Andy
Co-Founder of The Rollup & The Rollup Ventures
Pudgy Penguins is likely the breakout meme of this cycle and the biggest sleeper on the meme side, because the Pengu brand does $10-20+ million of ARR and is growing. Trench traders are underallocated because they don't understand how to hold the best coins long term. Conviction in founder Luca Netz is unchanged since the early NFT and Igloo days: no second best, and a hold for life. x.comÂ
Pudgy Penguins' token could become this cycle's version of DOGE or SHIB, and its chart suggests it bottomed in July. It held up better against bitcoin then, reaccumulated in a range, flipped its 21 EMA from resistance into support and printed its first higher high and higher low. With the trend neutral to bullish, the first swing target is filling the gap created after October 10, then the all-time high zone of 0.070-0.10, with a macro target of 0.30-0.40+ over the coming years. x.comÂ
PENGU has been hibernating long enough, and its reach plus the combined NFT and memecoin narrative make for an explosive combination. The Pudgy Penguins token has 130+ exchange listings across 6+ chains, with hundreds of millions of daily users in reach. x.comÂ
Pudgy Penguins' PENGU is one of the few memecoins with both retail distribution and real consumer IP. It is now tradable on Robinhood Chain, still has an ETF filing pending and keeps expanding its toy business beyond crypto. x.comÂ
Pudgy Penguins is fast becoming the most recognizable IP in crypto, and PENGU should be one of the hardest runners entering the next bull market. Its reach runs from Target and Walmart down to tea: per Pudgy Penguins, it is entering beverages with two themed bubble teas in every Kung Fu Tea nationwide. x.comÂ
Pudgy Penguins' PENGU token may finally deliver this cycle after disappointing since launch, as it is one of the few memecoins with actual value. A re-accumulation phase following its earlier distribution is now under way. If bitcoin breaks out of its range, PENGU will almost certainly enter its next distribution move and return to the memecoin leaderboard. x.comÂ
Memecoin capital is rotating from pure hype toward IP-backed and AI-infused tokens, which survive drawdowns better. Pudgy Penguins earns real millions from toys, merch and brand deals, and that IP moat keeps PENGU relevant despite Abstract chain migrations. Dogecoin is 25x bigger with no team, revenue or roadmap, an asymmetry PENGU can close. Dogecoin remains the rotation anchor whose breakouts lift the whole pack, though the 10-100x upside goes to evolved names once BTC dominance breaks. x.comÂ
Downtrodden previous-generation large-cap memecoins such as PEPE and WIF offer a great risk-reward trade and should go higher than many expect. They are known-quantity memes with reliable flows through a multi-month bear market, letting buyers bid with decent size and liquidity. PEPE rose 80% when bitcoin jumped in August, has a real path to new highs, and WIF could top a $1B valuation and potentially go much higher. x.com x.comÂ
PUMP is the best play to position for a new memecoin season, expected to return this summer. After a 3x move, a pullback toward 0.003 should form another bottom before the token rises later this year. x.comÂ
Dogecoin should soon follow the rest of the meme market higher, even though, as @ous321 notes, it missed most of this meme season. It is not a launchpad for meme tokens that pump to earn fees, but it will still catch up. x.comÂ
Dogecoin's years-long consolidation sets up generational returns, since the larger the consolidation, the larger the expansion. Its last generational run followed a long accumulation phase, and as a blue-chip memecoin it has survived nearly every crypto cycle. x.comÂ
