{"id":34029,"date":"2024-12-25T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=34029"},"modified":"2024-12-25T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T13:13:41","slug":"the-top-crypto-trend-capturing-investor-interest-in-2024-memecoins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/the-top-crypto-trend-capturing-investor-interest-in-2024-memecoins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Crypto Trend Capturing Investor Interest in 2024: Memecoins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to CoinGecko, in 2024, interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-dapp-revenues-reach-365-million-in-november-2024-led-by-memecoins\/\"><strong>memecoins<\/strong> <\/a>largely shifted toward <strong>Solana-based<\/strong> and <strong>Coinbase blockchain&#8217;s Base-based tokens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A CoinGecko study found that <strong>memecoins<\/strong> attracted nearly a third of investor interest in the crypto space this year, making them the most talked-about topic.<\/p>\n<p>CoinGecko research analyst<strong> Lim Yu Qian<\/strong> noted in a December 23 report that between January 1 and December 21, <strong>memecoins<\/strong> and related categories captured 31% of investor interest.<\/p>\n<p>These coins experienced significant gains and losses throughout the year, while <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> rose 123% in 2024. While these tokens are often high-risk and volatile, some experienced traders made quick profits.<\/p>\n<p>CoinGecko found that the &#8220;main memecoin narrative&#8221; accounted for 15% of the interest share, surpassing the previous year\u2019s share of 6%. Additionally, four different <strong>memecoin<\/strong> trends were among the &#8220;top 20 crypto narratives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solana-based memecoins<\/strong> ranked fourth with an approximately 8% share, while memecoins on <strong>Coinbase&#8217;s blockchain Base<\/strong> took the 11th spot with just over a 2% share.<\/p>\n<p>AI-themed and cat-themed <strong>memecoins<\/strong> respectively captured 1.5% and 1.2% of the market share, placing 15th and 16th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34030 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/top.webp\" alt=\"top\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/top.webp 1041w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/top-300x292.webp 300w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/top-1024x995.webp 1024w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/top-768x747.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Top Crypto Categories by Traffic Market Share from January 1 to December 21<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to CoinGecko, the memecoin market cap currently stands at $113.2 billion, with <strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> and <strong>Shiba Inu<\/strong> leading at $49.3 billion and $13.8 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>AI Lost Its Top Spot To Memecoins in 2023 But Remained Popular<\/h2>\n<p>Interest in <strong>AI-related crypto tokens<\/strong> ranked second after memecoins, losing its top spot from last year.<\/p>\n<p>However, interest in<strong> AI tokens<\/strong> increased compared to 2023, capturing around 13% of the market this year, up from just over 11% last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AI tokens<\/strong> accounted for about 15.5% of total interest this year.<\/p>\n<p>The potential of AI agents was fully demonstrated when the AI-run X platform account &#8220;Truth Terminal&#8221; promoted the obscure memecoin <strong>GOAT<\/strong>, causing the token&#8217;s value to soar to $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>AI agent tokens currently make up only a small portion of the $44.8 billion AI crypto token market, led by<strong> Near Protocol<\/strong> and <strong>Internet Computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34031 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai.webp\" alt=\"ai\" width=\"1537\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai.webp 1537w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai-300x121.webp 300w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai-1024x412.webp 1024w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ai-768x309.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1537px) 100vw, 1537px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The Top Seven AI Coins by Market Cap<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Additionally, please don\u2019t forget to follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong>\u00a0 ,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0channels.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to CoinGecko, in 2024, interest in memecoins largely shifted toward Solana-based and Coinbase blockchain&#8217;s Base-based tokens. A CoinGecko study found that memecoins attracted nearly a third of investor interest in the crypto space this year, making them the most talked-about topic. CoinGecko research analyst Lim Yu Qian noted in a December 23 report that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":34033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,657,2],"tags":[10464,61,10460,10463,68,9092,2159,10461,4618,3098,66,10326,10462],"class_list":["post-34029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-en","category-news","tag-ai-related-crypto-tokens","tag-bitcoin","tag-coinbase-blockchains-base-based-tokens","tag-coinbases-blockchain-base","tag-dogecoin","tag-goat","tag-internet-computer","tag-lim-yu-qian","tag-memecoins","tag-near-protocol","tag-shiba-inu","tag-solana-based","tag-solana-based-memecoins"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Top Crypto Trend Capturing Investor Interest in 2024: Memecoins - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/the-top-crypto-trend-capturing-investor-interest-in-2024-memecoins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Top Crypto Trend Capturing Investor Interest in 2024: Memecoins - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to CoinGecko, in 2024, interest in memecoins largely shifted toward Solana-based and Coinbase blockchain&#8217;s Base-based tokens. 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