Memecoin
Most Influential: Pump.fun
The platform saw massive success in 2025, with over $150 billion in cumulative volume, $138 million in monthly revenue, and a notable $500 million token sale in July.
Most Influential: Hayden Davis
Crypto’s Gen Z supervillain may have single-handedly popped the memecoin bubble this year, exposing it as less a cultural movement and more a parasitic financial machine feeding on new entrants.
Pump.fun Buybacks Fuel PUMP Token Revival Amid Broader Crypto Downturn
Despite a cooling crypto market, Pump.fun’s aggressive strategy of deploying platform revenue to repurchase its native token has driven a 17% weekly gain.
Insiders Cash In Millions as Ye, Formerly Kanye West, 'Apparently' Issues YZY Token
The apparent celebrity-backed token surged thousands of percent at launch, but on-chain data points to concentrated control, insider trades and a liquidity design that leaves retail investors exposed.
Memecoin Launchpad Odin.fun Suffers $7M Liquidity Exploit
Attackers exploited Odin’s liquidity pool by depositing a worthless token like SATOSHI alongside BTC, setting an inflated price ratio in the thin market.
Pump.fun Creates Liquidity Arm to Back Memecoins Amid Revenue Slump
The Solana memecoin launchpad says its new Glass Full Foundation will inject liquidity into select ecosystem tokens.
Base Takes Solana's Crown in Token Creation as Coinbase's 'SocialFi' Ignites Zora Boom
Coinbase’s Base App rebrand fuels surge in creator coins as Zora transforms content into tradable tokens.
PEPE Falls Nearly 5% as Whale Selling and Exchange Outflows Rattle Memecoin
The memecoin sector has underperformed the wider cryptocurrency market, with PEPE's decline contributing to a 6% plunge in the CoinDesk Memecoin Index (CDMEME).
Fartcoin Jumps to Top 10 Based on Derivatives Open Interest, Signals Speculative Frenzy in the Solana-Based Memecoin
Smaller cryptocurrencies show disproportionately high open interest compared to market cap, signaling potential risk for traders.
Crypto Markets Bifurcate With Institutions Focusing on BTC and ETH While Retail Chases Alts: Wintermute
Even inside altcoins, punters are looking at newer tokens like BONK, POPCAT and WIF instead of old-school speculations like DOGE and SHIB.
