Former New York mayor Eric Adams’ new NYC token fell greater than 81% inside about half-hour of its Jan. 12 launch on Solana, wiping out roughly $500 million in peak paper worth. The token briefly reached an estimated market cap of $540 million–$600 million. Adams unveiled the challenge at a Times Square occasion about 12…
Memecoins have been hammered final 12 months, and the fallout was large. According to CoinGecko analysis, about 11.6 million tokens stopped buying and selling or grew to become inactive in 2025. That quantity dwarfs earlier years and has left buyers and market watchers sorting via losses and damaged initiatives. Memecoin Failures Spike After Major Sell-Off…
On-chain knowledge exhibits whales have ramped up their memecoin exercise as Floki, Pepe, and Shiba Inu have all seen a spike in giant transactions. Memecoins Among The Coins With The Largest Whale Activity Growths In a brand new post on X, on-chain analytics agency Santiment has shared the checklist of cryptocurrencies with a market cap…
An unknown crypto trader has made one of the crucial unlikely fortunes of the 12 months, turning a $68,700 wager into roughly $9.4 million by backing a token that originated from a social media hack. On Oct. 3, blockchain analytics agency Lookonchain reported that the trader purchased 63.07 million items of a Binance Smart Chain…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has shifted his view on memecoins after his new schooling initiative, Giggle Academy, acquired hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in crypto donations. The undertaking, designed to offer free studying alternatives, surpassed $2.4 million in contributions inside days of launching its donation function, in keeping with the Giggle Fund website. Giggle memecoin…
Memecoins have been beneath heavy promoting strain since December 2024, with many declaring the sector pretty much as good as lifeless. Prices collapsed throughout the board, liquidity dried up, and retail enthusiasm that after fueled large rallies appeared to fade. For months, memecoins have trended decrease, underperforming many of the broader crypto market and leaving…
In a moderately stunning improvement, hackers took over the Instagram accounts of some music celebrities to advertise a fraudulent Solana-based memecoin. This incident comes after one other high-profile market controversy involving Kanye West’s YZY token. Superstar Profiles Hacked, Memecoin Crashes After $900,000 Pump In an X submit on Friday, well-liked media outlet NFR Podcasts reported…
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana blockchain, has described memecoins and NFTs as “digital slop,” even as the network continues to benefit massively from the hype surrounding these assets. In a July 28 post on X, Yakovenko argued that memecoins and NFTs lack inherent value. He compared them to loot boxes in mobile games, which…
PUMP, the native token of memecoin launch platform Pump.fun, faces mounting selling pressure following its rapid price drop. According to blockchain analytics firm SpotOnChain, 31.6% of the 10,145 successful presale participants have offloaded their PUMP tokens on decentralized exchanges. Adding to the trend, 53% of presale buyers have moved their tokens to new wallets, including…