Opinion: What makes a Memecoin successful?
Author: defioasis Note: This article is a reflection on the Meme craze and should not be taken as investment advice or as an endorsement for any project. VCs and retail investors are not passing the buck to each other, and the tension between project teams and community members over airdrops and anti-sybil measures is escalating. Combined with suboptimal liquidity in the industry, Memes have become a solution. Recently, as Bitcoin rebounded to over $66,000, the tokens with the highest trading volumes on Binance were still MEMECOINS, with the top ten by volume being BTC, ETH, PEPE, SOL, FLOKI, WIF, DOGE, BNB, BOME, and SHIB, six of which are MEMECOINS. In the past few days, I have been contemplating those high market cap Memes, such as the original DOGE and the current PEPE, whose popularity stems from but is not limited to these five elements: cultural foundation, simplicity and distinctiveness, entertainment and humor, low barrier to second creation, and the push by super influencers ...