The meme coin sector has slipped from 6th position to 14th week-on-week on DeFiLlama’s narrative tracker as liquidity rotates into other sectors.
Introduction
Bitcoin swung back and forth but stayed afloat above $90K after Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered a quarter-point cut while taking a cautious tone on further easing.
On the other hand, the leading altcoins took a beating, with most finishing the week in the red.
The meme coin trenches have been hard hit, but Jelly-My-Jelly (JELLYJELLY) came in clutch with an 85% pump, driven by selective momentum and meme coin volatility, as pointed out by CoinMarketCap’s CMC AI tool.
I'm writing this from the Solana Breakpoint Conference in Abu Dhabi, where Coinbase unveiled DEX access for nearly all Solana tokens. Will it open an avenue for new meme coin holders and liquidity?
Meme coin traders couldn’t catch a break this week as prices fell and exploits rose.
- A licensed Trump-themed crypto game is set to drop by year-end, packed with a massive $1 million pool of TRUMP coin rewards on Solana.
- Binance’s newly appointed co-CEO Yi He’s WeChat was hacked to shill a BNB Chain meme coin, sending Mubarakah exploding +800% before it tanked. On-chain trackers watched the attacker load up ahead of the fake promo and walk away with roughly $55,000.
- Pepe’s official site was hit with a front-end exploit that redirected visitors straight into malware. The attack uses Inferno Drainer, a scam toolkit packed with phishing pages and wallet-draining tricks.
Caught in the wild: Anon Meme degen at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
7-Day Meme Coin Market Snapshot
The meme coin sector’s market cap tumbled 9% to $40 billion while trading volume rose 7% to $5.2 billion.
Meme Launchpad Wars
More than 19,700 tokens were created on Pump.fun in 24 hours, far outpacing its competition, per Adam_tehc’s Dune dashboards data.
The meme coin launchpad is Solana’s top revenue-generating DApp in the last week.
Meme Coin Market vs Other Crypto Sectors
One must be mentally prepared for the highs and lows of meme coin trading. The meme coin sector has slipped from 6th position to 14th week-on-week on DeFiLlama’s narrative tracker as liquidity rotates into other sectors.
Top 20 Meme Coin Leaderboard
Only three of the top 20 meme coins are in the green, with pippin (PIPPIN) extending last week’s gains with a 58% rip, and reaching a new all-time high on Dec. 10.
However, PIPPIN is down 5% in 24 hours as on-chain data reveals coordinated whale profit-taking.
Meme Coin Charts: 7-Day Insights
Biggest Gainers (7D%)
- Jelly-My-Jelly (JELLYJELLY): +91.21%
- pippin (PIPPIN): +57.56%
- 哈基米 (哈基米): +22.21%
- Rekt (REKT): +19.35%
- Agenda 47 (A47): +14.59%
Biggest Decliners
- Fwog (FWOG): -33.98%
- Wojak (WOJAK): -33.46%
- Wiki Cat (WKC): -27.77%
- elizaOS (ELIZAOS): -26.02%
- Useless Coin (USELESS): -25.08%
Meme Coin News
Binance Insider Buzz Lifts Yellow Fruit Token
Binance suspended an employee over alleged insider trading as its “year of the yellow fruit” promo hit just moments after the token launched on-chain. The drama pushed the meme coin even higher as traders piled into the hype.
https://twitter.com/BinanceFutures/status/1997985899389575455
Chain-Specific Highlights
Solana Memes
- PUMP, BONK, and TRUMP are all down by single digits.
Ethereum Memes
- Shiba Inu and Pepe slipped 6% and 8%, respectively.
BSC Memes
- MemeCore (M) climbed +10%.
Sui Memes
- HIPPO and MemeFi are in the red.
Base Memes
- DEGEN gained 10%.
What Can You Do Next?
- Verify every meme coin before you enter a position.
- Stick to trusted links and keep your setup SAFU.
- Track Solana Breakpoint for fresh drops and updates.
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