Why Memecoins Keep Returning - Even When the Market Tries to Move On

[Memecoinst]

Memecoins have a habit of resurfacing when many expect them to disappear. Even after long quiet phases, they tend to attract attention once market sentiment starts to improve. This pattern has repeated often enough that it feels less like coincidence and more like part of crypto’s broader behavior.
What makes memecoins different is that they’re driven less by technology and more by community, timing, and attention. Social activity, trading volume, and narratives often matter more than roadmaps or utility. Because of this, many people now watch sentiment indicators and broader market trends rather than fundamentals alone. I’ve noticed that sites like memecoinist.com often track and summarize these shifts in the memecoin space, which can be useful for understanding where speculative interest is moving.
Of course, memecoins remain highly risky. Liquidity can vanish quickly, hype fades fast, and long-term survival is rare. This seems to have made participants more cautious than in earlier cycles, with many treating memecoins as short-term trades rather than investments.

I’m curious to hear:

Are memecoins now a predictable part of crypto cycles?

Do you track sentiment and volume when watching them?

Has your approach to memecoins changed over time?

Looking forward to the discussion.

[Charles-Tim]

Are memecoins now a predictable part of crypto cycles?

They are not predictable. Some are launched and start to dump. Some will first pump after launching and later dump, this is the most predictable ones as they have increased. None has been a store of value.

Do you track sentiment and volume when watching them?

No, because meme coins are too risky. I do not follow them anymore. Also they are now too many.

Has your approach to memecoins changed over time?

Yes, I decided not to buy them anymore. Maybe my mind may later change.

[BtcAnalyst1]

Honestly, memes investing are not encouraging, there are too many of with different stories of rugpull, hypes, and most times very speculative. Again, there are a lot of them that will end up a pump and dump project with many investors lamenting on their investment losses. I think that meme coin investment are too risky

[TwitchInanutshel]

Something I think that's important to identify is that memecoins are extremely risky but can give extremely high rewards. This kind of dynamic brings in a lot of people, mostly young people, looking to make a lot of money very quickly without much effort. The people who do this are essentially gambling, although memecoins themselves are not a gamble as you can do your research and actually get good at trading memecoins.

A sub-part of memecoins I'm keeping my eye on are "Pure Belief Assets".

Pure Belief Assets are projects / tokens driven by community and their common belief in the narrative of a token. PBAs differ from memecoins by not being a quick money grab and a focus on a belief rather than, humor or whatever is most popular at the time.

I think these are something to keep an eye on because beliefs can be very powerful and influential. They may be more than beliefs, we could see ideologies be manifested through PBAs. Whatever the case, the point is, these kinds of projects and communities can facilitate powerful beliefs and that is the fuel that would drive up the project. The belief itself.

It's interesting. 

[JeffBrad12]

The only thing motivates people trading meme coins are the story about making $1 to $1 millions in other word quick money. Nothing else matter besides that in the eyes of memecoin traders.
It only keep coming back because of that, and I don't think those story are organic, I think those stories are made up to motivate people into buying some useless meme coin. More of a cyclical trap for the greedy people. Just my 2 cents.