Since the beginning of this year, meme coins have become a sustained “main theme” instead of a temporary trend. This article will briefly introduce some highlights of cat-themed meme projects and explore whether they will replace dog meme dominance.
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Andrew Kang: Bullish on altcoins, especially meme coins. Solana will be the biggest winner.
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Table of Contents:
WEN (WEN), Solana
cat in a dogs world (MEW), Solana
Popcat (POPCAT), Solana
Sillynubcat (NUB), Solana
Keyboard Cat (KEYCAT), Base
With the continuous popularity of meme projects on the Solana and Base blockchains, the meme market has become a sustained “main theme” instead of a temporary trend. From dog memes in the past to frogs and now cats, market attention continues to shift with the changing trends. Currently, some users have started to enter the cat meme field and seize the new narrative.
From April 2nd to April 3rd, HOBBES, a new meme coin named after Ansem, a Solana community influencer and trader, quickly soared to a market value of nearly $100 million within the first 24 hours of its launch. On Twitter, Ansem first asked everyone, “Who can guess my cat’s name?” and later revealed the name as HOBBES. According to DexScreener data, on April 3rd at 4 am, HOBBES reached a market value of $98 million. At 4 pm on April 3rd, HOBBES had a 24-hour trading volume of $145 million.
This article will briefly introduce some highlights of cat-themed meme projects and explore whether they will replace dog meme dominance.
According to CoinGecko data, as of 5 pm on April 2nd, the top ten cat-themed meme coins by 24-hour trading volume are: WEN, MEW, POPCAT, NUB, KEYCAT, BAG, MOG, CAT, OMNI, ZORRO. In addition, the ORCAT project has attracted widespread attention due to the participation of top holders of BOME.
WEN (WEN), Solana
WEN, originating from the founder of Solana DeFi aggregation platform Jupiter, @weremeow’s poem “A Love Letter to Wen Bros.” Each WEN token represents a part of this poem, embodying the concept of “digital ownership” of creativity. The innovations of WEN include being the first community token built by fractionalizing NFTs, the first token launched on Jupiter’s LFG platform, and the first NFT that complies with the WNS NFT standard. In addition, WEN tokens are distributed to over one million active Solana wallet users, embodying the idea of equal distribution.
As of 5 pm on April 2nd, WEN was priced at $0.0003229 with a 7-day change of -10.5% and a market value of $234,883,660.
cat in a dogs world (MEW), Solana
MEW is a highly anticipated project on the Solana network, emphasizing “anti-dog sentiment.”
On April 2nd, SolanaFloor announced on social media that cat in a dogs world (MEW) announced an airdrop of 37,600 MEW tokens to each Solana Mobile Chapter2 token holder, worth approximately $206. It is worth noting that this airdrop has already covered 44% of the mobile fees.
As of 5 pm on April 2nd, MEW was priced at $0.006154 with a 7-day change of 173.1% and a market value of $547,016,094.
Popcat (POPCAT), Solana
POPCAT originates from the popular mischievous cat meme on the internet, representing the perfect combination of internet viral culture and the thriving crypto world. As a member of meme coins, POPCAT embodies a lighthearted and humorous community culture.
As of 5 pm on April 2nd, POPCAT was priced at $0.2737 with a 7-day change of 18.8% and a market value of $268,259,788.
Sillynubcat (NUB), Solana
NUB project aims to highlight its uniqueness by not taking anything too seriously. Its goal is to eliminate the intimidating barriers for newcomers in the crypto world and extend a friendly paw to those curious about entering the crypto universe.
As of 5 pm on April 2nd, NUB was priced at $0.09231 with a 7-day change of 381.4% and a 24-hour trading volume of $19,183,987.
Keyboard Cat (KEYCAT), Base
KEYCAT is inspired by the keyboard cat meme and is deployed on the Base network.
As of 5 pm on April 2nd, KEYCAT was priced at $0.005948 with a 24-hour change of -6.8% and a 24-hour trading volume of $16,074,196.
In addition to these cat-themed meme coins, the market for SharkCat ($SC) with a shark hat and ORCAT has also attracted widespread attention.
On April 1st, on-chain data showed that Sunday Funday, the top holder of BOME, actively participated in and invested in the emerging meme project $ORCAT in the Solana ecosystem. Subsequently, according to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the smart money address B8g2G…XogNJ earned $1.2 million in profits through trading $BOME. After that, the address accumulated $ORCAT at its low point last night and has now realized $400,000 in profits, with a return rate of 20,279%.
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