Santiment kicked off the weekend with a quick snapshot of the coins getting the loudest chatter on social media, and it reads like a mash-up of old-school blue chips and the latest meme frenzy. On top of the list: PEPE, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Solana, and Crypto.com’s CRO, each one showing why people can’t stop talking, buying, or arguing about them.
Meme Mania vs. Institutional Flow
PEPE stole the headlines in the way meme coins do: sudden spikes, wild intraday moves, big volume, and a whole lot of hype on Reddit, Telegram and X. Folks are calling it the new memecoin to watch, comparisons to SHIB, BONK, FLOKI and even DOGE are everywhere, and some traders are cheering bullish technicals and short squeezes while others warn it’s riding the same unstable rocket that burned people before. It’s messy, noisy and exciting, which is exactly what fuels a meme rally.
Bitcoin’s conversations felt different: more news-driven and institutional. Between Bitfarms’ sale of a Paraguayan mining site for up to $30 million, Tether quietly sitting on about $8.42 billion in BTC, and chatter about South Korea’s exchanges and ETFs, there’s plenty to talk about besides price charts. People on Twitter are debating what options expiries mean for volatility, tossing around bullish 2026 predictions, and watching ETF flows, including $348 million in outflows at the end of 2025, that still manage to flip sentiment in a hurry.
Ethereum’s buzz was more workmanlike: talks about ETH hovering near $3,000, steady institutional inflows, and lots of on-chain activity, smart contracts, NFTs, Layer-2 rollouts and the plumbing that actually keeps apps running. The usual debates are back too: scaling, gas fees, staking, and governance headaches like the Parity bug and recovery proposals. For a lot of people, Ethereum isn’t a meme; it’s the rails for the ecosystem, which keeps conversation steady and practical.
Dogecoin showed up with familiar fanfare. Telegram channels recorded price pops and whale buys, Reddit lit up with threads about rallies, and Twitter amplified big-ticket purchases and bullish setups. Mentions of Elon Musk still pop up because with DOGE, the social-media angle never really left. It’s a roller coaster that keeps drawing riders.
Solana’s story this weekend leaned on fundamentals and optimism. Users pointed to low fees, fast transactions, rising TVL and fresh developer activity, plus liquid staking and whale accumulation. Technicals and on-chain metrics are backing up the bullish takes, even as critics remind everyone of Solana’s past outages and the tight competition among Layer-1s.
CRO’s conversation was the murkiest of the bunch. People debated token utility, staking perks and burn mechanics while also questioning trust and roadmap clarity. Some users suggested clever new use cases, like gaming integrations, while skeptics floated worries about centralization or whether CRO will ever convincingly prove its value. The tone was a mix of hope, critique and the kind of constructive suggestions you see in active ecosystems.
Put it all together and it’s clear why social media still matters to markets. Meme coins can ignite quick rallies and suck in huge volumes of attention, while Bitcoin and Ethereum conversations are often rooted in big-picture flows and tech developments. Projects tied to real ecosystems get graded on both narrative and utility, and tokens with mixed signals attract both believers and doubters.
If you’re trading, this kind of social noise can point to short-term liquidity and volatility, useful if you thrive on fast moves, risky if you don’t. If you’re investing longer term, it’s a reminder to separate headline hype from real, lasting progress. Either way, Santiment’s list is a handy map of where attention is concentrated this weekend, and attention, as ever, is a powerful market force.
