Meme coins aren’t just speculative assets. They have slowly started representing a symbolic rebellion against established financial norms, aligning with the demographic and ideological shifts shaping modern markets, as highlighted by Binance Research’s latest report.
Yet, homeownership has become less attainable, with wages failing to match escalating housing prices, a disparity particularly challenging for younger generations. This has been evidenced by the relatively new token Dogwifhat , which reached a $1 billion market cap in only 104 days, while Shiba Inu achieved the same in 279 days, and the OG meme coin Dogecoin took 8 years to reach the milestone.
Though meme coins boast transparency, retail traders remain vulnerable to manipulation by ‘cabals,’ which stage pump-and-dump schemes, use fresh addresses to mimic the broad distribution, and recruit influencers to create artificial hype.