Memecoin social buzz grows as traders return to risk assets

Memecoins fell 65% over 2025 as risk-taking behavior dropped among traders, but the tokens are seeing gains as positive sentiment returns to crypto.

Social media buzz around memecoins has jumped since the start of the year, matching the rise in market capitalization, which analysts say could mean risk appetite has returned to crypto.

Several memecoins have recently posted strong gains, and a speculative rally pushed the market value of memecoins up, which caught traders' attention and sparked a rise in crowd interest, the market intelligence platform Santiment said on Wednesday.

Vincent Liu, the chief investment officer at trading firm Kronos Research, told Cointelegraph that traders are rotating back into liquidity-rich assets where reflexivity works fastest.

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