2026-01-18 07:30:27

The meme coin craze is back. Have those small tokens in your wallet also started to stir recently?

An industry insider said something quite sobering: not all MEME coins will survive. The ones that truly evolve into major IP-level symbols like $DOGE , $SHIB , $PEPE usually have two hard indicators behind them—time accumulation and strong community consensus.

In other words, the market is making a choice in the harshest way. Hype comes quickly and goes just as fast, but those projects that truly stick around have long been validated by time. It took years for DOGE to go from a joke coin to a market cap giant, and SHIB’s community consensus was also built step by step. This is not luck; it’s the natural selection of the ecosystem.

Currently, the MEME track is booming, with new coins emerging endlessly. But investors should ask: can this project survive the next cycle? Is the community genuine fans or just hype groups? That’s the key to discerning long-term value.

DOGE-1.58%

SHIB-2.73%

PEPE-3.65%

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GweiWatcher

· 3h ago

Next cycle? Wake up, most new coins can't even make it through this cycle. Stop fooling yourself. No matter how nicely you put it, it's gambling. If you have the guts, go all in and try. Community fans? I think they're all just leeks comforting each other. DOGE being able to succeed is really lucky, not guaranteed. Don't be fooled by survivor bias. Those broken coins in your wallet should have been sold off long ago. What are you waiting for? The excuse of "time accumulation" is tired. The key question is whether the coins can be converted into fiat currency. Real value investors have long stopped playing MEME tokens and are just lying flat.

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governance_lurker

· 7h ago

Time and consensus are truly hard currencies. Without these, MEME coins are just gambling. Honestly, most new coins are tools to fleece investors; don't be blinded by the hype. DOGE's success isn't due to hype, but because of genuine value accumulation. I have a bunch of small coins in my wallet that have gone to zero; paid a lot of tuition fees. Community fans vs. hype teams—this is the watershed that determines how long a project can survive. In this wave of MEME hype, 90% of projects will be ignored after three months. Instead of chasing new coins, it's better to stick with established projects that have consensus; it's much safer. Short-term explosive profits are tempting, but projects that can't survive a full cycle in the long run are not worth touching.

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DogeBachelor

· 7h ago

That's true, but I think most people are still betting on the next DOGE, haha. It's the same old story of getting cut again; it's really hard to gather a consensus among die-hard fans. Time is the real friend; no matter how fancy new coins are, they are useless. My bag is already full of worthless tokens, let's see if there's a dark horse. It's hard to tell if the community is genuine or not; that's the most frustrating part. Actually, it's all about who can survive until the next bull market; the rest are just stories.

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MysteriousZhang

· 7h ago

You're absolutely right. All these new coins are just schemes to scam retail investors. My friend lost everything directly. --- Exactly, look at how many years it took for Dogecoin to become popular. These projects can't last much longer. --- The trash coins in the wallet should have been cleaned out long ago. Keeping them is just a waste of space. --- MEME coins are just gambling. Community consensus is just a scam. --- Constantly scamming retail investors, there's no such thing as long-term value. It's all just a fantasy of getting rich quickly. --- I agree. It depends on whether there are true fans behind the coin. Relying solely on hype will eventually fail. --- Now I stay far away from new coins. There are too many cases of projects crashing. --- It's just waiting for the next DOGE to appear, but the probability is too low. --- The current MEME craze can't cool down at all. New retail investors keep pouring in. --- Time is the key to this click, but most projects simply can't last until that day.

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BloodInStreets

· 7h ago

It's the same old rhetoric again, claiming that time has solidified the consensus among loyal supporters. It sounds like a universal sales pitch to brainwash retail investors. Basically, it's survivor bias—DOGE and SHIB are still around, so we can see them. Who remembers the ninety-nine that didn't make it?

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CryptoMotivator

· 7h ago

That's right, but the junk coins in my wallet are now worth nothing haha There are too many new coins, 99% are just to scam retail investors. If there's no community or consensus, don't touch them DOGE succeeded because it had a lot of true early fans. Now these projects are just retail investors rushing in en masse The next bear market will reveal who survives and who doesn't, it's all clear Genuine projects can stay patient, fake ones should just get out

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