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Will meme coins like DOGE, SHIBA, PEPE still exist in the near future example 2030? Or will they be gone like shitcoins.
Tell your reasons why do you think they will/will not make it?

I can't give you an answer to that question because it's only 2025 right now, OP. And why would you ask us a hypothetical question like that when we
don't know what's going to happen in the future? We're not from the future.

However, I won't deny that I currently have holdings in both Pepe and Shiba because I believe those two will show good performance during
this bull run we're in right now.

People cannot possibly tell about what may happen in 2030, and they are correct. The meme coins, such as Doge and Shiba, have demonstrated their staying power as they have well-built communities and a certain recognition level in the global environment. However, much is going to be dependent on how they are able to transform and remain relevant. A lot of memecoins also fade away as they have no actual cases of use or providing support. Therefore, some of them, such as Doge could still exist thanks to their popularity, but still, others might easily jettison. It is a risk as all things in crypto are.

They will. These are established memecoin projects that have existed throughout the bear market and they're still valued significantly higher than infrastructure projects in crypto. For example, EigenLayer with over $12B in TVL was valued < $1.5B FDV while all of the aforementioned memecoins were worth several billions.

I think it all boils down to distribution of the supply. If the token was distributed well and made several people good amount of money, I think you'd always have people that will stick to the project no matter what.. At least much better than these VC infested projects.

Are they not shit coins already? They can be pumped and dumped anytime by whales, their prices are not just based on natural growth like Bitcoin, it's not even based on the demands but retail investors are buying when they see that the price is about to be pumped while whales will  pump the coins to set trap for retail investors that will buy late and then price will dump on them. These coins will continue to exist for the purpose it is already serving.

They are memecoins and what are memes? I guess you already know what memes are by now so if you want to take something that was build for fun as a serious investment, then you should be responsible for whatever happened to your money. Memecoins should be treated as you will treat something just for fun and investment in Memecoins should be made with money you can easily part ways with. I don't want to guess what will happen to them 2030 but it has been proven that memecoins are not to be held for a long time because some of them will depreciate on value with time.

DOGE and PEPE are real memes that existed before crypto and will continue to exist. There is no reason why it would lose its follow especially when it has established itself so well. SHIBA is another subject. Still this does not mean that they will be as relevant as they are today as the market caps of all major coins continues to increase.

Yes, because EigenLayer is just another of many projects of the same kind. People are bored of infrastructure projects, there are too many. Meanwhile DOGE and PEPE are unique memes with unique cultures and many followers.

Are these shitcoins?

Oh yes! Without any doubt!

But if you ask if this coin are going to exist in 2030, probably yes. It is because these coins have got a very strong community backing. Unless the owners decide to pull out from the market, these coins are going to exist for next many years.

These are great speculative assets. So even traders love them. So I don't see a reason why these should exist in 2030 or beyond.

Nobody had predicted a meme trend ten years ago, so it’s unclear if memes will cease to exist. However, right now, they remain one of the trending coins in the market, and many investors are eager for more.

The reason is that investors prefer high-risk investments with substantial returns. Many investors have come to understand the pump and dump scheme of memes, so they will continue to invest.

Investors have become short-term profit-driven. This is why memes are likely to remain popular for the next five years and beyond.

No, coins like that will just be trash in the market and no one will be interested in the future because Hype always changes, every cycle there is always a new face that brings big fomo on that kind of coin, so forget it and don't think about investing in the long term, even almost all altcoins are like that, not only memecoins but other altcoins that have a vision and mission as well as good fundamentals have a high probability that by 2030 their technology will be obsolete and relatively consumers in the market are looking for new, more revolutionary alternatives.

Your post is ridiculous. DOGE is older than almost every shitcoin that you hold, so that is false. You probably don't even know that Dogecoin is 12 years old already, older than Ethereum? Hype that goes away, sure sure..

You are comparing things which have nothing to do with each other.

And do you think Dogecoin will reach $1 in the future? Are you as optimistic about Dogecoin's growth as before? Without Elon Musk behind it, Dogecoin wouldn't be as hyped. So this is also worth considering. The hype is essentially dead, even if it's been around for quite some time.

As for whether it will still be around in 2030, it certainly remains. Will it remain at the same value/level or be able to significantly improve compared to today?

If you understand market theory, technological revolution/disruption, and system adaptation, you'll understand that it's all on the same page.

The Elon Musk hype was a thing of the last cycle and it is no longer relevant, you are living in the past.

It will remain around. For values and position, nobody knows. It is the same for DOGE as it is for almost all altcoins pretty much, so pointing this out as some kind of argument is misleading. It applies to everything here.

This is another stupid question that shows you barely understand anything. DOGE has an unlimited supply and one which is quite expanding, so whether it will reclaim a previous price or reach a new high is not how you approach this topic. If you look at the total market cap, it is performing better than most altcoins. ;) Sadly I never acquired it when it was not that relevant.  :)

Memecoins and general altcoins are entirely different and their markets function differently, it seems you are the one who needs to read again market theory.

"Exist"? Sure. Will it be as high as this? Not all of them. Doge seems like it is sticking with time, that is a good thing, so far it has been here for a long time and I guess that it may stay here for a while longer. Shiba is in the middle, while it has some issues, and it's mostly hyped, it's also not that down neither, like maybe it will be higher in 5 years. Whereas, stuff like pepe, ape, and all the other shitcoins?

There is a good chance they would be gone, ranked lower, and forgotten. That seems like the best way to move ignore them and just get better stuff. I would say even avoid all those doge and shiba ones too, just pick something that is better, memecoins are not for you to make money, they are to make the devs money.

Why do you quickly dismiss PEPE over SHIB? According to trading volumes, PEPE is much more relevant than SHIB and has been for quite some time. Just because one of them has a higher marketcap and is slightly older, that does not mean that the other should be thrown into the bin with random memecoins. The PEPE meme is big, much bigger than SHIB whereas SHIB is just pigging backing on the success of DOGE. Without DOGE's existence, SHIB is nothing. Look

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/shiba-inu/historical_data


https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/pepe/historical_data

As long as we have investors who love pump and dump and prefer profit over utility, these memes will continue to exist. Lovers of the Ponzi scheme support these memes. If we look at the market, these memes have enormous volume and backing from exchanges.
I don’t see them out in 2030, I just don’t know if they can maintain their volume, and the number of memes will go down.

Honestly, there's no way to tell if such coins will survive until 2030. Basically, any cryptocurrency is at risk of dying in the long run (due to decreased demand/interest, hacks, government crackdowns, etc.). The only exception would be Bitcoin because it's the one that started this craze. Not to mention, it's the most secure and decentralized cryptocurrency in the world.

In the case of "meme" coins, Dogecoin has a higher probability of making it through 2030 than the rest of its peers. That's because it's the oldest and most reliable "meme" coin in existence. "Meme" coins are often driven by hype, so they can easily fade away into oblivion. Since most of them are a gamble, you should only invest what you can afford to lose. For something reliable, choose ETH or BTC instead. Who knows what will happen in the future?

Agree on this especially if we don't see any utility with those meme coin and if they are been used for trading then their future is uncertain knowing that there's provably lots of changes will happen in market. For me I'd rather dump it when I earned profits when trading it since for me top alts or buy Bitcoin directly since this is really more better option to hold.

Dogecoin would provably remain since we already saw this stay for many years and it didn't drop the same as what's happening with other meme coins out there. Most of meme coins right now even if they see the bigger ones are driven by hype so expect for a dump if hype fades out and the attention of investors goes with other altcoins.

To most people, these meme coins might still be considered "shitcoins," but whether they accept it or not, many still believe in them.
As you mentioned, they all have a strong crypto community, and that can't be denied.

Even I have some holdings of them, though not a large amount; I just used dollar-cost averaging (DCA) on them. I still see potential in them for the future,
especially in this bull season we're currently in.

2030 isn’t really all that long. I mean Dogecoin has been around since 2013 & is still going strong. The trading volume on PEPE might be lower in 5 years as it hasn’t got the longevity of Dogecoin. I’d say Dogecoin will still be thriving in 2030. SHIB probably will be & PEPE I am least confident about still being popular.

We will never know but I think Doge will still be around by that time. It's the OG of all memecoins and that's why it's still here. And maybe most of them if the narrative for memes is gone, only the top one stays and let's all put that Doge will still be there. Shiba and pepe, I don't know maybe if its community sticks to it. That's 5 years from now, so they might be there but not as strong as they were.

I thought you would call 50, 100, or more years from now, but I was surprised that you called just 2030, which is the next 5 years. Certainly, those coins will exist in 2030. Even in 100 years, they will likely exist unless the creators of the projects decide to shut them down. And if SHIB and PEPE do not exist, DOGE will exist because it is the king of meme coins.

Crypto space has different classes, and we can never ignore the pioneer of the meme class, which is Dogecoin.

Dogecoin had been around more than a decade, and the year 2030 is not very far from us anyways. I am very confident Dogecoin will be around with us in 2030 and beyond, just for their historical value and fast transactions Dogecoin is the staple of memecoins and the most reliable one.
SHIBA and PEPE will also be around in 2030, but their volume will not be as big as the volume of Dogecoin.

I personally consider Dogecoin to be the king of memecoins and the one which is more worth it to hold and pay attention to, their community and "investors" seem to be committed to pump it's price up to one dollar... Which is something very unlikely to happen to be honest.

Dogecoin is the second cryptocurrency based on POW, it does not seem to be the most destined to disappear

Fun fact: Dogecoin is the only PoW-based "meme" coin (AFAIK) while the rest are simply tokens living within existing blockchain networks. In other words, DOGE has its own independent Blockchain, while "memes" such as PEPE, SHIBA, and BONK don't. This increases DOGE's chances for survival in the long run. Not to mention, fees can remain low due to reduced blockchain bloat. Token-based "memes" like the ones mentioned, are subject to the underlying Blockchain's network performance. So if ETH is extremely-congested, gas fees for such coins will skyrocket like crazy. Same goes for parent chains such as Solana, BSC, and the likes.

2030 is just 5 years away, so odds are the coins mentioned by the OP will still be around with us. But I can't say the same for the next 10-20 years. Crypto land evolves fast, so anything can happen by then. Just "stick" to diversifying your investment, and there should be nothing to worry about.

Agreed, Doge is the best choice in the list OP provided. But I wouldn't doubt or be surprised if Doge hits $1 someday or even in this cycle.

If I remember correctly, Doge's highest ATH was $0.73 during the 2021 bull run. And if Doge hits $1, its market cap would be just $150 billion, which isn't too unrealistic for a coin with a large and loyal community and strong support from Elon.

Not to mention, there has been a lot of buzz about a Doge ETF (big players like Bitwise, Grayscale, and 21Shares have all filed their own ETFs) and if they get approved. $1 is too modest a goal.

I think i support your reply, 2030 is just 5 years from now and so far those listed Memecoins are doing pretty cool compared to the rest moreover they're not Bitcoin so we never can tell what might happen on the long run although they've shown that they've got good potential but it's not in our power to decide what they'll be like in the future we can only keep our fingers crossed and buy them when we feel and sure it's the right time to profit from them, you can add DOGE to what you're holding mate, it's doing pretty well and won't regret it in this bull run.

Most of them yes will exist but maybe most of crypto wont exist like Dash it was on top 10 with a price of 1100$ while today it is worth 21$
so always make sure you buy different coins and don't put all your eggs on 1 bucket

Even in 5 years, memecoins will not do that great. Existing is different than doing great, yes they will exist, but far lower marketcap than what we have right now. It is not going to be that great, we are going to end up with a better result with time, so we should not be expecting it to do that great.

Obviously this is going to be something that will take some time, but because this is not the greatest point right now, we should not be expecting it to be great. So being outside of top 100, is still "existing" technically, and half of it will be outside of it. Maybe doge can still do fine, because no matter what happens, doge still survives, so maybe that can survive, but I expect no other memecoin to exist at all.

To be honest I am surprised that stuff like Dogecoin has not been hacked by now, because such altcoins are based on very outdated versions of older altcoins or Bitcoin itself. They are often many years behind in updates and failed to integrate many security patches.

The farther away the point in history, the fewer predictions you should make. You are more likely to be wrong on your 10-20 years predictions.

For real? A DOGE ETF? I've thought institutional investors took things seriously. I guess I was wrong. It seems that both retail and institutional investors prefer highly-risky and speculative assets on top of everything else. I'm sure there will be a "meme" coins frenzy if a DOGE spot ETF gets the green light from the SEC. I understand investors want a Dogecoin ETF because it's the oldest "meme" coin in existence. But other coins might not get so lucky due to their unproven nature.

2030 is just 5 years away, so a lot can happen before then. Perhaps, PEPE, SHIBA, and the rest will survive. Or maybe they'll fade away as new coins take over their place in the market. We'll never know for sure until the time comes. To be on the safe side, just diversify into Dogecoin and Bitcoin. Only invest what you can afford to lose. Nothing is guaranteed to be 100% safe, so better have a plan/strategy to avoid undesired situations in the long run.

Investors and institutions from Wall Street are only interested in profits, nothing more. If the Doge ETF is approved, I believe many other memes will also apply for ETFs and many of them will be approved if ETFs Doge successful.

Before the Doge ETFs were filed, the Doge ETP was also officially approved and operating in Europe. ETPs work similarly to ETFs but belong to the European market.

Also, not just Doge, there are rumors that the Floki ETP has been approved and will be trading soon this year. So in my opinion if altcoins like ETH, XRP, BNB can survive for years to come then there is no reason why OG memes like pepe, shiba or floki will disappear in the next 5 years.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/08/22/UZzA0I.png
https://coinpedia.org/news/full-list-of-dogecoin-etfs-awaiting-sec-approval-dates-filings-and-whats-next/

They ARE shitcoins, but they are most likely going to last. Doge for being first one, Shiba Being developed first one. Pepe survives and there will probably be other big ones as well, because there are enough people in this space for hundreds of coins and tribalism is strong in this scene.

I've heard this "next time coins with good fundamentals will rise", but shitcoins and scams always grow more then last time. Because top shitcoins will be like beacons of hope to newcomers, and everyone will hope that their new token will make them rich and join to top meme coins.

We can't be in 2025 and be talking of what will happen in 2030 because to some extent memecoins have no long term existence possibilities since we have seen several of them existing only on the surface and based on the hype's which make memecoins easier to get pumped and dumped, but coins like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have been in existence for quite some years now and still yet the presence in the market is still most relevant such memecoins can be around in the future.

Well yes I do think those Meme coins will exist in the year 2030. I do think it beuase Ido not think they are scam coins or 'rug pulls'.
There are alot of meme coins that I do not think we will be able to sell on the exchanges. There are thousands of them and I do think there is are new ones that are coming out every day. If we only invest in these we will make some gains I do think.

Why not, these are project that you mentioned with high reputation in crypto, they have shown a good record of performance before now and can still do more in the nearest future, but if i were you, all i will do is to locate more information about the team behind these projects and run a background check on them, then try to find one or two tokens or coins they are also launching of recent and invest, because they are also going to be a blast as the previous ones.

Yeah and if you look at the market historically every cycle introduces new hype coins and projects most of which shine for a short while then fade away leaving only a few survivors people forget that so many coins that were top 20 back in 2017 or 2018 are now nowhere to be found or sitting way outside the rankings memecoins are even more vulnerable to that because they don’t build sustainable ecosystems they mostly rely on trends memes and temporary excitement.Another thing is investor behavior as time goes on more people learn from past cycles and they tend to put their money in assets that show more stability and utility so the shift naturally favors projects that solve real problems or at least maintain long term value propositions doge might continue being a cultural token but the rest are unlikely to hold investor attention once the cycle matures.

Also regulation could hit harder in the next few years and memecoins will likely be among the first to get affected since they don’t have strong foundations or real world use cases governments won’t take them seriously and that could limit their growth even further so in the long run saying that most memecoins won’t exist or will shrink drastically isn’t negativity it’s just how the market works.If someone really wants exposure to memecoins it should be treated like short term plays during hype periods not like long term holdings because the odds are stacked against them while bitcoin Ethereum and a few other solid projects have proven their resilience over multiple cycles most memecoins won’t get that privilege.

The thing about "meme" coins is that anyone without coding knowledge can launch their own coin and scam investors for profit. A "launchpad" such as Pump.fun is a good example of this. So unless your "meme" coin has a strong community or fanbase, it won't be going anywhere soon. SHIBA and PEPE still has their fans, so they will remain alive for quite some time. But due to the lack of real use cases, prices will probably stay below $0.01 forever.

At least, SHIBA has its own L2 network called "Shibarium". Attractive BONK and LEASH rewards by "staking" SHIBA might increase demand over the long term. 2030 is only 5 years away. A lot can happen by then. I'm sure Dogecoin will outlive most of the "meme" coins due to being the oldest one in existence. Crypto land behaves in many strange and bizarre ways, so expect the unexpected.

As for having account since 2014, i am sure you are aware of this, but in case someone else is reading this:

It was way before tokens were a thing, when it was rather easy to launch a memecoin. We just didn't call them as meme coins. There were just coins with some specific themed names, like cities and animals, persons or anything really. And if one of them was a success, other similar themed coins were launched instantly.

All you needed was to copy the code and write announcement for it. Just having one coder that wasn't talented any way, and a decent graphic artist was a sure way for the gains.

None of them were secure as there were so few miners, so even though all of them had seperate blockchains, they were less secure then generic tokens these days.

Honestly, I think some meme coins like DOGE, SHIBA, and PEPE will still exist in 2030, but their relevance will vary. DOGE has proven its staying power, it’s been around for over a decade and has a massive community, so it’s likely to survive long-term, even if hype fades. SHIBA might stick around too, but mostly riding on DOGE’s legacy rather than its own utility. PEPE and other newer meme coins are riskier; their popularity is purely hype-driven, so they might fade if attention shifts elsewhere.

At the end of the day, meme coins exist because of communities and speculative interest. They aren’t about technology or fundamentals. So yes, some will exist, but their value and influence could be very different from today. For long-term reliability, BTC and ETH are still the safer bets.

The memecoins you mentioned, such as Doge, Pepe, and Shiba, are the highest memecoins in terms of market capitalization, so it is possible that they will still exist in 2030, but we don't know how high the price of these memecoins will be.

Memecoins will continue to exist because they already have large communities.
But if you ask whether they will reach their ATH, it is still doubtful.

Those meme tokens will. They have large users and supporters. It's possible to see them to keep exist until 2030 or forever. Those tokens being used for the speculation purpose, so speculators keep them alive and this cycle will repeat forever.

Why not if not, what will take memecions away from the face of the market in 2030 when their party just started, there is something about hypes projects, we may think that their will fade off quickly, but we be supprise to see them around for decades, their may struggle with their price and market values but to say that their will be totally off from the market is somewhat not possible, things will change definitely but not total elimination of memecoins from the cryptocurrency space.

They might exist by then. But don't expect any new ATHs, Especially when the "meme" coins mentioned by the OP have a large circulating supply. Inflation will greatly affect market prices over the long term. That's why I believe investing in "memes" is a losing game. But to each their own.

At least we know Bitcoin will outlive most of the "shitcoins". The crypto market behaves in many strange and bizarre ways, so we should expect the unexpected. Would you imagine DOGE hitting $1 or SHIBA and PEPE going as high as $0.01? That would be a "miracle". We'll see what happens in the long run.