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.

[justdimin]

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.

And the sad part is that, "some" people made it, like very few, maybe about hundred people in the world has done that for real by getting super lucky. But the truth is that more devs who created memecoins became richer than the people who are investors that got richer thanks to those memecoins. Only people who get rich are the devs behind the memecoins and not the investors, which is why we should stay away.

But those investors hear and see the story about the 19 year old kid who invest and got rich once, and ignore the million who lost money but keep trying the same. Memecoins may seem like a trendy one as of now but how long it could survive without proving any potential, so it will fade away very soon but I am sure  some other trend will hit this market and people will start running behind that new one as well.

[wiss19]

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

Yes. This is the impression we can have if we will not rush and do a background check first. Time has changed a lot. From being a simple meme coin, now all meme coins are a pump and dump. There are OG meme coins and we can try our luck investing at them because history might repeat itself that they will be shilled again by the famous people. We only need to invest small and prioritize coins that are more appropriate for investing.

Memecoins have a habit of resurfacing when many expect them to disappear.

Is this what they say that what kills you make you stronger? Lol. And the more we expect, the more we will get fucked up. But meme coins didn't disappear FYI. They are still there resting like any body else. And now that the market is starting to move, so as them.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

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.

Memecoins has never been a predicable part of the Bitcoin cycle because they only obey a pump and dumb mechanism, the advantage that some of the project owners take is that they pumped their memecoins during the bull circle and some people use the influence to get into the coin instead of going into Bitcoin, then they also end up to lose money when the dump starts.

I did track volume, total holders of the coins, and reserve of the team before I go ahead to buy but there was never a certainty that it would be successful even after tracking all the necessary factors.

My approach to memecoins has changed, unlike me, I had strong believe in most memecoins, to the extent I would even have a dream where the coin performed so well and I made millions from it but nothing like that happened.

[livingfree]

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.

Can't blame those people that have read stories of those good in PR marketing about those investors which they think are real ones.

Having that small amount of money to millions, they really are interested in making the same thing.

But, it never came to their minds if that's for real. That's how they're able to get the attention of those greedy investors whom they think this is possible.

[Cyber_warrior]

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.

You should know that meme coins will keep on resurfacing. People are so desperate to make money, and they are ready to do anything just to make the money. Meme coins will keep on resurfacing because developers really want to make money, and why they keep on creating new coins.

If a coin is launched, developers pump money, and they pay influencers to promote the coin for them which is going to pump the coin price, but immediately the developers are satisfied with the coins price, they going to sell and people that invested late will be the ones that are going to regret. I will say thats just what they going to be repeating the same  thats why you will always see new meme coins entering the market.

[nelson4lov]

Memecoins will keep returning as long as there's still believe that people can make 10x to 100x from a single memecoin trade. I think the main issue is due to survivor bias. They seem 1 or 2 persons will and they continue clicking everyday with the hope that their turn maybe the next one to come. As long as that hopium continues to exist in crypto, memecoins will too.

[Hispo]

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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.

Basically people who are into alternative Cryptocurrencies have a higher risk tolerance than the average investor, so they feel like gambling from time to time and put some or their money in coins and tokens which are basically shitcoins which are driven by hype and expectations.

Memecoins are always going to be part of this market, they come and go, but they will never be as relevant or as important as Bitcoin and other serious alternative currencies are.

The best advice I can give is to keep oneself far away from memecoins and shitcoins, unless one feels like literally engage in gambling.

[Ahli38]

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.

Yes, that's right. Meme coins are just a place for traders to make quick money for those who are lucky or even early. But for traders who are not early they often experience losses because they buy late at a low price. And perhaps memecoins are like gambling in cryptocurrency. Meme coins appear all the time and even every day there will be new memecoins popping up. With so many memecoins in circulation it is difficult to determine which ones will skyrocket in price. Various narratives create hype. But they may not necessarily last long and even may only survive in the market for a short time. Most memecoins gradually decline in price or even plummet further. So I personally view memecoins as a gamble in the cryptocurrency market. And I don't think memecoins are suitable for long-term hodl.

[Mayor of ogba]

Since a $10 memecoin investment can turn someone into a millionaire, memecoin will keep resurfacing in the crypto market because investors will keep chasing after new memecoin so that they can have the opportunity of using a small amount of money to get good profits.

Has your approach to memecoins changed over time?

Yes, my approach for memecoins has changed after I invested in several memecoins without getting profits. I have decided never to invest my hard earned money on memecoins because I will end up losing my money on memecoin investments.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Has your approach to memecoins changed over time?
Looking forward to the discussion.

Seriously, my approach has changed toward memecoins. Based on my little experience, it shows that memecoin projects are not worth investing in. Over the last two years, I invested in some new memecoin projects against the altcoin cycle that we were expecting at that particular time, and to be honest, I lost over 70 80% of my memecoin investments. That is how I regretted investing in memecoin projects.Some memecoin projects are just a way of scamming people, and that is why, once they enter the market, they use pump methods and later dump within a short period of time. This is what changed my mentality about memecoin projects.

[coin-investor]

with many treating memecoins as short-term trades rather than investments.

You are right on this, it becomes a quick trade and not a long-term investment just like all the other top coins in the market, it's something that comeout in the market because of its narrative and hype people become interested and look for where they get in to make profit and then left and dump it when the shill faded and move on the next episode or narratives.

As long as we have these kinds of investors who love a quick trade to make a profit, memes are here to stay, and the bad news is we are not going to lack this kind of investor; it's like an MLM and a Ponzi scheme, it just doesn't and can't die.

[DeeppRockk]

with many treating memecoins as short-term trades rather than investments.

You are right on this, it becomes a quick trade and not a long-term investment just like all the other top coins in the market, it's something that comeout in the market because of its narrative and hype people become interested and look for where they get in to make profit and then left and dump it when the shill faded and move on the next episode or narratives.

As long as we have these kinds of investors who love a quick trade to make a profit, memes are here to stay, and the bad news is we are not going to lack this kind of investor; it's like an MLM and a Ponzi scheme, it just doesn't and can't die.

You're hitting the jungle regarding memecoins - it's mostly hype over real value. They build these stories to get people excited, not because the projects actually have legs. The big question is whether this can last.
Bitcoin's got that fixed supply thing going for it, while memecoins are all about chasing the next viral trend. Remember how crazy 2021 got?

That whole pump just imploded. These narratives can move markets, but they're super fragile.

What happens when the next big thing steals everyone's attention? It feels like a house of cards sometimes.
People forget how fast these things can turn.
The market always corrects eventually. Memecoins might keep popping up, but betting your money on hype alone? That's playing with fire.

Real value takes time to build.