Original / Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)
Author / Wenser(@wenser2010)
The cryptocurrency market continues to fluctuate and trend lower. However, even in a sluggish market, a few tokens defy the trend, maintaining their own independent rhythm of "sharp rises and falls." Odaily Planet Daily will梳理 (sort out) the recent "meme coins" with impressive price performance in this article, attempting to summarize common characteristics to help discover the next investment target with potential for a surge.
PIPPIN: The Orphan of the AI Agent Craze, a Masterpiece of "Insider Trading"
From late last year to January this year, AI Agent tokens once captured the absolute focus of the crypto market. Tokens like ai16z(ELIZAOS) and swarms frequently topped the token gain charts. PIPPIN was also a product of the same batch of AI-themed tokens at that time.
But nearly a year later, only PIPPIN remains, possibly selected by wildcat market makers for its ease of price manipulation. It has been on a upward trend for nearly half a month. It's worth noting that on November 23rd, its price was only around $0.05. Just a week later, its price had skyrocketed to over $0.17:
On December 1st, PIPPIN defied the market trend, surging over 60%, with its price approaching $0.18. At that time, analyst @frontrunnersx提醒 (warned) that PIPPIN showed characteristics of concentrated accumulation. Some addresses continued to buy without significant selling, causing the price to continuously hit short positions during the upward movement, triggering chain liquidations. One address bought about $200,000 worth of PIPPIN 6 days prior, sold after the price doubled, and is currently conducting similar operations with ARC.
On December 2nd, Bubblemaps monitoring revealed that 50 linked addresses purchased PIPPIN tokens worth $19 million. It was also found that 26 addresses withdrew 44% of the PIPPIN token supply, totaling $96 million, from the Gate platform over two months, with most wallets being recently funded. Most PIPPIN token withdrawals occurred on October 24th and November 23rd. By then, the PIPPIN token price had already surged by 1000%, and its insiders controlled half of the token supply, worth $120 million.
In other words, the wildcat market makers' accumulation period for PIPPIN started even a month earlier, with the真正的 (real) violent拉升 (pump) occurring about a month and a week after accumulation began.
Subsequently, a diamond hands address liquidated its previously hoarded 24.8 million PIPPIN tokens, with floating profits shrinking from a peak of $7.6 million to $3.65 million.
On December 6th, Onchain Lens monitoring showed a whale spent 23,736 SOL (worth approximately $3.3 million) to buy 16.35 million PIPPIN at $0.20 over 3 days, with floating profits exceeding $740,000 at that time.
On December 16th, Bubblemaps issued another reminder. The PIPPIN price continued to rise, but internal addresses now held about 80% of the supply, worth approximately $380 million. Bubblemaps pointed out: Since the last disclosure (December 2nd), 16 new wallets with the same pattern have appeared (funded by HTX, received similar amounts of SOL, no history, large withdrawals of PIPPIN from CEX); Another group of 11 wallets linked to Bitget was identified, collectively holding about 9% of the supply. Fund flows and time windows were highly consistent, suspected to be controlled by the same entity.
That night, as the PIPPIN price fell below $0.3, this "meme coin spectacle"宣告 (declared) a阶段性 (phase)收网 (wind-down). But the next day, December 17th, PIPPIN一度 (once) surged to around $0.5, causing another large-scale short squeeze. It has to be said, the violent methods of bear market wildcat makers are堪称 (can be called) brutal.
As of writing, the PIPPIN price is temporarily reported at $0.44, with a 24-hour increase of over 15%. Its performance continues.
FOLKS: Cross-Chain DeFi Protocol Token, Up Nearly 24x From Low Point Due to S2 Incentive Announcement
As a cross-chain DeFi protocol providing lending, staking, and trading services, primarily operating on the Algorand chain, Folks Finance originally had few followers. But with the official launch of the S2 incentive activity, market enthusiasm for its token reignited.
It's worth mentioning that Folks Finance distributed 1.5 million FOLKS tokens during the S1 incentive activity, including Chainlink incentives. On November 6th, FOLKS officially launched on Binance Alpha, with a historical low price of around $2.
After the official announcement from Folks Finance on December 9th, the FOLKS token price soared from under $10;
On December 14th, after nearly a week of speculation, the FOLKS token price broke through $40 for the first time, eventually rising to nearly $47, an increase of nearly 24 times from the low point;
Subsequently, the FOLKS price quickly retreated, falling by about 80%.
As of writing, the FOLKS price is temporarily reported at $6.4, with a 24-hour decrease of over 24%. The circulating supply is 12.7 million tokens (25.4% of total supply), with a temporary market cap of around $81 million.
BEAT: A True Meme Coin Needs Few Words
As another altcoin choosing to root itself in the BNB Chain ecosystem, similar to previous meme coins like MYX and COAI, BEAT's rise is another classic case.
It is worth noting that the official account behind the BEAT token project promotes the concept of a "Web3 AI entertainment platform + IP creation platform" – a repackaged version of hot concepts. After listing on Binance Alpha and futures in early November, BEAT officially claimed over 1.2 million independent on-chain holding addresses. One must say, "Audacity leads to great production."
Similar to the price action of previous meme coins, BEAT still started with a low market cap – after an initial rise upon listing on Binance Alpha, its market cap remained around $25 million. Subsequently, the price飞速上涨 (rapidly increased) amidst repeated pumps and dumps.
As of writing, the BEAT price is temporarily reported at around $2.7, with a 24-hour increase of over 14%. The circulating market cap is temporarily reported at $440 million, with about 1.26 million on-chain holding addresses. (Note: Original said 12.6, likely meant 1.26 million based on context)
AIA: Decentralized AI Agent Concept Token, Contract Swap Causes Volatility
As the project token for DeAgent AI, AIA previously attracted significant market liquidity and attention due to a massive surge after listing on Binance futures, its price once skyrocketing over $1. However, limited by the increasingly quiet market environment and the gradual cooling of the AI concept, the token price gradually fell into silence,阴跌 (slipping downward).
But the incident of "Binance delisting AIA futures" injected volatile energy into its liquidity again.
On December 11th, according to an official announcement, Binance Futures announced it would close all AIAUSDT perpetual contracts at 20:15 (UTC+8) on December 11, 2025, for automatic settlement. After settlement, the contract would be delisted. AIA一度 (once) plummeted over 90%.
But subsequently, Binance announced that Alpha 2.0 would support the contract swap for DeAgentAI (AIA). Starting from 20:00 (UTC+8) on December 11, 2025, Binance Alpha 2.0 had temporarily closed AIA trading to execute this contract swap. The swap would be executed at a 1:1 ratio. The snapshot time was 20:00 (UTC+8) on December 11, 2025. Binance Alpha 2.0 would resume DeAgentAI (AIA) trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on December 15, 2025.
On December 15th, official data from Binance Alpha showed that DeAgentAI (AIA) had completed the smart contract swap and officially resumed trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on December 15th. Market data showed AIA surged significantly after opening, with gains一度 (once) exceeding 160%, topping the Binance Alpha sector gain chart.
As of writing, the AIA price is temporarily reported at $0.11, with a 24-hour decrease of 6.3%. The circulating market cap is temporarily reported at $16 million.
RAVE: Offline Community-Driven Culture Platform, Supported by Trump Jr. and CZ Reposts
As a DAO organization promoting the concept of a "decentralized music and culture community and platform ecosystem," RaveDAO's development speed has been like a cheat code. After months of community and project building, RaveDAO has previously completed multiple member NFT sales.
On November 10th, RaveDAO officially announced its token economic model and airdrop details. The official stated that the token aims to connect artists, organizers, and fans through token economics, promoting a decentralized entertainment ecosystem of "culture as protocol." RAVE has a total supply of 1 billion tokens, allocated as follows: Community 30%, Ecosystem 31%, Team & Co-builders 20%, Early Supporters 5%, Liquidity 5%, Airdrop 3%, Foundation & Public Goods Pool 6%. Approximately 23.03% will be in circulation after the Token Generation Event (TGE), with the rest subject to a 12-month cliff and a 36-month linear unlock period.
A month later, on December 10th, Binance Alpha announced it would soon list RaveDAO(RAVE).
The next day, news of RaveDAO receiving support from both the WLFI and Aster ecosystems spread quickly. Within an hour of listing on Binance Alpha on December 12th, trading volume exceeded $25 million.
Moreover, RaveDAO's "upper echelon strategy" was extremely bright – On the evening of the 12th, Trump Jr. reposted and followed the dynamics of Aster's cooperation with USD1. RaveDAO, as one of the cooperation participants, gained massive exposure. CZ also reposted this tweet later. The RAVE price subsequently rose.
On December 13th, the RAVE price一度 (once) reached $0.67, with a 24-hour increase of over 410%;
On December 14th, Binance Futures launched RAVE U-based contracts;
On December 15th, RAVE was successively listed on centralized exchanges like OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Aster, Gate, Kucoin, and MEXC. The price at that time fell back to around $0.41.
As of writing, the on-chain price of RAVE is temporarily reported at $0.38, with a 24-hour increase of over 12%. The circulating market cap is temporarily reported at $88 million.
