Memecoin

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.

Shiba Inu's prospects for reaching $0.00001 improved as open interest rose 1.89% to $109.75 million over the last 24 hours. The price moved between $0.000008499 and $0.00008827 and was $0.000008658 at press time, up 1.12%. Technical signals and futures positioning point to a potential continuation if buying pressure builds.

On January 9, SHIB rose 1.05% over the past 24 hours and was quoted at $0.00000872. TradingView charts show the price challenging support near $0.00000866 and approaching $0.00000858 on higher time frames. If selling persists, a retest of the $0.0000080 area by week's end and, midterm, $0.0000070 on a weak weekly close are possible.

Pippin (PIPPIN) surged more than 46% in 24 hours, lifting its market cap back above $400 million as a supply squeeze, AI-memecoin hype, and leveraged short positioning combined to fuel one of the sharpest rallies in the Solana meme sector. While momentum has returned and a breakout above $0.50 is now in focus, concentrated whale ownership and rising derivatives risk leave the move highly volatile and vulnerable to abrupt reversals.

In the first week of January 2026, USELESS touched $0.12, then fell over 12% in the past 24 hours after losing an ascending trendline. According to Solscan, Wintermute and Coinbase moved over $600K to hot wallets, while Kraken sent $194K to a cold wallet. CoinGlass reported OI sliding from $40M to $33M and volume from $122M to $82M.

Dogecoin previously moved from roughly $0.10 to about $0.45 in a late-2024 parabolic rally after a period of sideways trading. If a similar 4.5x surge were to play out from a higher base near $0.15, projections indicate the DOGE price could advance into the $0.60 to $0.67 zone, still short of its $0.76 all-time high.