Memecoins Plunge Again: $52B Market Faces Sharp Decline
Along with Layer 1s and gaming, memecoins had the most severe declines among all cryptocurrency industries. In the past day, the memecoin market has declined by almost 1.4%. Thus, the market capitalization fell to $52.05 billion. At roughly $5.45 billion, the daily volume was likewise decreasing. This begs the question of whether the Q4 2025 memecoin craze is indeed finished.
SHIB Holds Strong as Major Memecoins Drop Up to 30%
Memecoins lost the most last week, according to CoinMarketCap data. In fact, double-digit losses were suffered by those in the top 10 by market capitalization. They had all fallen by amounts ranging from 9.9% to 30%, with SPX suffering the most losses. In this area, SHIB experienced the least amount of capital loss. DOGE was trading at $0.16 after falling more than 10%. PEPE, PENGU, and BONK were among the other significant losers over the last seven days, all of which saw declines of more than 18%. These top ten memecoins’ performance was indicative of what was actually going on in the industry as a whole.
Sharp Market Downturn Pushes Memecoins to New Lows
The entire cryptocurrency market, which has a $3.25 trillion market capitalization, was declining more quickly than memecoins. Thus, the whole structure and sentiment of the cryptocurrency market might be blamed for the decline. Furthermore, there was a sharp decline in memecoin volume. This suggests that these markets were being avoided by traders. The market structure revealed that the majority of memecoins’ market value was lost. Therefore, they spearheaded the total drop. They were the weakest in the whole cryptocurrency industry. This clarified the rapid decline in their capital. Ultimately, the memecoin fever has faded.
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