The Memecoin Trojan Horse ($)
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- 🥵 South Korea's Crypto Markets Show Volatility. Crypto prices reacted strongly to the South Korean president's unexpected declaration of martial law.
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia Restricts Crypto Exchange Access. The country blocked access to 16 cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase.
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📸 Daily Market Snapshot: While BTC continues to wrestle with its $100K barrier, the total crypto market continues to climb to new heights as more enthusiasm pours into altcoins and memecoins. The market reached its record $3.51 trillion market cap on Tuesday, according to CMC.
| Prices as of 6pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $3.51T | ↗ 1.7% | ↗ 10.4% |
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BTC $96,153 | ↗ 0.8% | ↗ 4.6% |
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ETH $3,629 | ↗ 0.3% | ↗ 8.9% |
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AAVE $239.47 | ↗ 1.5% | ↗ 33.1% |
Memecoins spark strong opinions.
Some view them as degenerate distractions—unproductive, zero-sum games played at the expense of others. Others see them as a grassroots reaction against top-down elites and venture capital influence.
We all know this debate–the industry has already had this conversation countless times. However, like many aspects of crypto, the arc of memecoins is dynamic and adaptive rather than inert.
There are reasons to be optimistic about the future of memecoins.
Memecoins as a term has become overused and overly broad. Not every token labeled a memecoin fits the stereotype of a hollow, inert gimmick. Some tokens begin as memecoins but evolve into something more, yet people still ultimately label these as memecoins due to inertia.
Platforms like Pump.fun have democratized token creation, fueling an explosion in the number of coins. With low barriers to entry, sure, most of these tokens are low-effort creations—a funny name, a quirky picture—designed to entertain and little else. However, amid the noise, a few transcend their origins, gaining substance and driving value in unexpected ways.
Pump.fun, Clanker, and token launchpads make it trivially easy to create a liquid token. Permissionlessness and accessibility are core value propositions of our industry.
There's a lot here. Let's dig in. 👇
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