Last year’s crypto-market turmoil decimated memcoins. In 2025, this will lead to a record number of failed crypto projects, with over 11.6 millions.
According to Shaun Paul Lee, a research analyst at CoinGecko, the fourth quarter of the year 2025 will be remembered as one of the worst. During this period 7,7 million tokens on GeckoTerminal have stopped active trading.
Lee said Market crash of October 10, which caused over $19 billion of crypto leverage Liquidated in one day was the key catalyst.
“This sharp decline in token survivability may be linked to the broader market turbulence throughout the year, which particularly affected the memecoin sector,” He added.
Number of failures has increased skyrocketed from previous yearsLee. GeckoTerminal lists over 1.3 millions projects that failed by 2024. In 2021, only 2,584 projects failed.
CoinGecko defines a “failed” Cryptocurrency is a coin that used to be actively traded but no longer trades on GeckoTerminal.
The success of Memecoins can indicate the future performance and stability of crypto. how much risk Investors are ready to accept.
Launchpads for Memecoins are flooding the market
The sheer number of coins produced in 2025 could be another reason why tokens are failing at a higher rate than other years.
GeckoTerminal indicates that there will be 3 million tokens at the end 2024 but it is expected to reach 20 million by 2025.
Lee points out the launch of Solana memecoin launchpad pump.fun The flood of new project proposals will increase in January 2024.
“The ease of launching tokens on launchpads has led to a surge in low-effort memecoins and projects entering the market,” He said.
“Before the launch of pump.fun in 2024, cryptocurrency failures numbered in the low six digits. Project failures between 2021 and 2023 made up just 3.4% of all cryptocurrency failures over the past five years.”
Memecoin Market Cap swells to 2026
Memecoins had a great start to this year. market capitalization surged from $38 billion The market cooled to about $43.7 billion Monday after peaking at $47.7 Billion on December 29. according CoinMarketCap is a great place to start.
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Memecoin transactions soared 300% during the same time period from $2.17 to $8.7 Billion. On Monday, transaction volumes were approximately $3.69 billion; the metric registered an increase of more than 34% for the day.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
