Memecoins Lose 30% Market Capitalization in December

In December, the market share of Memecoins significantly declined, losing 30% of its total market capitalization, dropping from $120.14 billion to $92.67 billion by December 23.

Memecoins Lose 30% Market Capitalization In December

The memecoin market experienced a substantial downturn in December, with total capitalization dropping by approximately 30%, reflecting a clear slowdown in investment enthusiasm for this asset class.

Market trends revealed significant volatility: from $120.14 billion at the beginning of the month, total capitalization peaked at $137.06 billion on December 9 before plummeting to $92.67 billion by December 23. Currently, the market has slightly rebounded to $95.99 billion but remains 21% lower than at the start of the month.

Memecoins Lose 30% Market Capitalization in December
Memecoins Lose 30% Market Capitalization in December

Pepe (PEPE), the third-largest memecoin by market cap, exemplified this volatility. The token reached a high of $0.000026 on December 9, only to drop sharply to $0.000017 by December 20.

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A highlight for Pepe this month was its listing on Binance.US on December 4—a move reflecting the growing interest of major exchanges in the memecoin market. Beyond Binance, Coinbase also expanded its trading catalog to include memecoins such as Moodeng (MOODENG), Mog (MOG), and Dogwifhat (DOG).

Following its listing, Pepe experienced a remarkable surge, even surpassing the market cap of the UNI (Uniswap) token on December 7. From a market cap of around $591 million at the beginning of the year, Pepe skyrocketed to over $11 billion—a staggering 18x increase.

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The success stories of Pepe investors continue to astonish. One notable case is a trader who turned $3,000 into $46 million in just one month during April 2023, thanks to the token’s meteoric rise of over 15,000x. More recently, another investor made a massive profit, converting $27 worth of tokens acquired over 600 days ago into $52 million—a return of 1,900,000x, according to data from Lookonchain.

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