Sidechain Coin (SIDE) - A new meme star emerging on Solana.
SIDE is a pure meme coin that was just launched in late December 2025, featuring an avatar of a crab wearing sunglasses walking sideways, accompanied by a sidechain arrow. The slogan directly shouts 'Move to the Side', playing on the double meaning of sidechains and crabs moving sideways.
The timing of the coin's release was impeccable, coinciding with a market surge followed by a period of consolidation. People jokingly compared the bull market to a crab market, and SIDE took advantage of this momentum to explode in popularity. Within less than a week of launching, SIDE skyrocketed over 500 times, reaching a peak market cap of 300 million dollars, with Dexscreener's popularity ranking at number one for a while. The community is filled with jokes about crab market tyrants and sidechain perpetual motion, Twitter was flooded with posts, retail investors were frantically FOMOing, and daily trading volume exceeded 100 million dollars.
Many people entered the market at low positions, running for dozens of times profit, with screenshots of their gains circulating everywhere. Now the price has dropped 50% from its peak, with the market cap remaining around 150 million. The market is still in a state of sideways consolidation, and while the popularity of SIDE has slightly decreased, there are still many die-hard fans in the community who are betting on the next big market trend to bring another wave. Ultimately, this coin has no practical use case and purely relies on the emotions and memes related to sidechain crabs, with price fluctuations driven entirely by market sentiment.
SIDE is a typical meme sentiment coin, and such explosive products are common in crab markets. It can be played with small positions for short-term trading; make a profit and exit, but don't blindly chase highs. The risks are extremely high; test the waters with small positions during pullbacks, and always have stop-loss and take-profit strategies in place. Once the hype fades, it can very likely return to zero. How long do you guys think this crab, SIDE, can continue to dominate?