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Story: Meme coins performance, in year 2021 and the hopes for 2022; 12-30-2021;
Meme coins who made it big in 2021 & looks promising in 2022.
The year 2021 is coming to an end, and the year has been a moon ride for the cryptocurrency world.
The meme coins, which were started off as a joke cryptocurrency in year 2014, now have become talk of the town and one's golden ticket to wealthier life's dream.
Here we've covered some of the internet's most popular and talked about meme coins or altcoins, which are basically based on some dogs and have impressed the market with the massive value increase:
Dogecoin (DOGE):
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The Dogecoin features the face of the Shiba Inu dog as its logo. The meme cryptocurrency was launched in 2013, but it saw its highest peak in the year 2021 when the Tesla CEO Elon Musk started supporting and commenting on the meme coin.
The sudden spike came in the values between January 28 and January 29, when it grew by around 216 percent to 0.023535 U.S. dollars.
The Dogecoin soared to new heights in early 2021, with growth rates exceeding those of Bitcoin.
The digital coin quickly grew to become the most talked-about cryptocurrency available: not necessarily for its price.
The coin reached market capitalization of over $85 billion on May 5, 2021.
• One Dogecoin has value of $0.175 at the time of writing this, while it is sitting at #12th place on Coinmarketcap ranking.
Dogecoin.com promotes the currency as the "fun and friendly Internet currency", referencing its origins as a “joke.” Elon Musk frequently mentions or talks about Dogecoin on his Twitter account, boosting its popularity significantly in recent years.
Read our dedicated story on Doge coin here: Elon Musk tweets-some Tesla merch buyable with Doge .
Shiba Inu (SHIB):
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The Shiba Inu is a public cryptocurrency which was released in 2020, by an unknown person or a group known as “Ryoshi”.
Shiba Inu features the face of the Shiba Inu dog as its logo, and it calls itself the Dogecoin killer.
Recently the Shiba Inu briefly entered into the top ten crypto by market cap list, and for a duration even surpassed Dogecoin on it, but currently the coin is out of the top ten crypto list entirely, and is sitting at number 13 position on Coinmarketcap .
Since its listing on Coinbase on January 30, 2021, the token has soared 7,99,900 per cent in merely nine months, according to a report by
• One SHIB has value of $0.00003442 at the time of writing this.
Read our dedicated story on Shiba Inu coin here: Emerging cryptocurrencies in 2021- Shiba Inu .
Floki Inu (FLOKI):
Floki Inu was released in 2021, The coin was inspired by a tweet by Elon Musk, which he posted on June of 25th, 2021.
The coin has crossed 350,000 + holders. While it is gaining popularity on social media platforms as well, the Twitter community for Floki Inu, known as "#FlokiVikings" has reached 220,000 + figure.
One FLOKI has value of $0.00003442 at the time of writing this, while it is sitting at number #2844 position on Coinmarketcap .
• The coin made headlines in the market and saw more than 14% hike in the values when it broke the deal with various football clubs around the world and was conformed to be featured in Bundesliga and Europa League.
Read our dedicated story on Floki Inu here: Emerging cryptocurrencies in 2021- Floki Inu .
Kishu Inu (KISHU):
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Kishu Inu (KISHU) is an Kishu dog (a Japanese breed of dog) inspired crypto coin, is also gaining popularity with a huge fan base and looks quite active on social media networks.
KISHU launched on April 17, 2021, and quickly became one of the most popular cryptocurrencies of 2021. The coin enjoys a good fan base on the Internet, as it trends on Twitter every now and then.
The $KISHU token is currently available on 20+ different exchanges, some popular platforms are Metamask, TrustWallet and Coinbase Wallet.
One KISHU has value of $0.000000002402 at the time of writing this, while it is sitting at #2964 position on Coinmarketcap .
• The coin currently have more then 200,000+ holders, and a market cap of $234.0 Millions, according to the official website for the Kishu Inu.
Read our dedicated story on Kishu Inu here: Emerging cryptocurrencies in 2021- Kishu Inu .
Baby Doge Coin (BabyDoge):
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BabyDoge was launched in June 2021 and has an ambitious roadmap that includes further efforts for pet charity, NFT creation, GameFi and more.
The coin enjoys social networks community with 480,000+ Twitter Followers and 190,000+ Telegram Members. The coin also has 300,000 Holders according to the official website for the coin.
The official website for Baby Doge coin says it is a perfected and updated version to “its father” Doge, as its introduction says “Baby Doge Coin has learned a few tricks and lessons from his meme father, Doge.”
One BabyDoge has value of $0.000000001942 at the time of writing this, while it is sitting at #2919 position on Coinmarketcap .
Read our dedicated story on Baby Doge coin here: Emerging cryptocurrencies in 2021- Baby Doge (BabyDoge) .