Now we can roughly divide clone coins into 8 categories.
1. Large-cap liquidity clone coins: ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, TRX. This part of the clone coins is suitable for judging the market stage, not necessarily for being profitable—unless you have a very large amount of funds.
2. On-chain cash flow type: AAVE, HYPE, UNI, PENDLE, JUP, GMX, AERO, LDO, SKY. These correspond to coins related to certain revenue, fees, trading volume, or protocol control. They are blue-chip coins for small retail investors.
3. New public chains and high-FDV infrastructure: SUI, APT, TIA, SEI, ARB, OP, STRK, MANTA, ZK, BLAST, and possibly the MONAD ecosystem. With lavish funding and strong technical narratives, these tokens get listed on top exchanges when they are issued, and tokens with attractive new technologies like TPS are also the easiest to be scammed.
4. AI + DePIN category: TAO, RENDER, AKT, FET/ASI, IO, AR, FIL, ICP. Currently this is the segment most loved by retail investors; it’s basically the premium that AI narratives command in the crypto market.
5. RWA and stablecoin finance category: ONDO, ENA, SKY, CFG, PAXG, LINK. Institutional narratives—suitable for long-cycle players—but not every coin may capture the RWA upside.
6. Meme and attention-asset category: doge, SHIB, PEPE, WIF, BONK, FLOKI, and PUMP-related ecosystems. They are like a microscope for market sentiment. Use MEME and animal coins to judge whether clone coins have entered the peak of the bull market.
7. Gaming, SocialFi, and consumer applications: IMX, RON, GALA, SAND, MANA, FRIEND-type, Farcaster/Base ecosystem coins. These are currently only suitable for speculation and “passing the bag” within a small circle.
8. Post-airdrop hangover category: ARB, OP, STRK, ZK, EIGEN, and some Cosmos and modular ecosystem coins
#sol
#UNI
#DOGE
1. Large-cap liquidity clone coins: ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, TRX. This part of the clone coins is suitable for judging the market stage, not necessarily for being profitable—unless you have a very large amount of funds.
2. On-chain cash flow type: AAVE, HYPE, UNI, PENDLE, JUP, GMX, AERO, LDO, SKY. These correspond to coins related to certain revenue, fees, trading volume, or protocol control. They are blue-chip coins for small retail investors.
3. New public chains and high-FDV infrastructure: SUI, APT, TIA, SEI, ARB, OP, STRK, MANTA, ZK, BLAST, and possibly the MONAD ecosystem. With lavish funding and strong technical narratives, these tokens get listed on top exchanges when they are issued, and tokens with attractive new technologies like TPS are also the easiest to be scammed.
4. AI + DePIN category: TAO, RENDER, AKT, FET/ASI, IO, AR, FIL, ICP. Currently this is the segment most loved by retail investors; it’s basically the premium that AI narratives command in the crypto market.
5. RWA and stablecoin finance category: ONDO, ENA, SKY, CFG, PAXG, LINK. Institutional narratives—suitable for long-cycle players—but not every coin may capture the RWA upside.
6. Meme and attention-asset category: doge, SHIB, PEPE, WIF, BONK, FLOKI, and PUMP-related ecosystems. They are like a microscope for market sentiment. Use MEME and animal coins to judge whether clone coins have entered the peak of the bull market.
7. Gaming, SocialFi, and consumer applications: IMX, RON, GALA, SAND, MANA, FRIEND-type, Farcaster/Base ecosystem coins. These are currently only suitable for speculation and “passing the bag” within a small circle.
8. Post-airdrop hangover category: ARB, OP, STRK, ZK, EIGEN, and some Cosmos and modular ecosystem coins
#sol
#UNI
#DOGE
