August 4 – 10, 2025, was a rollercoaster week for meme coins, with Solana and Ethereum communities abuzz over retro comebacks and viral launches. $LIZARD, $BOSS, and $NYAN tokens made nostalgia on the web speculative gold fueled by Pixar trailer clips, the top haircut donations ever, and old memes. Overall, the meme coin market cap was flat at ~$80 billion due to a crypto boost fueled by a 90% probability of Federal Reserve rate cuts and crypto-friendly executive orders. This recap takes you behind the greatest of the week’s top meme coin news, market activity, and regulator actions shaping the degen landscape.

Meme Coin Weekly Recap: August 4 – 10, 2025

The week of August 4 – 10, 2025 was blooming with narratives. From Pixar-inspired lizards to hatless dogs and 2011’s Pop-Tart cat, these tokens rode on bursts of virality, humor, and community hype and pulled traders into Solana’s speculative haze and Ethereum’s expanding cycle of memes.

$LIZARD and $TOM: Pixar’s Viral Lizard Duo

A green Pixar Elio post-credit trailer (June 2025) built a meme coin hype with a “Lizard, Lizard, Lizard” repeated phone-click clip on TikTok that went far and wide. Following Hopper’s next film (March 2026), this strange iguana was given the $LIZARD and spin-off $TOM monikers. On the bandwagon of an internet trend of ridiculous and dry humor, the tokens rode Solana’s speedy blockchain and Pixar popularity on the fuel of the mania of speculation.

$USDUC: Satirizing Dollar Volatility

$USDUC, or Unstable Coin as abbreviated, gave the U.S. dollar’s checkered past a negative rep through bad jokes about it losing purchasing power since Nixon took America off the gold standard back in 1971. On the Solana blockchain, it burst on Federal Reserve doubt and a humorous touch of an “anti-stable” coin. Appropriating the chaos of fiat’s existence neurosis, it was an escape hatch for risk-risk traders in search of satirical moonshots.

$WATER: Clean Water with a Meme Twist

$WATER came into Solana with a socially responsible spin, giving 90% of the trade fees towards MrBeast’s clean water organization. Deogen speculation and social good combined appealed to traders whose hearts resided in social causes. A wholesome refrain of doing good and sprinkling on top with Solana’s very volatile meme coin community $WATER appealed to a new breed of socially responsible speculators.

$BRNRT: Probing Internet Brainrot

$BRNRT reimagined the term “brainrot” as a Solana-backed meme coin. Supported in an AI-agent-filtered digital info flood, it mocked the fractured focus of the digital era. TikTok and YouTube popularized it, and its humorous and challenging research mixture lured investors into Solana’s eccentric, high-risk world.

$BOSS: Ibiza’s Viral Haircut Sensation

The viral Ibiza TikTok video of Jack Kay’s “I thought it was a hat!” haircut spawned $BOSS on Solana. Redubbed the “Ibiza Final Boss,” the token embodied reckless nightlife bravado and merged 15th-century peasant bravado and 90s bouncer bravado. It’s Crypto Twitter hype and catchiness made it degens’ go-to coin in pursuit of meme-based booms.

$SWIF and $BTH: Animal Hats and Artifact Hype

$TROLL author’s new creation, followed up Solana’s “animal wif hat” trend with a sheep donning an absurd cap, echoing $WIF’s Shiba Inu hit. $BTH rode the coattails of the Dogwifhat trend as @finnbags bought the mythical pink sombrero for $794K. Financing it through trading fees, $BTH resonated with Solana’s obsession with meme relics as traders became enamored with its high-risk narrative.

$NYAN: Reviving 2011’s Pop-Tart Cat

$NYAN reawakened the 2011 Nyan Cat meme—a rainbow trail-running flying cat with a body shaped like a Pop-Tart—the latter on Solana. With 216 million YouTube views and more, traditional animation sparked nostalgic excitement among traders who remembered the early days of the internet. Spruiked onto markets through Pump.fun, $NYAN assumed a strong stance on Solana’s scaling and won the heart of meme coin fans.

$401K: Betting on Crypto Retirement

$401K rode Aug 7 Trump executive order unleashing crypto on $12.5 trillion 401(k) plans. It has been launched on Solana while mocking the retirement industry’s planet-shaking paradigm shift, whetting traders’ eyes on digital currencies as an insurance policy against old finance. Its opportunistic narrative rode the crypto policy buzz on the right side of new-age speculation.

$DOG: Dogwifhat Goes Hatless

$DOG re-launched as Dogwifhat’s Shiba Inu Achi pink iconic hatless, sold on Aug 1 for $794K. Developed on Solana, its irreverent “it’s just a dog” tale leveraged the ridiculousness of a pink iconic hatless meme avatar. Viral backstory and hype of the token developed through the community resulted in one of degens’ highest-risk favorites.

Ethereum’s Meme Surge: $SPX, $AEON, and More

$SPX spoofed Ethereum on the S&P 500 by a grassroots anti-traditional finance revolution. New additions such as $AEON, as being part of SPX6900’s NFT collection, took “consciousness on-chain” with a divine touch. $TITAN spoofed safe holdups, $FOX embedded the MetaMask fox avatar, and $UI fueled an AI agent protocol aggregator while riding on Ethereum’s bolstered powerhouse for speculation drives.

Other Notable News: August 4 – 10, 2025

Market Trends and Daily Highlights

The crypto market rebounded from early August volatility, with Bitcoin climbing from $112K to $116.8K and Ethereum surging 6% to $3.9K by August 9. Meme coins rose 2-4%, reflecting a 55/100 greed index. Daily snapshots:

August 5: Bitcoin at $115K, Ethereum at $3,652. $LIZARD and $USDUC led meme surges, with stablecoin USDe hitting a $9.5B cap, ranking third globally.
August 6: Solana launches like $LOL (+1180%), $ZEZAO (+340%), and $BRNRT exploded. Ethereum saw $TITAN and $AEON debut. ETF inflows hit $20B.
August 7: Liquidations hit hundreds of millions; $LIZARD (+51.83%), $Treasury (+57%), and $RugProof (+48.89%) shone, while $SPARK (-76.12%) dipped.
August 9: Ethereum transactions hit 1.74M-1.88M ATH; $FAITH, $KID, and $CLIPPY emerged. XRP spiked 7-8% to $3.32 post-SEC lawsuit resolution.

Regulatory Advancements

Pro-crypto policies shaped the week. President Trump’s August 7 executive orders enabled crypto in $12.5T 401(k) plans and banned bank “debanking,” boosting $401K and market sentiment. The SEC ruled liquid staking (e.g., Lido, Rocket Pool) as non-securities, aiding DeFi and ETFs. The Ripple lawsuit ended, confirming XRP’s retail status, with trading volume spiking over $300M.

Stablecoin Developments

MetaMask partnered with Stripe to launch mmUSD, integrating with DeFi platforms like Aave. Conversely, BUSD’s collapse ended with Paxos’s $48.5M NYDFS settlement for AML failures, highlighting regulatory risks. USDe’s $9.5B cap, fueled by GENIUS Act clarity and Anchorage partnership, solidified its third-place ranking among stablecoins.

Solana and Ethereum Ecosystem

Solana’s Pump.fun platform powered rapid meme coin launches, with tokens like $LOL and $MEMESCOT surging. Ethereum’s transaction surge (1.74M-1.88M daily) was driven by DeFi, 3-5% staking yields, and corporate buys (e.g., SharpLink’s $200M in ETH). Coinbase’s “super app” push for tokenized stocks and derivatives, alongside $20B ETF inflows, boosted ecosystem growth.

Global and Security Updates

Montenegro proposed €500M Bitcoin bonds, Standard Chartered partnered for Hong Kong stablecoins, and Japan’s SBI filed for a BTC-XRP ETF. A Paris crypto robbery netted €2M in BTC keys, and a $14B Lubian Bitcoin theft exposed systemic risks. MevX’s Buy Button upgrade enabled instant Telegram trades across chains, enhancing meme coin accessibility.

Conclusion

The meme coin scene between August 4-10, 2025, was an energetic mixture of Pixar shenanigans, nostalgia of the internet era, and policy-motivated fervor. Solana’s $LIZARD, $BOSS, and $NYAN spearheaded the action with viral stories, and Ethereum’s $SPX and newbies provided mix-and-match. Policy victories and an uptrending market made the atmosphere euphoric, yet risk and rug pull remained a threat at all times. With looming Fed rate reductions, degens have all the moonshot in the world to pursue. Catch up with MevX Blog on day-to-day analysis and first notice.