Dogecoin and SHIB Ride the Memecoin Rally

Smaller memecoins like Cash Cat, dogwifhat, and Bonk posted the biggest gains, while Dogecoin and Shiba Inu also benefited from the much stronger market mood.

Key Takeaways

• The crypto rally is shifting into memecoins, with traders clearly taking on more risk.
• Cash Cat rose 51% in 24 hours, while Dogecoin and Shiba Inu gained 32% and 30% over the past week, respectively.
• The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is around 75, pointing to much stronger market sentiment.

The latest crypto rally is pushing further into the market's most speculative corner. Dog and cat tokens are part of that now, with several memecoins jumping sharply in a short time as traders clearly take on more risk.

Cash Cat Leads the Move

Cash Cat, a cat-themed memecoin on Robinhood Chain, jumped about 51% on Tuesday in 24 hours to $0.218 (€0.19). Over the past week, the token is up more than 113%, and over 30 days the price has climbed about 345%. That brought its market value to around $215 million (€184 million).

Other cat tokens joined in too. Thinking Cat rose 131% in seven days, Purr gained 93%, Popcat climbed 54%, and cat in a dogs world, or MEW, went up 49%. That fits the pattern that smaller tokens often move harder when interest in risky crypto picks up.

Dog Coins Are Rising Too

The same pattern is visible in dog coins. Dog (Bitcoin) has nearly doubled in a week, while dogwifhat rose 64%, Bonk gained 47%, and Floki was up 40%. Even the biggest memecoins joined the move, though the swings there were smaller: Dogecoin rose about 32% in seven days and Shiba Inu about 30%.

Memecoins are crypto that mainly revolve around internet jokes or communities, not a traditional business model or cash flow. That is exactly why they often react sharply when the market is more willing to take risk. With smaller tokens, thin liquidity can make price moves even bigger, both up and down.

For anyone following the bigger memecoins, it is worth noting that Dogecoin and Shiba Inu had previously fallen to their lowest combined market value in three years. That shows how quickly capital can shift between memecoins and larger cryptocurrencies.

Why This Matters

For European crypto followers, this rally shows how fast sentiment can swing toward the edges of the market. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently around 75, according to the latest reading, the highest level since early October 2025, after sitting around 30 about a week earlier. That points to clearly stronger optimism, although a sentiment gauge like this says nothing about where prices will go in the short term.