Memecoin

Smart money traders are piling back into meme tokens, with Solana-based White Whale turning a $366 buy into roughly $1.5 million for one early participant. Alongside this mid-cap surge, larger names like Dogecoin and Pepe and presale projects such as Bitcoin Hyper and Maxi Doge are being highlighted as key meme coin opportunities in the current bull market.

On Saturday, Jan. 10, Shiba Inu's burn activity spiked, with 7,247,330 SHIB retired in the last 24 hours and the daily burn rate jumping 38,043%. The token's total supply now stands at 589,245,806,058,242 SHIB, while price edged up 0.25% to $0.000008642, indicating tentative momentum.

On January 9, 2026, Pump.fun co-founder Alon said the creator-fee model failed and unveiled a trader-led overhaul. The update adds fee-sharing to up to 10 wallets and ownership transfers, while a December court order let plaintiffs add nearly 5,000 chats to a lawsuit alleging over $722 million in revenue and heavy retail losses.

Bitcoin is trading near $90,635 while ETF products recorded $343.8M in net outflows on Jan. 9, and the market's Fear and Greed index sits at 40 with volatility compressing. Price action is consolidating inside a tightening triangle, with resistance around $91,520 and nearby support near $89,240 that could define the next directional move. A confirmed break above the upper boundary may open a path toward the $93,000–$94,800 region, while failure of the ascending trendline could expose downside toward $87,900.

Shiba Inu rallied across Jan. 1–5, 2026, peaking at $0.00001017 on Jan. 5 before momentum faded and four down days followed from Jan. 6, hitting $0.00000846. On Jan. 9, SHIB team member Lucie urged the community to stay resilient. At writing, SHIB was $0.000008658, down 0.8% daily but up 9.58% weekly.

Memecoin metrics swung from a mid-December slide to an early January rebound. Sector capitalization climbed from around $38 billion to near $48 billion before easing to $44.69 billion, with volume up 17.42% to $4.75 billion. BONK, SHIB, and PEPE posted double-digit weekly gains, while smaller tokens like WIF and FARTCOIN also advanced.

Low-cap meme coins on Solana are delivering outsized returns, with one early TESTICLE buyer reportedly turning a $19 purchase into $46,000. Alongside this, investors are eyeing Official Trump, Fartcoin, MemeCore, Bitcoin Hyper and Maxi Doge as key meme plays, with several tokens posting notable weekly gains and attracting whale interest. These picks span high-utility and narrative-driven projects, from meme-focused Layer-1 and Bitcoin Layer-2 solutions to culture-driven doge variants.

On January 9, 2026, Pump.fun announced a redesigned creator fee system with fee‑sharing so teams can split percentages across up to 10 wallets. The update addresses low‑risk coin creation incentives from Dynamic Fees V1 and aims to improve transparency; weekly platform volume reached $6.6 billion.

On-chain metrics point to mounting sell pressure on Shiba Inu, with the SHIB exchange reserve at 82 trillion coins and exchange net inflows turning positive, according to CryptoQuant. These readings suggest more tokens are moving to trading venues, raising the risk of sell-offs and potential price weakness.

Dogecoin (DOGE) is stabilising near $0.14 as on-chain data shows whales accumulated 218 million DOGE worth $31 million within 12 hours. Grayscale's Dogecoin Trust ETF recently saw a $7.55 million single-day inflow, and new partnerships in Japan aim to expand DOGE's real-world usage. Price is consolidating between $0.1387 and $0.145, with a close above resistance potentially opening a move toward $0.15–$0.16.