Memecoin

On Friday, the memecoin sector’s market capitalization climbed 8% to $39.45 billion, adding $3 billion in a single day as PEPE gained 23.6%, BONK rose 10% and DOGE advanced 8%. At the same time, open interest and derivatives volume for leading memecoins expanded sharply, with PEPE’s OI up 77% to $441 million and total daily derivatives trading volume across memecoins reaching $4.75 billion.

Dogecoin has surged more than 9% in the past day to reach $0.13, while the broader meme coin market value has climbed about 8% to nearly $40 billion and trading volumes have risen over 32%. At the same time, the meme-focused Maxi Doge token has attracted almost $4.5 million in its ongoing presale, offering 71% APY staking and a token price of $0.000276 as it targets highly leveraged traders.

PEPE rallied 26.9% over the past 24 hours alongside a 300% jump in daily volume, while Bitcoin edged back toward the $90k resistance. Friday's session close is flagged as pivotal for swing traders, with a daily close above $0.000005 viewed as a bullish structure shift and $0.0000062 cited as the next resistance level.

On New Year's Day, trader Vida reportedly earned over $1.5 million by trading around an abnormal $26 million bid wall on Binance for the small-cap token BROCCOLI714. Vida shifted from an arbitrage hedge to directional longs and later shorts as Binance's circuit breakers distorted spot-futures prices and the bid wall disappeared. The episode raised questions about the source of the orders and how the exchange's risk controls functioned under extreme conditions.

On January 2, 2026, Bitcoin traded in a tight range near $85K as traders weighed the next major move and assessed a possible bullish setup for 2026. Market participants also observed weakening Bitcoin dominance and growing strength in Ethereum, while PEPE drew attention as it chased past valuation milestones set by SHIB and DOGE. Whales were reported to have accumulated significant BTC throughout 2025, fueling expectations of a large rally ahead.

On January 1, unusual activity in low-liquidity meme coin BROCCOLI(714) on Binance sparked a rapid spike and reversal. Pseudonymous trader Vida said he capitalized on order book anomalies and alert signals to net around $1 million. Lookonchain initially said the pattern was consistent with a market maker account compromise, but a Binance internal review reportedly found no clear evidence of hacking.

Dogecoin fell roughly 67% in 2025 as meme coins lost momentum, but trader Matt Hughes outlined a bullish setup around the $0.11–$0.12 support band. His plan uses a stop loss just under $0.11 and a target near $0.45, implying a risk‑reward ratio of about 4.5:1 if the price rebounds from this area. Recent price action shows DOGE hovering around $0.12, with a 2.8% daily gain and trading volumes jumping 79%, while new meme‑focused project Pepenode is promoting a mine‑to‑earn model via its ongoing presale.

ChatGPT 5.2 outlined dual bullish and bearish paths for XRP, PEPE, and Shiba Inu for 2026. For XRP, it highlighted $1.80 support, $2.00 resistance, and RSI around 48, with a bull case up to $8 and a revisit to the $3–$5 range. PEPE's upside exceeds 200%, while SHIB's bull scenario tops 500% and the bear case points to a possible 70% drop.

In 2025, Pumpfun’s PUMP token on Solana fell 78%, while a 6‑month whale holder shifted 750 million PUMP worth $1.47 million, locking in a 51% loss. Despite weekly buybacks consuming all protocol revenue and a single 1.46 billion PUMP buyback, speculative interest plunged 85% as Open Interest slid from $1 billion to $142 million, leaving the 16% price recovery and MACD golden cross dependent on reclaiming the 50-day Moving Average.

On Dec. 31, crypto analyst Cantonese Cat argued that Dogecoin's pullback on weakening volume mirrors AMD's pre-rally setup last year. His chart shows DOGE nearing the 0.382 Fibonacci area around $0.118, while a Dec. 20 roadmap mapped extension targets at $0.90, $1.25, $1.99, $4.78 and $8.91.