Memecoins The ‘Defining Narrative Of 2024’, AI Agents Next ?
Memecoins has been the main narrative of the cycle after surpassing all expectations and becoming the best performing area in 2024. As we navigate the crypto market in 2025, emerging sectors like Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents can compete for Memecoins’ narrative ideas.
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Memecoin defines cryptocurrency market in 2024
Tuesday, second-hand research shared Its “full year 2024 and themes for 2025” report crowned Memecoins as a “narrative of the 2024 definition. The platform highlights the outstanding performance of the industry last year, which has attracted great attention from the crypto market.
According to the report, Memecoins “plays an important role in landing new users in the cryptocurrency space and provides a unique way to gain attention in the social media era.” In addition, the report notes, in addition, The concept of the so-called “blue chip” meme” proves the “growth and diversity of member markets and their structure”.
The crypto community saw the creation of various sub-departments in the Memecoin space, encapsulating the events that shaped a year. For example, the Politifi tokens that rose in the U.S. election campaign recorded many changes in the political landscape through these tokens.
This narrative ultimately led to the launch of Trump based on Solana memberthe first symbol that was formally supported by politicians. The meme was created after an assassination attempt on President Trump in July 2024, with the aim of “celebrating courage and strength.”
Binance Research notes that the rise of Memecoins meteorites may be attributed to a variety of factors, including increased transparency and perceptions of fairness, accessibility, and addressing users’ frustration with the “low buoy, high FDV” problem.
Furthermore, it noted the industry’s high risk, high-reward nature seems to have satisfied the industry’s search for the first crypto AAA game. The report argues that the “stimulation of creating the smallest memories in culture” exchanges them for “high-priced valuations” that can be viewed as a game that allows communities to invest in the industry and increase their visibility.
AI Agent: A Growing Narrative
The second place is Memecoins, the AI cryptocurrency sector, which accounted for 12.6% of narrative ideas in 2024, opened the stage for the market’s “newer obsessions”.
This sub-industry caught investors’ attention in the third quarter of 2024, which is growing by the truth terminal and goats Popularityand has become the main narrative in recent months.
The AI agents, originally triggered by Truth Terminal and $Goat, have taken over the market since October and become a dominant narrative. Infrastructure providers such as virtual protocols (game framework) and AI16Z (Elizaos framework) have been key players.
The industry is also facing Rebound From the crypto community. Some investors think the new trend is “worse than other trends in the past” and think it is “overvalued.” Similarly, an anonymous poll showed that the founders of Solana believe that the AI proxy token was exaggerated.
Still, it continues to evolve and “develop more.” According to Coingecko data, the industry’s market cap was $7.84 billion as of this writing.
What is the next?
Binance Research points out Memecoin’s problem longevitydue to the rapid rise and fall of many tokens. It argues that while not all tokens have a popularity that has stood the test of time, Memecoins “may have some kind of staying power” in some form.
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Meanwhile, AI agents have been early in development, but shared “the power of users on board (AI is a key theme for enterprise and finance) and monetize attention.” As a result, it is almost certain that “AI X Crypto” The growth of intersections.
The report concluded that “Web2’s entry into AI proxy, as well as the rapid development and expected trajectory of AI X Crypto” are some of the key areas to watch this year.
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