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Memecoin traders have been locked in a battle of the species, with frog, dog and cat-themed tokens surging triple and quadruple digits over the past month as crypto prices claw toward their all-time highs.
In the last 24 hours alone, dog-themed coins have generated over $24.2 billion in trading volume, led by Dogecoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/doge-price-index">DOGE</a>) and Shiba Inu (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/shiba-inu-price-index">SHIB</a>), while cat-themed coins, such as Solana-based Popcat (POPCAT), generated $63.4 million in volume within the same timeframe, <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/categories/meme-token" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">per</a> CoinGecko data.
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 Dog-themed memecoins have generated over $24 billion in daily trading volume. Source: CoinGecko
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Some animal-themed tokens have been doing better than others, however.
The best-performing dog token of the last month has been the Solana-based memecoin dogwifhat (WIF), which has posted 620% gains from the previous month, climbing from a price of $0.22 on Feb. 4 to $1.55 at the time of publication. 
Since its inception on Nov. 20, WIF has posted returns of over 100,000%, though very few traders would have realized these kinds of returns on the token. 
Meanwhile, the best-performing cat coin was the Solana-based Popcat (POPCAT), which has posted gains of over 1,400% in the last 30 days, rising from a price of $0.006 on Feb. 4 to $0.10 at the time of publication. 
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 Popcat has posted gains of more than 1,400% in the last month. Source: CoinGecko
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Dogecoin also experienced a sudden surge over the last week, gaining a little over 117% in the last seven days. Similarly, Shiba Inu has posted gains of over 323% within the same timeframe. 
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/dogecoin-price-massive-rally-70-weekly-gains">Is Dogecoin only starting its big rally after 70% weekly gains?</a>
Outside of felines and canines, the small number of frog-themed tokens have been strong performers, with memecoin Pepe (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/pepe-price-index">PEPE</a>) leading the pack. 
Widely declared dead after falling as much as 83% from previous all-time highs notched on May 6, 2023, Pepe witnessed a rapid price increase and trading volume on Feb. 25. 
Pepe surpassed its previous all-time high of $0.00000372 on March 2 and has since doubled. Pepe is changing hands for $0.00000802 at the time of publication, a 781% gain in the last 30 days. 
On its own, Pepe has generated over $4.2 billion in trading volume in the last 24 hours. 
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/crypto-inevitable-all-in-meet-vance-spencer/">‘Crypto is inevitable’ so we went ‘all in’ — Meet Vance Spencer, permabull</a>

Cats vs. dogs: Animal memecoins surge triple, quadruple digits over past month

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