Meme coin

Updated: 12/30/2024 by Computer Hope
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Also called joke currency, a meme coin is a cryptocurrency that started as a meme and became a currency. The best example of a meme coin is Dogecoin, the first meme coin released in 2013 and based on the Doge meme. Today, there are hundreds of meme coins.

Note

Despite some traction with Dogecoin, most consider meme coins a scam because of how many were used in pump-and-dump scams.

Top 10 meme coins

Below are the top 10 meme coins as of 2025 based on their market cap.

  1. Dogecoin (DOGE)
  2. Shiba Inu (SHIB)
  3. Pepe (PEPE)
  4. Bonk (BONK)
  5. Ai16z (AI16Z)
  6. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU)
  7. Dogwifhat (WIF)
  8. FLOKI (FLOKI)
  9. Brett (BRETT)
  10. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN)

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