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The cryptocurrency market continues to experience fluctuations and declines. However, even in a lackluster market, a few tokens are moving against the trend, maintaining their own independent rhythm of "big rises and falls." Odaily Planet Daily will summarize the recent price performance of these "meme coins" and attempt to identify commonalities to help discover the next potential investment target that may skyrocket.
PIPPIN: The Orphan of the AI Agent Craze, a Representative of "Insider Trading"
From the end of last year to January this year, AI Agent tokens dominated the cryptocurrency market, with tokens like ai16z (ELIZAOS) and swarms frequently topping the charts for token gains. PIPPIN was also one of the AI concept tokens from that same batch.
However, nearly a year later, only PIPPIN remains, possibly chosen by wild speculators for its ease of control. In the past two weeks, it has been on a continuous rise. It's worth noting that on November 23, its price was only around 0.05 USD, and just a week later, its price skyrocketed to over 0.17 USD:
On December 1, PIPPIN rose over 60%, with the price approaching 0.18 USD. At that time, analyst @frontrunnersx reminded that PIPPIN exhibited characteristics of concentrated accumulation, with some addresses continuously buying without significant selling behavior, causing the price to repeatedly hit short positions and trigger a chain of liquidations. One address bought about 200,000 USD worth of PIPPIN six days ago, and after the price doubled, it has completed selling, currently taking similar actions against ARC.
On December 2, Bubblemaps monitored that 50 associated addresses purchased PIPPIN tokens worth 19 million USD, and found that 26 addresses withdrew 44% of the PIPPIN token supply from the Gate platform within two months, totaling 96 million USD, with most wallets being newly funded. Most PIPPIN withdrawals occurred on October 24 and November 23. At that time, the price of PIPPIN had already increased by 1000%, with insiders controlling half of the token supply, valued at 120 million USD.
In other words, the wild speculators began accumulating PIPPIN even a month earlier, with the real violent surge occurring about a month and a week after the accumulation.
Subsequently, a certain diamond hand cleared out 24.8 million PIPPIN previously accumulated, with profits shrinking from a peak of 7.6 million USD to 3.65 million USD.
On December 6, Onchain Lens monitored that a whale spent 23,736 SOL (worth about 3.3 million USD) to purchase 16.35 million PIPPIN at a price of 0.20 USD, with floating profits exceeding 740,000 USD at that time.
On December 16, Bubblemaps issued another reminder that PIPPIN's price continued to rise, but internal addresses now hold about 80% of the supply, valued at about 380 million USD. Bubblemaps pointed out: since the last disclosure (December 2), 16 new wallets exhibiting the same pattern have emerged (funded by HTX, receiving similar SOL, with no history, withdrawing large amounts of PIPPIN from CEX); another group of 11 wallets associated with Bitget was identified, collectively holding about 9% of the supply, with fund flows and timing highly consistent, suspected to be controlled by the same entity.
That night, as PIPPIN's price fell below 0.3 USD, this "meme coin gala" announced a phase of closure. However, the next day, on December 17, PIPPIN surged to around 0.5 USD again, leading to another large-scale short squeeze. It must be said that the violent tactics of wild speculators in a bear market are quite ruthless.
As of the time of writing, PIPPIN's price is reported at 0.44 USD, with a 24-hour increase of over 15%, and its performance continues.
FOLKS: Cross-Chain DeFi Protocol Token, Rises Nearly 24 Times Due to S2 Incentive Announcement from Low Point
As a cross-chain DeFi protocol providing lending, staking, and trading services primarily on the Algorand chain, there weren't many people initially focused on Folks Finance. However, with the official launch of the S2 incentive program, market enthusiasm for its token reignited.
It is worth mentioning that Folks Finance distributed 1.5 million FOLKS tokens during the S1 incentive program, which included Chainlink incentives; on November 6, FOLKS officially launched on Binance Alpha, with a historical low price of around 2 USD.
On December 9, following the official announcement from Folks Finance, the price of FOLKS tokens skyrocketed from under 10 USD;
On December 14, after nearly a week of speculation, the price of FOLKS tokens first broke 40 USD, ultimately rising to nearly 47 USD, with an increase of nearly 24 times from the low price;
Subsequently, the price of FOLKS quickly fell back, with a decline of about 80%.
As of the time of writing, FOLKS is reported at 6.4 USD, with a 24-hour decrease of over 24%, a circulating supply of 12.7 million tokens (accounting for 25.4% of the total supply), and a market cap of approximately 81 million USD.
BEAT: The True Meme Coin, Needs No Further Words
As another altcoin rooted in the BNB Chain ecosystem, similar to previous meme coins like MYX and COAI, BEAT's rise is yet another classic case.
Notably, the project behind the BEAT token's official account promotes the concept of "Web3 AI Entertainment Platform + IP Creation Platform," a rehashed version of a popular concept. In early November, after launching on Binance Alpha and contracts, BEAT's official claim stated that there were even over 1.2 million independent on-chain holding addresses, which prompts one to say, "The bolder the person, the greater the yield."
Similar to previous meme coin trends, BEAT still maintains a low market cap at the start—after experiencing a round of increases upon launching on Binance Alpha, its market cap remained around 25 million USD; subsequently, the price rapidly surged amid a series of sell-offs.
As of the time of writing, BEAT's price is reported at around 2.7 USD, with a 24-hour increase of over 14%, a circulating market cap of approximately 440 million USD, and around 12.6 on-chain holding addresses.
AIA: Decentralized AI Agent Concept Token, Volatility from Contract Replacement
As the project token of DeAgent AI, AIA previously attracted significant market liquidity and attention due to a sharp rise after launching on Binance contracts, with prices once soaring over 1 USD. However, constrained by an increasingly quiet market environment and the gradual cooling of the AI concept, the token price gradually fell into silence, continuing to decline.
However, the news of "Binance delisting AIA contracts" injected volatility back into its liquidity.
On December 11, according to official announcements, Binance Futures announced that it would close all AIAUSDT perpetual contracts on December 11, 2025, at 20:15 and conduct automatic settlement. After the settlement is completed, the contract will be delisted, and AIA once plummeted over 90%.
However, shortly after, Binance announced that Alpha 2.0 would support the contract replacement for DeAgentAI (AIA). Starting from December 11, 2025, at 20:00 (UTC+8), Binance Alpha 2.0 temporarily suspended trading of AIA to execute this contract replacement. The contract replacement will be executed at a 1:1 ratio. The snapshot time is set for December 11, 2025, at 20:00 (UTC+8). Binance Alpha 2.0 will resume trading for DeAgentAI (AIA) on December 15, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC+8).
On December 15, official data from Binance Alpha showed that DeAgentAI (AIA) had completed the smart contract replacement and officially resumed trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on December 15. The market showed that AIA surged significantly after opening, with an increase of over 160%, topping the Binance Alpha gainers list.
As of the time of writing, AIA is reported at 0.11 USD, with a 24-hour decrease of 6.3%, and a circulating market cap of approximately 16 million USD.
RAVE: An Offline Community-Driven Cultural Platform, Supported by Trump's Eldest Son and CZ
As a DAO organization focusing on the concept of "decentralized music and cultural community and platform ecosystem," RaveDAO has developed at an astonishing speed. After several months of community building and project development, RaveDAO has previously completed multiple NFT sales related to membership.
On November 10, RaveDAO officially announced its token economic model and airdrop plans, stating that the token aims to connect artists, organizers, and fans through token economics, promoting a decentralized entertainment ecosystem of "culture as protocol." The total supply of RAVE is 1 billion tokens, with 30% for the community, 31% for the ecosystem, 20% for the team and co-builders, 5% for early supporters, 5% for liquidity, 3% for airdrops, and 6% for the foundation and public welfare pool. About 23.03% will be in circulation after the token generation event (TGE), while the remaining portion has a 12-month cliff and a 36-month linear unlocking period.
A month later, on December 10, Binance Alpha announced that RaveDAO (RAVE) would soon be listed.
The next day, news of RaveDAO receiving dual ecosystem support from WLFI and Aster spread rapidly, and on December 12, it was listed on Binance Alpha, with trading volume exceeding 25 million USD within an hour.
Moreover, RaveDAO's "upper route" has also been remarkably bright—on the evening of the 12th, Trump's eldest son retweeted and followed the collaboration dynamics between Aster and USD1, with RaveDAO being one of the participating parties, gaining massive exposure. CZ subsequently retweeted this post, causing the price of RAVE to rise accordingly.
On December 13, RAVE's price reached 0.67 USD, with a 24-hour increase of over 410%;
On December 14, Binance contracts launched the RAVE U-based contract;
On December 15, RAVE was subsequently listed on centralized exchanges such as OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Aster, Gate, Kucoin, and MEXC, with the price falling back to around 0.41 USD.
As of the time of writing, the on-chain price of RAVE is reported at 0.38 USD, with a 24-hour increase of over 12%, and a circulating market cap of approximately 88 million USD.
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