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On January 2nd, NEIRO, PEPE, and other digital assets are pumping amidst rising market optimism. The general crypto market is up by more than 1.5% in the past 24 hours, with a market cap of over $3 trillion, as the Bitcoin price surpassed $89,000 earlier, amidst a bullish sentiment.
The meme coins sector is pumping at the beginning of the year, bringing back hopes for a new meme coin season.
<h2 id="neiro-and-pepe-price-actions">NEIRO and PEPE Price Actions</h2>
At the moment of writing this article, Dogecoin (DOGE)’s sister,<a href="https://crypto.ro/en/cryptocurrencies/neiro-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> NEIRO</a> also known as NEIRO CTO, is trading above $0.00012, with a market cap of more than $51 million. The meme coin is up by more than 15% in the past 24 hours.
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 NEIRO price in USD today
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Earlier, NEIRO surpassed $55 million in market cap, after an upward trajectory that debuted on January 1st. In the past week, NEIRO is up by more than 14% amidst rising market optimism.
The team behind NEIRO continues to spread its message to “do only dood every day,” amidst hopes for a renewed meme coin season.
At the moment of writing this article, <a href="https://crypto.ro/en/cryptocurrencies/pepe/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PEPE</a> is trading above $0.05, with a market cap of over $2.14 billion, up by 24% in the past 24 hours.
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 PEPE price in USD today
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In the past week, PEPE is up by 27% after debuting a price rally yesterday.
NEIRO and PEPE prices are rallying amidst a renewed surge in the meme coin sector on January 2nd.
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<h2 id="meme-coins-sector-rallies">Meme Coins Sector Rallies</h2>
Today, the top meme coins are seeing price surges and the sector’s market cap is up by 8%, surpassing $44 billion, with a 24-hour trading volume of over $4,9 billion, according to data from<a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/categories/meme-token" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> CoinGecko</a>.
The top trending meme coins are PEPE, PENGU, and FLOKI, and the top gainers of the sector are MemeGames AI (up by over 323%), Bearly Legal (up by more than 296%), and Hearing things (up by almost 100%).
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 Meme coins sector highlights – CoinGecko data
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The top meme coin by market cap is DOGE with a market capitalization of over $21,5 billion, followed by SHIB with over $4 billion and M with a market cap of over $2,5 billion, and PEPE with over $2 billion.
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 top meme coins by market cap – CoinGecko data
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The fresh rally in the meme coins sector mirrors renewed optimism in the crypto market and hopes for a better year to come.

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