Bando@bandosei
The Rise and Fall of Memecoins:
> 2013
> first memecoin
> called Doge
> created by 2 friends
> based on the Shiba Inu meme
> 2014
> market cap reaches $80M
> dogecoin gains popularity
> mostly on Reddit and Bitcointalk
> the main crypto forums
> tipping culture explodes
> send DOGE for memes, jokes, posts
> not for profit… for fun
> one of the first real crypto communities
> funds Jamaican bobsled team
> sponsors a NASCAR driver
> raises money for charities
> proves crypto can be culture
> 2015-2019
> price stagnates
> 2017 bull run happens
> bitcoin and ICOs dominate
> doge pumps to $360M
> no utility = no attention
> 2018 crash wipes the market
> -80% everywhere
> thousands of projects die
> but DOGE survives
> fluctuating between $300M-$400M
> 2020
> the setup year
> crypto is quiet
> nobody is looking
> then the world shuts down
> lockdowns, stimulus, free time
> retail enters markets
> Ethereum DeFi summer begins
> people get used to high risk
> fast money becomes normal
> Dogecoin starts trending again
> TikTok tries to send it to $1
> first coordinated meme pumps
> then Shiba Inu launches
> “Doge killer” narrative
> 2021
> perfect environment for memes
> retail flooding with money
> Elon Musk tweets move markets
> one tweet = billions added
> DOGE explodes
> fractions of a cent → ~$0.70
> market cap goes to $80B+
> SHIB follows
> from almost 0 to $7B+ in 15 days
> millionaires are made in hours
> people go insane
> meme coins go mainstream
> new coins flood in
> SafeMoon, Floki, BabyDoge
> thousands launching weekly
> Binance Smart Chain makes it easy
> cheap fees = endless tokens
> influencers take over
> “next 100x coin” everywhere
> rug pulls begin
> but nobody cares
> everything pumps
> 2022
> crypto crashes
> liquidity disappears
> scams get exposed
> influencers lose credibility
> meme coins drop 80–95%
> but the casino never fully closes
> Shiba drop from $34B to $4B
> Dogecoin goes even lower
> 2023
> new narratives try to revive attention
> then a breakout
> PEPE (the frog)
> it explodes fast
> proves memecoins still work
> meanwhile Solana gains traction
> faster, cheaper & perfect for speculation
> the stage is set again
> 2024
> second explosion
>Pumpfun launches
> it changes everything
> memecoins evolve into a factory
> anyone can launch a coin in minutes
> no coding means no barriers
> tens of thousands of coins per day
> Solana becomes the memecoin hub
> BONK, WIF, FLOKI, others explode
> Dogwifhat goes viral
> billions in market cap
> no utility just pure meme
> meme coin market cap hits ~$137B
> peak chaos
> peak euphoria
> but also…scams scale massively
> $500M+ lost to memecoin frauds
> attention becomes the only currency
> little did we know that this was the top
> 2025
> THE TOP
> new meta: political coins
> TRUMP coin launches
> speculation explodes
> insiders profit
> Melania Trump coin follows
> pumps… then drops 90%+ in a day
> Javier Milei linked
> Libra pumps hard
> then crashes ~95%
> billions wiped
> legal fallout begins
> viral personalities launch coins
> Haliey Welch launches HAWK
> $400M+ → -90% in minutes
> backlash everywhere
> Logan Paul launches coins
> classic pump and dump
> Andrew Tate backed tokens follow same pattern
> pump → dump → disappear
> trust collapses
> retail realizes the game
> late 2025 comes the crash
> market cap falls to ~$49B
> -60%+ from peak
> liquidity dries up coins die daily
> 2026
> aftermath
> most memecoins are dead
> -99% everywhere
> millions of victims
> billions in losses
> active traders reach all time lows
> and attention in the sector disappears
> the casino is slowly shutting down
Holy this took a while so just leave a like and drop a follow smh.
