Dogecoin gained more than 17% over the past week as the broader meme coin category showed signs of recovery. The move pushed Dogecoin above $0.15 for the first time since early December before a recent pullback to $0.146.
The rally coincided with positive inflows for newly launched Dogecoin (DOGE) ETFs, which attracted $3.9 million across Jan. 2 and 5 trading sessions. Bitcoin climbed to nearly $95,000 during the same period, providing tailwinds for riskier crypto assets.
The meme coin category gained more than 24% on the week, with PEPE surging 56% and Shiba Inu adding 27%. Both tokens outperformed major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, which posted 4.8% and 9.2% gains, respectively.
Solana-based tokens BONK and PENGU rose 52% and 41%, respectively, during the timeframe. Activity metrics on Solana began shifting positively after declining through the final months of 2025.
Token deployments on Pump(dot)fun routinely exceeded 25,000 per day in September before falling below that threshold for most of November and December. Data shows daily launches have consistently surpassed 25,000 in 2026 except for Jan. 1.
Launchpad volumes climbed back above $100 million per day compared to November lows of around $57 million. Established meme tokens like FARTCOIN and WIF saw 24-hour volumes jump more than 48%, each surpassing $1 billion in total trading activity.
Social analytics platform Kaito AI listed memes as the top mindshare gainer among crypto topics on X over the past week. Cookie.fun data showed individual memecoins PEPE, BONK, and Dogecoin rank among the top 10 mindshare movers during the same period.
The cryptocurrency meme sector experienced a trading frenzy through most of 2024 and early 2025 before interest declined in the final months of last year. Recent price rebounds and improved deployment metrics suggest renewed attention to the asset class.
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