Once considered a joke, Meme coins have now reached new heights. These tokens that started out as community jokes have a total market cap of over $63.6 billion in 2025, with a 24-hour trading volume of $7.6 billion — this is no small-scale game anymore.
What crazy things happened this year?
Last year, the Meme coin sector saw a capital surge of over 500%, with money rapidly flowing from mainstream cryptocurrencies into these meme-inspired tokens. Earlier this year, the US SEC directly classified many Meme coins as collectibles rather than securities. What does this mean? Less regulatory protection, but greater freedom for players.
The most explosive story is about the
$TRUMP coin. Launched on January 17, its market cap soared to $27 billion in less than 24 hours — an incredible speed. What happened next? Over 700 Trump-themed clones appeared within weeks, 192 of which directly used family members' names, and 67 even dared to claim they were "official."