The cat meme coin is performing strongly, is Cat Summer coming?

Since January this year, with the strong pump of SOL, a series of meme coins with cat themes have emerged on-chain on Solana, many of which have seen hundredfold or thousandfold increases. This marks a shift in the dominant position of DOGE meme since 2021.

The current Market Cap of cat coin is about 7.6% of the total meme coin Market Cap for all dog meme coins. As a newly popular animal meme coin, the Market Cap of cat meme is relatively small, and there is more room for Market Cap rise. This article will introduce these well-known popular cat-themed memes in the order of their Market Cap size.

| Name | Price | 24h % | 7d % | 30d % | Market Cap | | ------ | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------- | ------------- | | POPCAT | $0.8026 | 7.37% | 2.35% | 173.65% | $786,499,586 | | MOG | $0.000002 | 12.13% | 2.16% | 61.83% | $701,327,253 | | MEW | $0.007457 | 2.49% | 95.13% | 85.92% | $662,860,566 | | MICHI | $0.2626 | 9.44% | 41.50% | 135.06% | $145,927,246 | | WEN | $0.00014 | 15.39% | 11.55% | 34.01% | $101,698,590 | | MANEKI | $0.01048 | 23.27% | 36.46% | 29.10% | $88,289,463 |

POPCAT

Popcat is a network meme originated in October 2020, in a series of videos, a Youtube blogger displayed two pictures of a domestic shorthair cat named 'Oatmeal', one with its mouth closed and the other with its mouth open, forming an 'O' shape. As the highest Market Cap cat-themed meme coin at present, POPCAT has conquered the hearts of countless netizens with its popular mischievous cat expression, naughty appearance, and huge mouth, representing the viral internet culture and perfect integration with the thriving world of encryption.

Recently, the deployer of POPCAT announced the issuance of a new POPCAT meme coin. The developer has already left the project in its early stage, and the new Token has not received community response.

MOG

MOG's image is a cat wearing sunglasses, and MOG's cultural foundation is deeply rooted in the core concept of "relaxed universal domination", advocating a positive and confident attitude towards life. Whether it's personal growth or community development, Mog encourages members to bravely pursue excellence and be the best version of themselves. Starting from scratch, MOG has organically built its own community with one goal: to become a defining cultural force in the encryption ecosystem.

MEW

MEW is the native Token of cat in a dogs world, representing a bold attempt to break the dominant position of meme coins with dog themes by introducing a fresh narrative centered around cats. The project launched on the Solana Blockchain, and has quickly gained widespread attention in the encryption community since its release.

The total supply of MEW coin is 88,888,888,888, and it is currently in full circulation. According to the official website, the distribution of this meme coin's tokens is as follows: 90% of MEW is used for liquidity pools, and 10% is airdropped to the Solana community. Its unique market strategy began with generous airdrops to BONK, WIF, and Solana Saga 2 mobile holders, which not only attracted a large number of followers but also laid a solid user foundation for the subsequent development of MEW.

At the same time, MEW actively seeks cross-border cooperation, among which the 3D animation project with LOCUS is particularly noteworthy. This collaboration not only brings MEW follow from movie and TV audiences, but also signifies its broad prospects in the field of visual entertainment in the future.

It is worth mentioning that MEW was once the largest cat meme in terms of market capitalization, currently ranking third in market capitalization.

MICHI

MICHI is a popular cat meme released on pump.fun, implying that it is the most easily remembered cat on the Internet. MICHI's image is a cat standing on two legs, making it infinitely meme-able.

Its founder is an experienced meme player and KOL, who bought 40 SOL worth of MICHI coin out of his own pocket during the issuance period, thereby bringing the coin to a $60,000 Market Cap. Later, he continued to promote it through airdrops, advertising, paying artists to create internet memes, and other means, finally creating a buzz around MICHI through various topical discussions.

WEN

WEN originated from the poem "A Love Letter to Wen Bros" written by Meow, the founder of Solana's aggregated trading platform Jupiter. This poem is not only a passionate declaration to Wen Bros, but also the inspiration for the creation of WEN Token.

WEN is the first Token launched on Jupiter's LFG platform, and it is also the first Non-fungible Token that complies with the WNS Non-fungible Token standard. It is distributed to over one million active Solana Wallet users, reflecting the concept of equal distribution.

Recently, WEN also announced the acquisition of ShouldHaveCat, the largest cat-themed account on X, with over 4 million followers, which will bring more exposure to WEN for long.

MANEKI

MANEKI is the native cat coin on-chain of Solana, inspired by the Japanese culture of attracting customers and bringing good luck and wealth, the 'lucky cat'. These cats are usually depicted as waving their front paws, wearing a traditional Japanese necktie, both cute and meaningful. The project cleverly combines this cultural element with modern encryption technology to create a unique meme project.

As a cat-themed Meme coin, MANEKI is very popular in the encryption market. Like Meme coins with frog images like PEPE and dog images like DOGE, it has a world-class IP image.

The total supply of MANEKI Token is 8,888,888,888, with no pre-sale and no team tokens, ensuring fair participation in the market. According to the official website, the MANEKI Token Airdrop accounts for 10% of the total supply, while the liquidity pool accounts for 90%. At the same time, MANEKI Airdrops 20 million US dollars worth of tokens to pre-registered users of Solana Mobile Saga & Chapter 2, attracting a large number of fans to the project.

In addition, MANEKI is actively seeking cross-border exposure. They have signed two UFC professional players as official spokespersons.

MIGGLES

In recent days, the meme project Mister Miggles on Base has soared by over 900 times in the past three days, topping the Base's hot search list, thanks to the boost from Coinbase and the popularity of cat-themed content.

In the early morning of July 17th, Coinbase officially released a tweet preview of "7.17.24" with a cat video, hinting at the release of important information. Subsequently, the market funds reacted by launching related memeTokens, but failed to attract long-term market followings.

After Coinbase released a video, Base founder Jesse Pollak brought more popularity to $MIGGLES, spending 0.3 ETH to buy $MIGGLES and tweeting 'GASLESS MIGGLES', and Jesse Pollak also reposted Mister Miggles-related memes several times afterwards.

According to DEX Screener, within just 3 days after its launch, $MIGGLES has surged by over 939 times, and its current market cap is 68 million US dollars.

Summary

In the previous Cryptocurrency Bull Market, meme coins like DOGE and SHIB stood out with their entertaining, storytelling, and low Market Cap characteristics, becoming the focus of the market under the promotion of celebrities like Musk. As a newly popular animal meme coin, cat meme coins, despite their small Market Cap at present, have shown huge rise potential in the 'Cat vs. Dog' battle in March and April this year, especially when compared to dog meme coins.

With the continued heating up of various on-chain meme projects, the meme track has shifted from a brief craze to a long-term trend. The Meme zone has become the best-performing zone in this round of the Bull Market, and the speculative theme has gradually transitioned from DOGE and frogs to the current hot topic of cats.

Meme has never been a solitary enjoyment, but a carnival of a group of people. Under the Consensus, the MEME project of long cats is leading the new trend of the meme zone with its unique creative origin, profound cultural core, innovative tokenization design, and strong community building capabilities.