Meme coins often lead to significant losses, but remain an attractive tool for retail investors due to their high potential for returns. It is premature to make definitive predictions about the new season of meme coins. Nevertheless, the market shows a number of signals indicating a possible resurgence in growth.
We explain what is happening with meme coins and what signals indicate a possible rally.
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Meme coins may return in December: 3 signals
On November 18, 2025, the CoinGecko platform reported a 9.4% increase in the market capitalization of meme coins, bringing the figure to $48.3 billion. The question of whether the current dynamics is a temporary rally or the beginning of a prolonged bullish trend remains open. However, three key signs allow for certain assumptions.
1. Meme coins: strong growth in the sector
The first signal is associated with the high performance of meme coins, demonstrated in recent days.
Against the backdrop of market recovery in early December, Bitcoin has once again surpassed the $90,000 mark. The market capitalization of altcoins has also shown a V-shaped recovery. During this same period, the meme coin sector showed a more pronounced positive dynamic.
Data from CoinGecko indicates that over the past seven days, the categories of meme coins based on Solana, the Pump.fun ecosystem, as well as assets related to the frog theme, have entered the top seven most profitable in the market. Notably, the group of meme coins from the Pump.fun ecosystem took second place, showing an average growth of over 12%.
Some meme coins began to show growth before the broader altcoin market. Coins like TURBO, FARTCOIN, PIPPIN, and SPX became active as early as the end of November.
Overall, the Solana ecosystem continues to remain in the spotlight of investors working with meme coins. Despite the sharp decline in trading activity in this segment on Solana, even a single catalyst can provoke another explosive growth.
"Memes are not dead, they just took a break," commented a representative of Stalkchain.
The reason is that meme coins tend to have lower liquidity compared to major altcoins. As a result, they demonstrate more significant price fluctuations. This property increases their attractiveness during market recovery periods. Today's list of top gainers includes many meme coins, including TURBO, BRETT, PENGU, and USELESS.
2. The dominance of meme coins stabilizes and forms a bottom
Data from the CryptoQuant platform shows that the dominance of meme coins — an indicator measuring their share in the total market capitalization of altcoins — has been in a sideways movement for almost two months.
A stable dominance ratio signals a weakening of panic selling pressure, even with a potential further decline in prices.
A similar pattern was observed in the third quarter of 2024. The dominance index of meme coins was in a sideways trend for three months, after which the strongest rally in the history of this market segment began.
3. RSI indicates bullish divergence of meme coins
The third signal is formed within the framework of technical analysis and is related to the daily value of the relative strength index (RSI) for the total market capitalization of meme coins.
The RSI indicator formed a bullish divergence. The market capitalization updated a local minimum, while the RSI showed a higher minimum.
The model indicates a weakening of selling pressure. It also carries significant potential for a trend reversal, especially considering that the RSI has bounced off the oversold level near the 30 mark.
Meme coins continue to demonstrate high volatility in both directions. Their value can rapidly increase, but crash just as quickly. Including meme coins in an investment portfolio requires a balanced approach and strict position size management to minimize risks.
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