.

Shib/Shytoshi Kusama (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Markets

Pepecoin Knockoffs Turn Dollars to Fortunes in Strange New ‘2.0’ Play

Copies of several meme coins have popped across the board in a trend that’s likely to die out within weeks.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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