Apr 9, 2026
Markets
Pepe May Follow Dogecoin to Wall Street—But ETF Investors Aren't Buying Meme Hype
Canary Capital thrust Pepe into the limelight on Wednesday with an application for an exchange-traded fund that tracks the meme coin’s price, but the token’s muted reaction may serve as the latest sign of Wall Street’s tepid appetite for assets that trade on vibes. On Thursday, Pepe changed hands around $0.00000359, up about 0.6% over the last day, according to CoinGecko. The day before, trading volume rose 10% to $432 million. Not long ago, meme coins served as key growth drivers for firms lik...
Feb 16, 2026
Markets
Crypto Traders Rotate Into Select Altcoins as Bitcoin Stalls
A selection of altcoins have posted double-digit gains over the past week, while Bitcoin remains less volatile and range-bound. Bitcoin has been trading below $71,000 since February 6, when it briefly touched $62,822, according to CoinGecko data. That indecision—coupled with five separate liquidation events that wiped out over $1 billion in positions in 2026, per CoinGlass—has prompted investors to scan the altcoin landscape for speculative trading opportunities. The result is a selective rotat...
Jan 8, 2026
Markets
Crypto Liquidations Top $477M as Bitcoin Slips Below $90K
The new year enthusiasm has all but vanished as Bitcoin continued its sustained downtrend, undoing most of the year-to-date gains noted in the first week. Bitcoin is down 2.4% over 24 hours, and is trading at $89,881, according to CoinGecko data. The total crypto market capitalization, which hit $3.305 trillion yesterday, is down 2.6%. As a result of the top crypto’s downward move, total liquidations over the past 24 hours have exceeded $477 million, according to CoinGlass data. Bulls who rode...
Dec 12, 2025
Law and Order
Florida Seizes $1.5M in Dogecoin, Pepe and Solana Over Case Tied to Chinese National
Florida prosecutors have announced the seizure of about $1.5 million in crypto on Thursday after tracing funds from a Citrus County investment scam to a wallet tied to a Chinese national. Attorney General James Uthmeier said the Office of Statewide Prosecution’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit obtained a court order targeting assets held by Tu Weizhi, who is now charged with money laundering, grand theft, and an organized scheme to defraud. While scammers are changing their methods, I am proud of...
Oct 21, 2025
Coins
'Have a Go' Australian Traders Top Global Charts for Meme Coin Holdings: Kraken
Australians appear to be trading on curiosity and culture as much as conviction, according to a new analysis by crypto exchange Kraken. The company’s latest wallet report, based on an anonymized dataset covering millions of wallets between August 2024 and August 2025, shows Australians leaning heavily toward Ethereum and smaller tokens while reducing exposure to Bitcoin and older altcoins. For the average Australian wallet, Ethereum takes up roughly 33% of the cache, nearly double the global ra...
Oct 13, 2025
Markets
PENGU, Dogecoin, WIF Surge as Meme Coins Stage Double-Digit Recovery
Meme coins led a recovery rally Monday morning, with traders piling into high-risk assets as cooling U.S.-China tensions helping crypto markets rebound after they suffered their worst liquidation event in history. Dogecoin (DOGE) rose 11.9% to $0.21 over the past 24 hours, while other popular meme coins posted even stronger gains, according to CoinGecko data. Dogwifhat (WIF) surged by 18.4%, Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) jumped 17.5%, and Pepe (PEPE) climbed 13.2%. Bonk (BONK) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) c...
Sep 19, 2025
Markets
Pump.fun's PUMP Slumps as Meme Coin Market Stumbles
Meme coin markets cooled on Friday morning as Solana token launchpad Pump.fun’s flagship token tumbled by 9.2% in 24 hours, leading a wider retreat across the sector. The token, now priced at $0.007213, has nevertheless surged 142% over the past 30 days. PUMP remains just 11.5% below its all-time high of $0.008819, reached September 14, per CoinGecko data. The mobile app has seen daily active users rise 450% in the past three months, according to company figures. On prediction market Myriad (la...
Jul 24, 2025
Markets
DOGE, PEPE, PUMP Bleed As Pump.fun Confirms No Airdrop 'In Immediate Future'
Crypto’s most speculative assets are bleeding as meme coin factory Pump.fun confirmed that its airdrop won’t be coming anytime soon. Major meme coins Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and Pepe are all down approximately 7% on the day. In fact, the entire meme coin market is down 10.7% over the past 24 hours, per CoinGecko. It comes after Alon Cohen, co-founder of Pump.fun, told influencer Threadguy that the PUMP airdrop will “not be taking place in the immediate future.” The interview caused the token to plu...
Jun 17, 2025
Markets
Meme Coin Massacre: Buying Opportunity or a Warning to Exit?
Meme coin investors are waking up to a bloodbath Monday, as the sector experiences sharp double-digit declines across the board. Ethereum token Pepe plunged 12% to $0.000010, SPX6900 dropped 11.55% to $1.40, and Fartcoin fell 8.99% to $1.13 in the past 24 hours. In fact, across the crypto market, only Monero, AB, Form, and Bitcoin SV are showing any gains at all, and they’re less than 1.5%. The question on every trader's mind right now is whether this represents a golden buying opportunity or th...
Jun 17, 2025
Coins
Ethereum and Solana Meme Coins PEPE, FLOKI, WIF Lead Losses as Market Dips
Meme coins suffered heavy losses in the past 24 hours as geopolitical tensions sparked a massive exodus from risk assets, with Pepe (PEPE), Floki Inu (FLOKI), and dogwifhat (WIF) among the hardest hit. PEPE plummeted 8.2%, trading at $0.00001044, while FLOKI dropped 5.8% to $0.00007608, and WIF declined 8.5% to $0.8151, according to CoinGecko data. Dogecoin (DOGE) fell 3.2% to $0.1713, Shiba Inu (SHIB) dropped 3.7% to $0.00001171, Official Trump (TRUMP) declined 5.7% to $9.61, and Fartcoin (FART...
Jun 10, 2025
Markets
These Three Meme Coins Are Flashing Bullish Signals: Analysis
Meme coin traders are having a good start to their week, and for those who look to charts in search of clues as to where coins might be heading next, there’s at least three meme coins that might look tasty to traders looking to cook. Meme coin trading, though, is risky business, and the sector is known for its wild volatility. Still, for the moment, meme coins are roaring back to life this week as Fartcoin surged 17.93% to $1.29, leading a broader rally that saw Dogwifhat climb 15.04% and Pepe g...
Jun 8, 2025
Coins
'Dogecoin Millionaire' Is Now a Pepe Millionaire—And He’s Stacking These Meme Coins Next
Glauber Contessoto rose to crypto fame in 2021 when he became what was believed to be the first “Dogecoin Millionaire”—a title he wore proudly. Now, four years later, he’s claimed the title of “Pepe Millionaire,” while his DOGE stash has dipped slightly below that milestone level. Across six wallets shared and verified with Decrypt, Contessoto now owns approximately $1.116 million of the Ethereum meme coin PEPE. This is in addition to his Dogecoin stash that he has become famous for. Contessoto...
May 19, 2025
Markets
PEPE, WIF Lead Meme Coin Rally as Crypto Markets Spring to Life
Meme coins are once again outperforming broader crypto markets as renewed investor appetite drives up prices and trading volumes across speculative assets. The rally marks a return of risk-on sentiment in the sector, with meme coins—often driven by retail enthusiasm and social media virality—outperforming many major Layer-1 tokens. Meme coins saw steep corrections in the weeks following President Donald Trump’s January inauguration, as speculative appetite cooled and momentum faded across the b...
Apr 7, 2025
Markets
Top Meme Coins Post Double Digit Losses Amid Crypto Market Rout
Meme coins plunged over the last 24 hours, hit by the one-two punch of a global market selloff and tariff-induced panic that has rattled both crypto and equities. Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and other popular tokens have posted double-digit losses, as traders rush to exit riskier assets amid macroeconomic fears. The crypto carnage came after a weekend of chaos prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs on 185 countries, triggering fears of a global slo...
Mar 12, 2025
Coins
Dogecoin, SHIB and PEPE Bounce as Official Trump Meme Coin Sees Middling Gains
It has been a brutal market in recent weeks. But this morning, most major meme coins have finally seen a much welcomed bounce. That said, the Official Trump (TRUMP) token lags behind its meme coin competitors, posting middling gains comparatively, while President Donald Trump’s trade war rages on. Sector leaders Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Pepe (PEPE) have rebounded 9.2%, 7.9%, and 16.3% respectively. Although the fourth largest meme coin by market capitalization, Official Trump (TRUM...
Jan 2, 2025
Coins
Dogecoin Hero Elon Musk Just Crashed Another Meme Coin—Here's How
The Elon Musk effect goes both ways. Ethereum meme coin Kekius Maximus (KEKIUS) soared over 3,000% from a $12.7 million market cap to nearly $400 million, in the 30 hours following Tesla CEO Elon Musk changing his Twitter name to Kekius Maximus. But what comes up must come down. Once Musk changed his profile back to normal, it caused the token to plummet 67% in an hour to $95 million. Kekius Maximus, according to the meme coin’s website, is also known as “Pepe the Frog Emperor.” The art depicts...
Dec 9, 2024
Markets
PEPE Flips UNI and LTC, Surges Past $11 Billion Market Cap to New Record
Meme coin Pepe (PEPE) has reached new heights, breaking past a market cap of $11.37 billion and overtaking Uniswap (UNI) and Litecoin (LTC). The feat comes as Bitcoin (BTC) crossed the $100,000 threshold for the first time, marking a renewed wave of optimism across the crypto market. PEPE has witnessed a 4.5% surge in the past 24 hours, achieving an all-time high price of $0.00002708, per CoinGecko data. The asset is now ranked 23rd overall by market cap. Meme coins are thriving this year, esp...
Nov 14, 2024
Markets
Pepe Clinches Top 20 Spot, Outpaces Dogecoin in Weekly Gains
Meme coin PEPE has outperformed Dogecoin (DOGE) in weekly gains after major crypto exchanges announced plans to list the token as meme coins continue to swell on a Republican victory and a broader market rally. The announcement of Pepe’s listings sparked immediate market reactions. In just a few hours, the token’s market cap briefly surged past $10 billion, while Dogecoin’s sits at $56 billion. The surge in Pepe’s value comes after two major U.S.-based exchanges—Robinhood and Coinbase—announced...
Oct 14, 2024
Markets
Pepe Holder Loses $1.4 Million in Uniswap Permit2 Phishing Attack
Uniswap Permit2 signing, which started as a tool to simplify token approvals, has now become a common attack vector in the DeFi ecosystem. A PEPE token holder became the latest victim of a phishing scam, losing $1.39 million worth of crypto after unknowingly signing a malicious Uniswap Permit2 transaction. According to cybersecurity firm ScamSniffer, the stolen assets, including Pepe (PEPE), Microstrategy (MSTR), and Apu (APU) tokens, were transferred to a new wallet just an hour after the vict...
Jul 31, 2024
Business
Liminal Pushes Back Against $230 Million WazirX Hack Claims
Following the $230 million hack of Indian crypto exchange WazirX earlier this month, cryptocurrency custody service provider Liminal has pushed back against accusations that the attack involved its infrastructure. A Liminal spokesperson told Decrypt that the company’s systems were not compromised in order to recently funnel $230 million of WazirX’s crypto assets. A compromised multi-signature smart contract wallet used in the attack was allegedly “created independently and further imported on th...