In every major market decline, the same picture emerges: MEME coins burn out faster than all, while people cling to the hope that their coin will suddenly return to its highs. But the essence is simple: where there is no product, users, and infrastructure, the price is held up only by emotions and viral jokes. As soon as the highs pass, interest gradually fades, liquidity dries up, and the chart turns into a long diagonal downward. At some point, the holder of a MEME token is essentially sitting not in an asset, but in the memory of a past pump.
At the same time, fundamental crypto-assets are also experiencing deep drawdowns ($ATOM , $A , $EGLD . They can drop by the same 50–70 percent, but the reason is different: the market as a whole is cutting risk, not a specific token. The difference is that there are networks, validators, developers, and real use cases behind such assets. When the panic subsides, it is these networks that continue to process transactions, generate fees, and remain necessary for users. They have a chance to recover because they have something to hold on to, besides the past hype.
The process of transitioning from MEME to fundamental projects is essentially about self-protection. You can avoid injecting new capital and simply make a rotation: fix the remaining balances in questionable coins and invest in assets that have their own blockchain, stable infrastructure, and a clear role for the token. Over time, this reduces the likelihood that one morning's candle will simply wipe out your position because someone decided the joke was over. The price of such assets can also be volatile, but it is tied to something other than the mood of the chat.
It is important to look at the portfolio soberly. If half of the list consists of tokens that only exist in memes and screenshots, then a market drop turns into pure stress without the slightest strategic sense. The goal is not to guess the perfect bottom, but to be in coins that actually have a chance to see the next cycle. Fundamental projects go through several market phases, accumulate integrations, and attract developers and users. MEME can disappear as quickly as they appeared.
Now, at low prices, there is a rare opportunity to shift focus: fewer lotteries, more structural assets. The market has already done the dirty work for us and shown which stories turned out to be empty and which continue to live despite the red charts. The question going forward is only about discipline: are you ready to sell what you hold out of inertia and buy what has a real network behind it? This is not financial advice.

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