Not just zoos, Memecoin is entering its golden age

The article highlights the evolution of meme coins beyond the traditional "zoo" category (e.g., Doge, Shiba Inu) into diverse new themes, signaling a "golden age" for memecoins. Key emerging categories include:

AI Memes: Coins like Goat and ACT leverage AI hype, with strong wealth-creating effects due to AI's expanding capabilities (e.g., Sitcom, Moe).
Confrontational Memes: Tokens like Neiro and Eliza gain traction by opposing centralized institutions, with Binance listings boosting credibility.
DeSci (Decentralized Science): Projects like Rif and SciHub merge memes with scientific research, appealing to niche audiences.
Cultural/Spiritual Memes: Representing subcultures (e.g., SPX6900), these resonate with specific communities.
TikTok Trends: Memes like Chillguy reflect Gen Z culture, often overlapping with spiritual themes (e.g., Lockin Sigma).
Event/Personality-Based: Limited-edition memes tied to events (e.g., Fight, Pnut) or figures gain niche popularity.
Artistic Memes: Post-BOME success, artist-labeled tokens (e.g., Ban) attract attention, though few stand out.
Mascots: Luce (general meme mascot) and Bitcat (Bitcoin) exemplify brand-driven tokens, with Lester (Litecoin) gaining confrontational appeal.

The piece underscores memecoins' diversification into AI, culture, and activism, urging investors to look beyond animal-themed tokens.

If your memory of MeME is still just a zoo, then you are far behind.

Previously, most MeMe were zoos, such as pepe, wif, doge, shib, and bonk. In addition to these more familiar ones, there are actually many zoo MeMes whose market capitalization is worse than theirs.

In recent times, new categories of MeMe have emerged.

1) AI MeMe

The most typical ones are Goat and ACT, which have high market value. In the past month, a large number of AI MeMe have emerged. As a new thing in MeMe, the wealth-creating effect is even stronger. There should be new AI MeMe emerging continuously, because AI has been expanding its boundaries and gaining new capabilities. This needs to be kept under constant attention. For example, Sitcom, Moe

2) Confrontation

This type of MeMe is not inherently confrontational, but they all have a tragic story, being hurt by centralized institutions or founders, which aroused the community's unanimous resistance. For example, Neiro and ACT have been listed on Binance, and typical representatives of those who have not been listed on Binance are Eliza and Lester. This type of MeMe has its own attributes, for example, Eliza is the mascot of ai16z. But the market prefers it as a confrontational label. Since Binance has already listed two, the market's recognition of this type is also very strong.

3) Desci

Desci can be said to be a newly emerging sub-field. It can be said to be a track in itself, and it also combines the gameplay of MeMe. This kind of sub-field is easy for those who originally studied the project to accept it because it has its own value and significance. In this track, there is no doubt that the most worthwhile ones are rif and scihub.

4) Culture and Spirituality

This type of meme represents a certain spiritual or cultural attribute. Murad particularly likes this type of meme. Most of the ones he chooses are of this type, including his favorite spx6900.

5) Popular elements of Tik Tok

Recently, there is a type of MeMe that is very popular on Tiktok. This is something that we who often use Twitter cannot see, but it represents the cultural identity of the new generation of young people. The most typical example is chillguy. There is also a great overlap between Tiktok MeMe and cultural spirit, such as lockin sigma

6) Correspondence to specific events/people/things

For example, Fight, Pnut, Terminus, etc. These cannot be mass-produced, so the quantity is relatively limited, and the existing ones are relatively well-known.

7) Artists and artworks

After Bome benefited a large number of people, MeMe with artworks became very attractive, and MeMe with artist labels would also be highly regarded. However, apart from Bome and Ban, there seemed to be no other MeMe that was worth mentioning.

8) Mascot

The most representative mascot of MeMe is Luce, while the mascot of Bitcoin, Bitcat, has experienced ups and downs, and the mascot of Litecoin, Lester, has been labeled as a confrontational one. Other mascots have become popular. If you want to buy one, consider Luce.