Meme coin

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.

Top 10 meme coins

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

1. Dogecoin (DOGE)
2. Shiba Inu (SHIB)
3. Official Trump (TRUMP)
4. Pepe (PEPE)
5. Bonk (BONK)
6. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN)
7. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU)
8. Dogwifhat (WIF)
9. FLOKI (FLOKI)
10. SPX6900 (SPX)

Should I buy a meme coin?

We highly recommend avoiding buying any meme coin. These coins are extremely speculative and as mentioned earlier often created for the creators of the coin to make money and not anyone else. If you plan on buying a meme coin, it should be treated as gambling, and any money invested should be money you can afford to lose.

Is a meme coin cryptocurrency?

A meme coin is a cryptocurrency that uses the same technologies as other cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Anyone can create a meme coin using a coin creation service and use another cryptocurrency platform like Solana to handle its transactions.

What are political coins?

In 2024 and 2025, a lot of coins were created that are more political in nature than being about a meme. Because these coins are not based on a meme, some may refer to these as political coin. Technically speaking, meme coins and political coins are all a forms of an altcoin.

What if I've lost money investing in a meme coin?

If you've invested money into a meme coin and it has lost its value, that money is gone for good. It's important to realize that it's not your fault and you didn't lose the money because of any of the following reasons. Learn from your mistakes and don't invest in future meme coins to try to recover from your losses.

I didn't invest fast enough

Most meme coins are set up to favor the creators by allocating a bigger distribution, share, or percentage. Also, those creating the meme coins may let friends and family know about the coin before anyone else. Finally, those more familiar with coin investing have computer scripts that automatically buy newly created meme coins, getting them in before any human can manually make the trade.

I didn't sell fast enough

Most meme coins are short-lived and sold when those who created them feel they've made a good return or hit their duration limit. Unfortunately, for everyone else who's not familiar with coin trading, by the time they've noticed the value going down it's already too late to sell.

I didn't invest in the right coin

For any scam to work, there has to be some people who make money. However, for every person you hear about who's made money, thousands of others have lost money. Like gambling, you may get lucky, but the odds are not in your favor, and there's no right coin.

I need to wait for it to return

Most meme coins go up in value because of their initial hype. When everyone hears about a coin being created and sees its value going up fast, they want to invest. However, once that hype is lost (usually after a few days or hours), it will not likely return, especially if the value has crashed.

Are meme coins legal?

As long as the country allows cryptocurrency, meme coins are legal. There are a lot of deceptive tactics and scams revolving around meme coins, but there are no laws against them.

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