Meme Coin Daily (Issue 16 · Week 29, 2026)

01Market trends of popular meme tokens

This week, the Meme sector showed significant divergence, with mainstream cryptocurrencies generally under pressure and experiencing pullbacks, while only PEPE and WIF recorded slight gains.

As of July 18, 2026, the market sentiment index rebounded to 46/100 (neutral), but there were huge differences in capital flows within the Meme sector. DOGE is trading at $0.07243, with a weekly decline of 3.7% (reflecting risk-aversion among mainstream investors); SHIB is trading at $0.00000415, down 5.4% on the week (under pressure from Whale selling and compliance concerns); BONK performed the worst, trading at $0.00000279 with a weekly drop of 31.7% (indicating risks of liquidity crunch in the Solana ecosystem’s Meme assets); FLOKI is trading at $0.00002091, down 10.2% on the week. In contrast, PEPE is trading at $0.00000277, up 1.2% on the week (showing strong performance against the trend and gaining favor from Whales); WIF is trading at $0.1542, up 0.3% on the week (displaying relatively good resilience). Additionally, the BRIAN token tumbled by over 75% within just one hour on July 18, serving as a warning about the extremely high volatility risks associated with niche Memes.

• Keep an eye on whether PEPE can maintain its upward trend and break through key resistance levels. • Be cautious of further deterioration in liquidity for Solana-based Memes such as BONK.

02Popular On-Chain Pools and New Cryptocurrencies

As of 2026-07-18, activities on Meme-themed blockchain networks have shown characteristics of both high volatility and rapid ecosystem expansion.

1. Sharp Drop in BRIAN Price: On 07-18, the Meme token BRIAN tumbled by over 75% within just one hour, with its market value dropping sharply from $35.69 million to $1.7 million, highlighting the extremely high risks of short-term speculation in individual assets.

2. Rapid Growth of Robinhood Chain Ecosystem: Between 07-09 and 07-10, the TVL of Robinhood Chain surged to $234 million in its first week, driven largely by $50 million worth of stablecoins injected by Ethena. Although the platform officially promotes the tokenization of stocks, the Meme token CASHCAT saw a surge of 1500%, becoming the actual star of the scene, while Uniswap’s trading volume ranked sixth among all tokens on this chain.

3. Widespread Use of Robot Trading in Solana Meme Sector: On 07-08, ANSEM experienced a weekly gain of nearly 300%, boosting Solana’s market momentum, with Pump.fun recording weekly trading volumes exceeding $5.3 billion. However, data revealed widespread use of robot-driven trading and fake order matching, with retail investors holding positions for an average of only 100 seconds, raising doubts about the sustainability of market recovery.

4. Large Whales Concentrating on PEPE: On 07-11, 11 associated addresses purchased PEPE tokens worth approximately $3.58 million within 24 hours, acquiring a total of 1.299 trillion tokens, indicating that large amounts of capital are entering the market through a strategy of using multiple dispersed addresses.

03Social popularity and KOL attention

Social Sentiment Analysis as of 2026-07-18

The overall market sentiment is currently neutral, with the AI-related sentiment score coming in at 46/100, indicating a strong tendency among investors to adopt a wait-and-see approach. In terms of popular discussion topics, debates surrounding Bitcoin’s drop below $55,000 and its rise above $65,000 are tied for the top position, reflecting the market’s extreme sensitivity to price fluctuations in major assets. Meanwhile, topics such as the tokenization of RWA assets being validated by traditional financial giants, the interaction between Whale investment flows and market sentiment, and developments at the Upbit exchange are all at a similar level of popularity, suggesting that capital flows and institutional movements have become the core focus of current social discourse.

Regarding KOL perspectives, only one KOL was detected discussing DOGE, and their viewpoints were highly dispersed: there were no proponents, skeptics, or neutrals among them. However, based on the statistical data, 38% held bullish views, 25% were bearish, and 38% remained neutral, indicating significant uncertainty in the weight of individual opinions within this small sample set, and a lack of clear leading voices guiding market sentiment. Overall, social opinion has not formed a unified bullish or bearish consensus but rather features multi-dimensional discussions centered around macro price fluctuations and capital dynamics. Both sentiment indicators and topic popularity confirm the current market’s trend of consolidation and volatility.

04Operational Recommendations and Risk Warnings

Operation Recommendations and Risk Warnings

Benchmark Date: 2026-07-18

Operation Recommendations

1. Defensive Strategy Against Whale Movements and Sentiment Reversals (Time Frame: This Week) Given the sharp fluctuations in the market sentiment index on 07-18, which dropped from 51.8 to 36.2 (Fear level) before rebounding to 50.1 (Neutral level), coupled with a surge of 60 points in whale activity on the blockchain, the market is currently in a phase of high volatility and increasing divergence between bulls and bears.

• Triggers: If the market sentiment index falls below 40 again and whale activity remains above 50 points, or if the current price of PEPE at $0.00000277 drops below its 24-hour low.
• Execution Criteria: Adopt a moderate defensive approach by gradually reducing positions in short-term profits. In particular, for assets where 11 associated addresses bought 1.299 trillion PEPE coins on 07-11, be vigilant against selling pressure from whales taking profits, avoiding passive holding during periods of panic.

2. Strategy to Avoid SHIB Selling Pressure Risks (Time Frame: Next 2 Weeks) Data from 06-25 showed that 600 billion SHIB were transferred from dormant accounts to forwarding addresses, with exchange holdings exceeding 80 trillion. Additionally, on 07-15, the U.S. government transferred $250,000 worth of SHIB to repay FTX creditors, putting significant supply-side pressure on SHIB.

• Triggers: If the current price of SHIB at $0.00000415 breaks below key support levels, and the 24-hour trading volume of $42.8M fails to increase significantly enough to absorb the selling pressure.
• Execution Criteria: Gradually reduce positions or stay in a cash position and wait. Given that SHIB has already fallen by -5.4% in 7 days, the downside risk outweighs the upside potential. It is not advisable to try to buy at bottom at this stage; instead, wait until the selling pressure subsides and on-chain holding data stabilizes before considering entry.

3. Cautionary Approach to Speculative Opportunities in New Chain Ecosystems (Time Frame: This Month) The TVL of Robinhood Chain surged to $234 million in its first week, while Meme coins like CASHCAT saw prices soar by 1500%. However, reports on 07-13 highlighted that the fact that new blockchain projects generate over $4 billion in trading within two weeks of launch may hide pitfalls such as traps and manipulation risks.

• Triggers: If the trading volume of specific Meme tokens on Robinhood Chain accounts for more than 50% of the total chain volume without corresponding growth in actual TVL, or if extreme scenarios like a 75% drop in the price of BRIAN within 1 hour occur.
• Execution Criteria: Strictly control exposure by only participating in highly volatile speculation with very small positions. Such new chain Memes should never be held as core assets. Closely monitor signs of bot control on the chain (as seen in the ANSEM case, where retail holders held positions for an average of only 100 seconds). Once prices rise rapidly followed by a decline in trading volume, exit immediately to lock in profits.

Key Risk Warnings

1. Liquidity Crunch and Flash Crash Risk

• Warning Trigger: When the 24-hour trading volume of a single Meme token (such as BONK, which fell by -31.7% in 7 days) drops sharply to $63.6M, or when the market sentiment index remains below 30 for two consecutive hours.
• Risk Description: Meme coins are highly dependent on market sentiment, and their liquidity can vanish instantly. As seen in the case of BRIAN, which dropped by over 75% in just 1 hour, retail investors may face slippage losses due to inability to sell at expected prices, or even face total loss of capital.

2. Whale Manipulation and Fake Trading Risk

• Warning Trigger: After detecting concentrated buying behavior similar to that of PEPE (11 associated addresses buying 1.299 trillion coins), if the price fails to rise instead showing stagnant performance with high trading volume, or if KOL consensus shifts sharply bullish (a change of +85.0 percentage points in the bull-bear gap) but actual trading volume does not match.
• Risk Description: Whales may create artificial demand through self-trading to induce retail investors to buy in. Reports from 07-08 indicated widespread bot control during the recovery of Solana Meme coins, so investors must be wary of “pump and dump” schemes.

3. Sudden Selling Pressure from Regulation and Asset Disposal

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