From Brands to Cults: Top 10 Memecoins to Start February

Intro

Memecoins are where crypto market psychology shines. They move on attention and timing. They are where liquidity collides with culture, no explanations needed. Some solidify into lasting cultural assets. Most burn out, surviving only as screenshots and lore.

Trading memecoins is less about predicting outcomes and more about positioning effectively. Trojan knows the cycles on Solana are fast, rotations are sharper, and the gap between discovery and saturation is often measured in minutes. But conviction plays, the ones that truly capture the meta or the mind, are the coins that stay and grow.

This list captures a few of the top memecoins traders actively engaged with through January. It spans brand-backed tokens, Solana-native cults, philosophical memes, and self-aware degeneracy, offering a snapshot of how attention and liquidity concentrate.

Pengu ($PENGU)

What is it?

Pengu is the cultural anchor of the Pudgy Penguins ecosystem and the outcome of one of crypto’s most visible recoveries. Pudgy Penguins launched on Ethereum in July 2021 as an 8,888-piece NFT collection that quickly entered mainstream awareness before collapsing amid mismanagement during the 2021–2022 downturn. A community revolt and leadership change followed, and the project was acquired in April 2022 by Luca Netz’s Igloo Inc.

Under new ownership, Pudgy Penguins shifted from NFTs to a consumer brand strategy centered on Pengu as a recognizable mascot. The brand expanded into licensed toys, media, and merchandise reaching well beyond crypto-native audiences. $PENGU launched on Solana in December 2024 with distribution tied directly to the original collection. Rather than operating as a standalone meme, Pengu functions as a cultural proxy for a rebuilt IP where continuity and brand recognition matter more than novelty.

Market Cap: $490M
Launched: Dec 17, 2024
ATH: $0.069
Current Price: $0.0077
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dogwifhat ($WIF)

What is it?

dogwifhat demonstrates how far pure internet absurdity can travel in crypto markets. The meme originated in 2019 as an image of a Shiba Inu wearing a pink beanie and circulated quietly online for years before being tokenized. When $WIF launched on Solana in November 2023 with no roadmap or utility beyond “it’s literally just a dog wif a hat,” that restraint became the thesis.

As liquidity and listings followed, $WIF evolved from joke to benchmark. Community stunts like the Las Vegas Sphere campaign and repeated rotation cycles turned “the hat stays on” into shorthand for conviction through volatility. From a trading perspective, WIF behaves less like a speculative experiment and more like a large-cap liquidity hub that traders rotate through during risk-on phases.

Market Cap: $256M<
Launched: Nov 20, 2023
ATH: $4.89
Current Price: $0.257
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Fartcoin ($FARTCOIN)

What is it?

Fartcoin began as an explicit joke inspired by an AI chatbot exchange involving Truth Terminal, an autonomous agent created by Andy Ayrey. An anonymous developer launched the token on Solana via Pump.fun in October 2024 with a fair launch and no roadmap beyond committing to the irreverence of the bit. The premise required no explanation, which allowed it to spread instantly.

As AI narratives and Pump.fun launches accelerated, Fartcoin became a clear example of attention-driven price discovery. Unlike many AI-adjacent memes that attempted to pivot toward pseudo-utility, $FARTCOIN remained deliberately static, preserving cultural clarity through volatility.

Market Cap: $223M
Launched: Oct 8, 2024
ATH: $2.63
Current Price: $0.223
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pippin ($PIPPIN)

What is it?

pippin originated from an identifiable creative process rather than pure shitposting. In late 2024, AI researcher Yohei Nakajima generated a simple SVG unicorn during model experiments and asked the system to name it. The name stuck, the image spread, and the token was fair-launched on Solana. Nakajima later embraced the project and expanded it into an autonomous AI agent that posts and evolves over time.

As interest grew, $PIPPIN aligned with the AI-agent meta while remaining legible as a meme. Its autonomous behavior and open-source framework differentiate it from disposable AI jokes.

Market Cap: $178M
Launched: Nov 9, 2024
ATH: $0.65
Current Price: $0.178
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The White Whale ($WHITEWHALE)

What is it?

$WHITEWHALE originated as an unauthorized fan-made token tied to a real dispute. The reference point was @TheWhiteWhaleV2, a Hyperliquid trader who publicly clashed with MEXC after the exchange froze millions of dollars of his funds in mid-2025. Anonymous developers launched the token on Solana via Pump.fun in October 2025 using his likeness without consent.

In December, the trader intervened to reclaim narrative control, initiating a community takeover focused on structure rather than novelty. Measures included locking personal allocations, redirecting fees to the community, and establishing an on-chain treasury.

Market Cap: $92M
Launched: Oct 13, 2025
ATH: $0.20
Current Price: $0.93
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birb ($BIRB)

What is it?

$BIRB is the Solana-native extension of Moonbirds, one of the defining Ethereum NFT brands of the 2022 cycle. Moonbirds launched as a 10,000-piece owl collection built around long-term participation mechanics like nesting. After multiple ownership transitions and a shift toward consumer products under Orange Cap Games, the project faced limits inherent to NFT-only models.

$BIRB launched on Solana in late January 2026 as a pivot toward a token-centered participation model. Rather than functioning as a pure meme, birb connects NFTs, physical collectibles, and ecosystem incentives.

Market Cap: $71M
Launched: Jan 28, 2026
ATH: $0.48
Current Price: $0.25
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useless ($USELESS)

What is it?

$USELESS is a self-aware Solana memecoin built around explicit defeatism. Launched on Pump.fun in mid-2025, it openly warned users not to buy and rejected every familiar crypto trope. That honesty became the hook, spreading through irony rather than aspiration.

The community treated holding as performance art, amplifying memes that mocked speculation itself. With no pivots or rebrands, the absence of intervention became the point. Useless persists as a cultural artifact of meme exhaustion, attracting participants who understand the joke and engage anyway.

Market Cap: $46M
Launched: Jun 15, 2025
ATH: $0.44
Current Price: $0.46
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Nietzschean Penguin ($PENGUIN)

What is it?

$PENGUIN is built around a long-standing internet meme originating from a scene in Werner Herzog’s 2007 documentary where a penguin abandons its colony and walks inland toward death. The image became shorthand for existential defiance before being revived on social media in late 2025 and tokenized on Solana in January 2026 as a part of a newly vitalized TikTok trend.

After an initial failed launch, the community revived the token through sustained posting and reinterpretation of the meme as a critique of conformity. Subsequent viral moments pushed it into mainstream timelines.

Market Cap: $36M
Launched: Jan 16, 2026
ATH: $0.17
Current Price: $0.036
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Wojak ($WOJAK)

What is it?

$WOJAK tokenizes one of the internet’s most durable emotional memes. Originating around 2010 as the “Feels Guy,” Wojak became shorthand for regret and resignation, spawning hundreds of variants across online culture. Its transition into crypto was inevitable. Multiple launches have spawned under the Wojak name and image, the current one is holding above $10M marketcap.

$WOJAK’s appeal comes from recognition rather than coordination. Despite the repeated launches and attempts the current coin seems to be holding well and Wojak remains legible across cycles as an emotional index for speculation.

Market Cap: $12M
Launched: Nov 3, 2025
ATH: $0.062
Current Price: $0.012
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Testicle ($TESTICLE)

What is it?

$TESTICLE is a Solana memecoin built entirely on crude anatomical humor. Launched on Pump.fun in early January 2026 as a low-effort “test” token, it made no claims beyond jokes and endurance. Slogans like “diamond balls” framed holding as a test of conviction.

What sustained TESTICLE, besides the humor, is the auto-repurchase mechanism that expands the liquidity. Community activity focused on raids and meme reinforcement, treating drawdowns as part of the joke.

Market Cap: $8M
Launched: Jan 7, 2026
ATH: $0.026
Current Price: $0.0082
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Conclusion

One of the defining traits of this market is how legacy brands, experimental narratives, and raw internet memes all trade side-by-side. Attention rotates quickly, conviction is fluid, and cultural relevance can shift faster than fundamentals ever could.

In an environment like this, outcomes are equal parts ideology and execution. Being early matters. Reacting quickly to shifting attitudes matters just as much. Without clear visibility and control, when momentum shifts traders of even the most established memes can get left holding a bag of diminishing value.

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