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April 26, 2024
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Coins
This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Stumbles but Meme Coins Come Out Winning—Again
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Bitcoin's movements have been unremarkable this week, weakly wavering seven days after its long-anticipated halving event—but one category of crypto has come out winning: meme coins. Over the past week, Bonk has made the biggest gains, according to CoinGecko data. The Solana-based token is up 58%. The reason for the dog coin's rise is in part due to the Bonk DAO approving a proposal to burn over 278 billion Bonk tokens—seen as a bullish move because...
Mar 28, 2024
Coins
Dogwifhat Hits All-Time High, Flips Pepe as Meme Coins Soar
While the broader cryptocurrency market has been relatively flat, meme coins have been on a tear, with Dogwifhat leading the pack. The most popular Solana memecoin reached a new all-time high earlier today. Dogwifhat is a relatively new meme coin launched on the Solana ecosystem in November of last year. Despite being a newcomer, it has made a name for itself in the highly competitive meme coin space. Today, the coin started at $3.21, traded sideways until about 9am ET, then suddenly started to...
Mar 14, 2024
Markets
Memes Continue Run: Dogwifhat, Bonk, and Pepe Jump Double Digits
Bitcoin may have dipped from its new all-time high it hit yesterday—but smaller cap meme coins and tokens are up big. The biggest winner is Dogwifhat (WIF), which is up nearly 34% in 24 hours and is priced at $3.21, CoinGecko data shows at time of writing. And Pepe (PEPE), which came into existence last year, is up slightly more than 13%, making it the second biggest gainer in the past day. Solana-based meme Bonk (BONK) has also made gains, jumping by nearly 10%. Why Most Meme Coins Die Young Bi...
Mar 4, 2024
Markets
PEPE, Dogecoin, BONK Lead Double-Digit Meme Coin Gains
With a crypto market surge propelling Bitcoin to $65,000, just 6% below its all-time high, meme coins like PepeCoin, Dogecoin, and BONK are following in its wake with double-digit gains on the day. Of the meme coins in the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, frog-themed PEPE is leading the charge, up 35.6% over the past 24 hours and a massive 421.8% over the past seven days. That's enough to have made it the 44th largest digital asset by market capitalization, according to CoinGec...
Aug 28, 2023
Coins
Bitcoin Holds Steady While Major Altcoins SUI and PEPE Plunge
Bitcoin held steady on Monday while popular altcoins plunged as the largest cryptocurrency by market cap regained its recent lack of volatility. The asset was at the time of writing trading for $26,131 per coin, according to CoinGecko, having not budged at all in the past 24 hours. What's more, it has seen stayed still over the last seven days. Bitcoin touched yearly highs of $31,000 per coin after BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, submitted a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) appl...
Aug 14, 2023
Markets
Meme Coins PEPE and SHIB Rally Double Digits on the Week
Meme coins Pepe (PEPE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) are among the market’s biggest bulls in the past week, with both tokens soaring double digits over the span. PEPE is currently up 22.5% on the week, changing hands at $0.00000142, according to data provided by CoinGecko. The asset is also up 6.9% over the past 24 hours, hitting a three-week high on Monday morning. PEPE’s market capitalization, which now stands at just below $600 million, grew by almost $150 million over the week, helping the meme coin...
Jun 22, 2023
Markets
PEPE's 79% Weekly Gains Lead Meme Coin Surge as DOGE, SHIB, FLOKI Up Double Digits
Pepecoin (PEPE) is up over 79% on the week, leading a meme coin rally that’s seen Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Floki Inu (FLOKI) rise by double digits in the same timespan. Over the week, Dogecoin has risen by 11.2%, Shiba Inu by 25.6% and Floki Inu by 30.9%, per data from CoinGecko. The momentum has built over the week, with the total market cap of meme coins posting gains of 11% in the past day, over 2.5 times that of the 4.2% gains seen by the total market cap of all cryptocurrencies...