Memecoin

On December 21, Dogecoin fell 1.52% to trade near $0.1296. Intraday charts show local support around $0.1287; failure to rebound by day's end could open a move toward $0.1250. On higher time frames, resistance at $0.1330 remains intact, with a possible slide to $0.12–$0.1250 or a late-month bounce toward $0.14.

Meme coins have lagged the broader market recently, with sector-wide losses while Bitcoin holds firmer, pushing traders to look at presale opportunities. Three highlighted projects are Bitcoin Hyper, PEPENODE, and Maxi Doge, which combine meme appeal with specific utility such as a Bitcoin Layer 2, virtual mining, and trading competitions. Their presales have already raised millions of dollars and offer high advertised staking yields, aiming at investors positioning for potential 2026 gains.

Shiba Inu opened 2025 at $0.00002113 and held above $0.00001 for nine months, but on Oct. 10 it fell to $0.0000085 amid a flash crash. It is at $0.000007297, down 2.9% daily and 10.88% weekly; to erase a zero, SHIB must clear $0.0000095 and reclaim $0.00001 as support.

By late December 2025, listed cryptocurrencies climbed to nearly 29 million, up from fewer than 6 million at the year's start. The surge added well over 20 million tokens in twelve months as issuance rates hit tens of thousands per day and regularly surpassed one million per month. Most new assets struggled to gain liquidity or lasting relevance.

Pudgy Penguins' PENGU has traded in a descending channel since rejecting the $0.03 area, slipping to around $0.0092 and staying below multiple EMA levels. A whale address accumulated roughly 273 million PENGU worth about $2.55 million after the token dropped under $0.01, yet overall sell volume and bearish momentum indicators still signal downside risk around the $0.01 and $0.0104 levels.

As the year closes, PEPENODE promotes a mine-to-earn model that gamifies rewards without hardware and emphasizes staking and gameplay. Its presale highlights a deflationary mechanism that burns tokens used in upgrades and transactions, targeting meme coin and GameFi audiences through a virtual mining dashboard and node progression. The project's flow centers on user engagement via leveling, rewards, and leaderboards.

On December 20, 2025, Momento Research's Ash Liew reported tracking 118 token generation events this year, with 84.7% (100/118) now below launch valuation and the median down 71%. Only 18 tokens, or 15%, remain above water. Syndicate leads losses at −93.64%, while Animecoin, Berachain, and Bio Protocol have each fallen over 93%.

Meme-themed cryptocurrencies reached a record $150.6 billion market cap in December 2024 and later fell to $47.2 billion by November 2025, a 69% drop. The cycle was fueled by political tokens and a surge in January 2025 launches, while U.S. interest climbed from 20% to nearly 30% during the year.

According to the publication, crypto markets are rebounding, with Bitcoin at $88,000 and Ethereum nearing $3,000. Meme coins led by Pepe, Fartcoin and Pippin are showing strength, while Dogecoin gained 2.5% in 24 hours, reclaimed $0.13, and is watching the $0.15 resistance. The article also flags Pepenode and Maxi Doge presales.

Shiba Inu's netflow across exchanges hit -125,937,300,000 SHIB on Dec. 11, signaling heavier withdrawals than deposits. Over the last day, the exchange flow metric fell by more than 11%, while SHIB traded at $0.000007485, up 1.98% from a recent low of $0.000007011.