Meme Coins with Real Utility – What’s Next After Doge & SHIB?

[Web3 Shark]

Most meme coins start as hype but only a few survive long-term. Doge and SHIB stayed relevant by building community-driven ecosystems beyond just price speculation.

Lately, we’re seeing experiments where meme coins go beyond just memes:

• Staking & DeFi (e.g., BONK, SHIB burns).

• Gaming & Rewards (e.g., in-game NFTs, meme-powered games).

• Governance & DAOs (e.g., community-driven funding).

What’s the next evolution of meme coins? Do people actually want utility-driven meme projects, or is hype still king?

[Dave1]

Most meme coins start as hype but only a few survive long-term. Doge and SHIB stayed relevant by building community-driven ecosystems beyond just price speculation.

Lately, we’re seeing experiments where meme coins go beyond just memes:

• Staking & DeFi (e.g., BONK, SHIB burns).

• Gaming & Rewards (e.g., in-game NFTs, meme-powered games).

• Governance & DAOs (e.g., community-driven funding).

What’s the next evolution of meme coins? Do people actually want utility-driven meme projects, or is hype still king?

I'm not really sure what you mean by utility driven. Doge has been here for years and there was not development as far as I know.

And if it has a utility then it won't fall on the category of a meme coin isn't it? I'm not sure what's the next evolution of meme coins, and if there will be one, it could still be base on hype and community driven. The more community it will have the more pump and dump scheme can happen on that meme coin.

[mk4]

Memecoins with utility is an oxymoron.

A memecoin is a coin that totally 100% lacks any utility.

A utility coin is a coin — well, with utility.

It's only one or the other — you can't have both.

[avikz]

None of the memecoins have any actual utility. Not even the ones which are popular and existing since long. Memecoins are gambling tools. Some have existed for sure due to cleaver marketing or celebrity backups. But that doesn't change the reality of memecoins. Even Trumpcoin doesn't have any utility!

If you want to gamble, please do. But it is impossible to guess which one will survive the test of time.

[hugeblack]

it's not a development, but rather a trend-following market. The things that attract investors and generate quick profits are the future direction of cryptocurrencies, whether this direction is related to something real or not.

[Zanab247]

Memecoins will not give you utility because they are not reliable in long time hodling, and it will be hard for you to satisfy with what you will see at the end of those memecoins. Many people have experienced losses from those memecoins that made them to vow not to depend on memecoins investment because they always bring little profits not to satisfy  their investors.

ETH and BNB are the potential altcoins you can depend on which I am very sure, because they always moved when BTC price is moving to favour their investors, and if you look at the current price of ETH and BNB you will know that people really make profits from ETH and BNB in this season.

[Marykeller]

If some of the memecoin you mentioned has utility, why then address it as a memecoin? They don't have to be addressed as a memecoin if that's the case because a memecoin is a coin with no utility. They originated from internet memes or humor. They are not to be taken seriously by crypto investors because they are pump-and-dump coins.

[Bushdark]

If some of the memecoin you mentioned has utility, why then address it as a memecoin? They don't have to be addressed as a memecoin if that's the case because a memecoin is a coin with no utility. They originated from internet memes or humor. They are not to be taken seriously by crypto investors because they are pump-and-dump coins.

They are seen as memecoins because many started as a joke without relevant utilities and after some time they started creating utilities for them. I am not even interested whether a project has utility or not because the market is not always driven by utility of a project.
Everything in the market nowadays as turned to hyped which is why we keep seeing lots of investors jumping on projects that are hyped because they'll know that soon, the price will jump up and starts trending, while the early investors would make huge profits from the project. There are many utility projects in the market that are not even known because there was no hype to make them popular for more investors to jump in it.

[justdimin]

If some of the memecoin you mentioned has utility, why then address it as a memecoin? They don't have to be addressed as a memecoin if that's the case because a memecoin is a coin with no utility. They originated from internet memes or humor. They are not to be taken seriously by crypto investors because they are pump-and-dump coins.

It was addressed as a meme coin because that is their main scheme. You know their names, logos, stuffs like that.. Indeed that meme coins must be like that, where it has a story, specifically a meme that goes viral on the web but I think a lot of meme coins now doesn't follow that protocol. They just create an animal-themed crypto and call it as a meme coin but their inspiration must be the early meme coins like DOGE coin and PEPE.

Even though they are mostly a pump and dump, there are still people that can utilize them well and made an income out of them. These people are taking them seriously. And then there are those meme coins with utility that can also be taken seriously.

[CroverNo01]

If some of the memecoin you mentioned has utility, why then address it as a memecoin? They don't have to be addressed as a memecoin if that's the case because a memecoin is a coin with no utility. They originated from internet memes or humor. They are not to be taken seriously by crypto investors because they are pump-and-dump coins.

The utility originates from coins that have good roadmap and are longterm existing in the space, these projects just don't pull the strings of our and dump, they're legitimate projects for investors and traders to invest. We take our time to examine this project, not been able to withstand the falling routes coming to our ends. Memecoins have become the trends of the market, we know what's coming in for everyone that anticipate in cryptocurrency. We know it's been difficult for everyone base on the fluctuating season of the market.

[TastyChillySauce00]

What’s the next evolution of meme coins? Do people actually want utility-driven meme projects, or is hype still king?

I will be honest most of people don't care about meme coin's utility if it happens that a meme coin have some utility people will never take them seriously.

I think meme just need to focus on hype instead of putting utility because here's the thing, most of meme coin holders are just degens who speculate on hype, while the real people who seek utility already settled in a project that got backed by big names because it increases legitimacy, they definitely won't do something like staking in some random memes out of nowhere because there's bigger risk.

[gunhell16]

It's not just meme coins that start with hype, but also other altcoins that also start with hype. Just don't overdo it with hype. Because hype is really part of marketing for every cryptocurrency to be able to attract more investors to buy their coin/token.

So the Doge or Shib, as far as I know, Shib in other parts of Taiwan has merchants that accept SHIB payments, even in other countries, Doge is the same and recently, to my knowledge,
Elon Musk is also using Doge as one of their payment options in X if I am not mistaken, please correct me if I am wrong.

[o48o]

Memecoins with utility is an oxymoron.

A memecoin is a coin that totally 100% lacks any utility.

A utility coin is a coin — well, with utility.

It's only one or the other — you can't have both.

I disagree. Whole term "Meme coin", refers to coins and tokens that aren't that serious and those have existed before there was a term for them.

Term utility coin / token came popular ages ago, when there was an argument that some of the coins could be considered as securities. So there was a need to classify a security token/coin vs utility token/coin.

Utility token/coin refers to the fact it's not an investment, but being used as an utility, and basically just transferring it to wallet to wallet can be considered as "utility".

Meme tokens have basically same utility as 99.9% of other tokens that have "real" utility, as most of the tokens out there are just same generic nonsense with slightly different flavors. Memecoins are just subgenre of shitcoins and terminology on this will probably change over time, like it has done with term "coins".

[Bushdark]

If some of the memecoin you mentioned has utility, why then address it as a memecoin? They don't have to be addressed as a memecoin if that's the case because a memecoin is a coin with no utility. They originated from internet memes or humor. They are not to be taken seriously by crypto investors because they are pump-and-dump coins.

The utility originates from coins that have good roadmap and are longterm existing in the space, these projects just don't pull the strings of our and dump, they're legitimate projects for investors and traders to invest. We take our time to examine this project, not been able to withstand the falling routes coming to our ends. Memecoins have become the trends of the market, we know what's coming in for everyone that anticipate in cryptocurrency. We know it's been difficult for everyone base on the fluctuating season of the market.

The current crypto market focuses on hype not just the utility alone. If the market focuses on utility alone, many of these memecoins that don't have any utility will be as dead as acid. Hype is what is controlling the market currently and we should not be ignorant about that.
This is the main reason why we have been seeing so many memecoins doing well in the market even without genuine utility.
When the hype comes, investors out their money and after a while, they all take profits and dump the project for the main time.

[Web3 Shark]

Memecoins with utility is an oxymoron.

A memecoin is a coin that totally 100% lacks any utility.

A utility coin is a coin — well, with utility.

It's only one or the other — you can't have both.

I disagree. Some memecoins do have utility.

• DOGE (Dogecoin) – Started as a meme but is now accepted as payment by Tesla, AMC, and many online merchants.

• SHIB (Shiba Inu) – Built an entire ecosystem with ShibaSwap (DEX), Shibarium (Layer 2 blockchain), and staking rewards.

• FLOKI (Floki Inu) – Offers FlokiFi (DeFi tools), Valhalla (P2E metaverse game), and Floki University (crypto education).

• PEPE – While mostly speculative, it’s gaining traction with DeFi integrations and staking mechanisms.

Memecoins may start as jokes, but some actually develop real-world use cases over time. It’s mostly the hype but not always!

[DeathAngel]

Memecoins with utility is an oxymoron.

A memecoin is a coin that totally 100% lacks any utility.

A utility coin is a coin — well, with utility.

It's only one or the other — you can't have both.

Have to agree here to be honest with you OP. Memecoins are purely hype driven & need constant promoting, shilling & fomo to sustain even their current price, let alone survive for a sustained period & increase in price. It’s really impressive that the likes of Dogecoin & SHIB haven’t trended to $0. You have to get in & get out fast with most memecoins if you are in good profit. Very few of them can be used as long term investments.

[DanWalker]

Do people actually want utility-driven meme projects, or is hype still king?

If you want to invest in meme, what you need to care about are factors like the community, who is behind and supporting it...other things like utility are really not that important. Like the memes you listed: doge, shiba or floki are all Elon related memes and they exist because there is a large community supporting them before they start creating utility.

Cryptocurrency is still a highly speculative market, so don't be naive to believe projects that claim to have practical applications, utilities...they don't guarantee us anything either. Let's see if projects that were once considered market breakthroughs like EOS, ICP, LISK...do anyone still remember them and do they still exist?

[bitgolden]

People do not want a "utility memecoin", because no memecoin has any utility. You think Doge has utility? You make up the utility when there is none, and you think it has it, but in reality it never did, it just acted as if it did.

So what you need right now, is the realization that memecoins are all shitcoins and you should not put a dime in it. If you can do that, then you are going to make a great income, but if you can't do that then you are not going to make any decent income from it. Doge and all other memes, are a way to make quick money at early hyped days they have, but normally on long term they are not a good way to invest your money, you should be more careful with them and need to do a lot better investments.

[EFS]

There is no continuous and successful meme coin other than DOGE. Even it's affected by Elon Musk's mistakes. All meme coins work on hype and have no real use cases. There have been too many meme coins in the market, which has a negative impact on all of them. There is no need for more meme coins. The hype seems to be over anyway. I wouldn't roll the dice for a new meme coin at this point.

[Hispo]

Most meme coins start as hype but only a few survive long-term. Doge and SHIB stayed relevant by building community-driven ecosystems beyond just price speculation.

Lately, we’re seeing experiments where meme coins go beyond just memes:

• Staking & DeFi (e.g., BONK, SHIB burns).

• Gaming & Rewards (e.g., in-game NFTs, meme-powered games).

• Governance & DAOs (e.g., community-driven funding).

What’s the next evolution of meme coins? Do people actually want utility-driven meme projects, or is hype still king?

Perhaps you should be aware that by definition, a memecoin id an asset which by itself does not have any utility and it's price is only fueled by the hype and the sentiment of the community which supports the coin, nothing more.
If a coin has an actual utility and serves a purpose beyond just being a meme, then automatically stops being a  Memecoin and turns into something completely different than a Memecoin, perhaps an utility token or something similar to it.

As someone already said in this thread, a Memecoin with a real utility is oxymoron,  a contradiction.