Today, July 4, 2025, total cryptocurrency market capitalization is taking a breath. Almost all of the top 100 assets, including the largest cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), are in the red. Meanwhile, two meme cryptos look particularly strong.
Top 100 cryptos are in red, these two meme coins outperform
NFT-linked meme coin Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) and Bonk (BONK) — one of the largest dog-themed meme cryptocurrencies — are almost unique top 100 cryptos that are in green today. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is surprisingly the best-performing asset in the category.
PENGU price's overnight growth totals 4.5%. In a massive move, PENGU expanded weekly gains over 60% and exceeded $0.016.
Also, Bonk (BONK), a major dog-themed cryptocurrency with an active community, is in green. The BONK price added 0.6% and hit a local high at $0.00001635.
Other meme coins in the top 100 are far from demonstrating such gains. Shiba Inu (SHIB) lost 3.6% overnight and touched $0.00001136, while Dogecoin (DOGE) and Pepe (PEPE) are both down by 4.3%.
Net crypto capitalization sees large drop
Dogecoin (DOGE), the largest meme cryptocurrency, reached $0.1631, setting a local low, while Pepe (PEPE) bottomed at $0.000009565.
Meanwhile, the aggregated capitalization of the cryptocurrency market sees far worse losses. In just 24 hours, crypto markets erased almost 5.5% of their value.
Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency, dropped by 1.5%, while Ethereum (ETH) said farewell to 3% of its cap.
As of press time, Bitcoin (BTC) is changing hands at $107,741, while Ethereum (ETH) is sitting at $2,502 on low trading volume.
Dan Burgin
Denys Serhiichuk
Gamza Khanzadaev
Tomiwabold Olajide
