2026-01-13 10:38:42

The investment cycle for Meme coins is accelerating. Looking back a few years, Meme projects on Ethereum could often hold for several months, enough to digest a full market cycle. Now, the situation is completely reversed—Meme coins go from hot to cold in just one or two months. Holding beyond this period has started to raise voices within the community.

What does this reflect? First, the Meme coin ecosystem is becoming increasingly crowded, with new projects emerging constantly and the heat shifting rapidly; second, market participants are more mature, and the pace of chasing gains and cutting losses is speeding up. The cycle that once allowed for easy profits has now become a battlefield of refined operations. This change tests both the project teams' operational capabilities and retail investors' psychological resilience.

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pvt_key_collector

· 01-16 10:37

It has to run in a month or two, how can I just relax and earn? Now playing meme is like high-frequency trading.

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0xSoulless

· 01-14 10:32

Haha, the days of easy passive income are long gone. Now it's just big players taking from retail investors. Is it not cooling down after a month or two? I feel the hype will fade in two weeks. Refined operations—sounds nice, but in reality, it's just institutions taking the lion's share while we get the leftovers.

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SilentAlpha

· 01-13 11:08

Can I still hold on for a month or two? I've already switched to weekly trading, really can't stand this pace.

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LiquidatedAgain

· 01-13 11:02

Damn, I have to run in just a month or two... Doesn't that mean us retail investors deserve to be liquidated? Haha --- It's the same old story. If I had known, I wouldn't have bought the dip. There are new projects every day, who can handle that? --- Refined operations? Basically, the whales are starting to play psychological warfare. We can't compete at all. --- Going from a few months to one or two months, my risk control points weren't tight enough. Feels like I'm about to lose money. --- Damn, when this cycle shortens, my re-entry plan collapses directly, and I'm being liquidated again. --- The era of earning passively is really over. Now, you have to watch the borrowing rate like a robot, not a second of slack. --- So now playing meme coins is all about reaction speed? I might as well go play video games with this reflexes. --- The problem is, I can't tell which new projects can last more than two months. All just gambling.

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MEVVictimAlliance

· 01-13 10:54

Currently, Meme coin cycles are so short that it's better to trade futures, at least you can short.

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