Memecoins

Trump Media and Technology Group is preparing to distribute a new cryptocurrency to its shareholders, a move that highlights how deeply digital assets have become intertwined with U.S. politics.

The meme token BROCCOLI (714) suddenly spiked from $0.018 to $0.16 on Binance before crashing, likely due to unusual trading activity in its low-liquidity market. A trader named Vida spotted the anomaly, timed his trades around the sudden price moves, and made around $1 million in profit.

Global online interest in cryptocurrencies has fallen to its lowest levels as we approach the new year, with Google search data signaling a sharp pullback in retail attention as the market heads into 2026.

The Atlas memecoin, themed around US Vice President JD Vance’s pet dog, has nearly half of its supply controlled by 68 wallets showing signs of coordinated buying and potential insider activity. The token was heavily promoted by the influencer Whale Insider, raising concerns that retail investors could be at risk from price manipulation.

Researchers from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOG) have accused the Central African Republic's government of exploiting ordinary citizens to push for cryptocurrency in order to further its own political agenda and support criminal activities.

Soulja Boy apologised for promoting numerous crypto and NFT projects that later failed or were scams. Critics and analysts remain concerned as he appears to be involved with new high-risk tokens on the Base platform.

A Binance employee was suspended for using insider information to promote a new token on the exchange’s official social media account. The token gained rapid attention and value, and Binance rewarded whistleblowers while promising stronger controls to prevent similar misconduct.

Pump.fun has secretly transferred more than $436 million worth of USDC to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken following a market meltdown that has resulted in a record $19 billion market crash, throttling retail speculation and sharply reducing activity across memecoin ecosystems.

Rumors about the demise of the Shiba Inu ecosystem have been swirling in the crypto community, fueled by prolonged price weakness and the relative silence of its leading figures.

The CEO of Kelsier Ventures and advisor of the President of Argentina, Hayden Davis, has found his digital assets frozen after prosecutors found evidence that linked him to the Libra memecoin scandal.