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Popcat Crosses $1B, Mog Rallies as Solana, Ethereum Beta Bets Gain Favor
Popcat became the first cat-themed meme coin to hit $1 billion market capitalization, a resolved Polymarket bet shows.
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CrowdStrike, Windows BSoD Meme Tokens Populate Solana and Ethereum Amid Global Internet Outage
Some of these tokens have liquidity of upto $50,000 worth of stablecoins, quickly running to market capitalizations of as much as $1 million on paper.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 10: Iggy Azalea performs at the Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 10, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel. The annual Pride Parade draws thousands of people from around the world and across Israel. According to a 2019 report it is the largest pride parade on the continent of Asia. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld /Getty Images)
Iggy Azalea's MOTHER Token Jumps Over 50% After Partnering With DWF Labs
MOTHER jumped as much 50% after the announcement to over 4 cents.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 10: Iggy Azalea performs at the Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 10, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel. The annual Pride Parade draws thousands of people from around the world and across Israel. According to a 2019 report it is the largest pride parade on the continent of Asia. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld /Getty Images)

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Solana Meme Coin MEW's Cat Character to Feature on Trending Telegram Mini Game
The MEW character will be featured on TON, the network where Pixelverse’s Telegram mini-games operate, in a first for a Solana meme coin.
MEW in-game character. (Pixelverse)

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Early Buyers of Andrew Tate’s DADDY Meme Coin Apparently Sitting on $45M in Unrealized Value
There is no evidence to show Tate sold tokens from his doxxed wallets, but some supposed “insider” buying activity before the token’s promotion on X shows too much of the toke...
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Iggy Azalea Says MOTHER Tokens Can Soon Be Used to Buy Phones
Monthly plans on the purported mobile service provider cost from $20 to $80 as of Monday.
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Institutional investors piled into DOGE and SHIB at the start of the year. (Atsuko Sato)
Meme Coin Institutional Holdings Surged Since January, Led by DOGE, SHIB, PEPE
Institutional investors on crypto exchange Bybit increased meme coin allocations to a high of $300 million in April from $63 million at the start of the year.
Institutional investors piled into DOGE and SHIB at the start of the year. (Atsuko Sato)

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DWF Labs to Purchase $12M FLOKI From Project Treasury, Open Market
Floki is gearing up to introduce newer products in the coming months, including the Valhalla metaverse game on its mainnet.
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As Random Celebs Like Caitlyn Jenner Embrace Solana Meme Coins, Early Hoarders Fare Best
A recent slew of tokens issued on Pump Fun by fairly well-known and local celebrities has gotten the crypto community divided on their purpose.
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Floki Developers Look to Improve Token Fundamentals With New Trading Bot
The bot charges a 1% fee on every transaction and 50% of the collected fees will be used to buy FLOKI on the open market, adding to demand for the token.
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