The crypto market is currently not in the most bullish of places.
As a result, the memecoin market has taken a terrible hit and now sits at a drastic 5% decline at the time of writing
This memecoin market decline is drastic on one hand. However, the interesting thing is how the new Solana-based memecoins which dominated the final quarter of 2023, have been the worst-performing memecoins.
Most of them have declined by more than 80% from their ATH in less than a month, leading us to wonder:
Will we see a Solana memecoin recovery soon?
Solana's native token, SOL, increased from less than $20 in early October 2023 to a yearly high of around $120 in December 2023.
This rally on Solana witnessed the birth (or boom) of several SPL (or Solana-based) tokens like Jito, Pyth and others.
However, the most successful by far were the memecoins like Bonk, Dogwifhat, and Myro, which generated a lot of interest and trade activity from enthusiasts and investors.
The Solana-based memecoins were so popular that the dog-themed Bonk surged by over 1000% in just three months, becoming one of the most popular memecoins on Solana.
This popularity exploded even further when some of the largest exchanges including Binance and Coinbase listed the memecoin.
Dogwifhat was another memecoin that took the market by storm. This memecoin featured a picture of a dog wearing a hat and turned out to be one of the most successful memecoins in 2023.
Not much has been said about Dogwifhat compared to Bonk, but it significantly outperformed Bonk by turning in an astounding 10,000% ROI to its early investors.
Others included memecoins like chipi (CHIPI), Myro and popcat (POPCAT) among others.
January is only a few days in, but things have become bloody for the memecoin market.
The Solana-based memecoins in particular, have lost most of the initial euphoria they gathered, and most have plummeted and wiped out a large portion of their gains.
Consider this snapshot below:
Not a single one of Solana's top memecoins is green, except Myro.
For example, Bonk lost the majority of its value and market share after dropping more than 70% from $0.00001 to $0.000025 between January and December.
Dogwifhat was no better, plunging about 80% from its peak.
Even worse, popcat and Chipi have lost about 90% from their all-time highs.
One thing is for sure: The hype around memecoins is on the low side at the moment.
$SOL has declined strongly from its $124 high and is now under the $100 zone with no definite promise of recovery.
However, investors take comfort in knowing that after Solana's TVL rallied to about $1.3 billion during its last bullish run, it has held its ground, and sits at around $1.23 billion according to DefiLlama.
This shows us that while $SOL and the Solana-based cryptocurrencies have experienced dips, the underlying infrastructure remains solid.
There is also the issue of the incoming Bitcoin ETF approval, as well as its possible impact on the market at large.
Overall, the recovery of the SOL memecoin market remains under speculation, and who knows, we may see a spectacular comeback on memecoins like BONK and Dogwifhat.
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