Meme Explosion! Huobi HTX New Asset Weekly Roundup (12.29—1.4): PEPE Drives Meme Sector Surge, Cross-Chain Memes Soar

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Over the past week, several meme assets experienced a comprehensive surge, with the multi-chain ecosystem of BSC, Solana, Avalanche, Ethereum, TRON, etc., taking turns to the upside, becoming the most representative structural rally of the market this week.

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From the end of 2025 to the beginning of 2026, the crypto market gradually recovered its risk appetite amid volatility. With the temporary warming of market liquidity, funds began to shift from defensive assets to high-resilience sectors. The market exhibited a significantly emotion-driven behavior, with Meme assets once again attracting market attention. During the past week (December 29 to January 4, 2026), various Meme assets on the Huobi HTX platform experienced a comprehensive surge. The BSC, Solana, Base, Ethereum, TRON, and other multi-chain ecosystems took turns moving upwards, becoming the most representative structural rally of the week.

Meme Sector: Multi-chain Rally, Emotion-Driven Surge

This week, the top gainers list was almost entirely dominated by Meme projects, as funds continued to favor assets with high consensus and high virality attributes.

In the BSC ecosystem, BROCCOLI (CZ'S Dog) stood out, achieving a remarkable weekly gain of 170% and becoming the champion of this week's surge. As one of the active Meme projects on the BSC chain, BROCCOLI quickly attracted fund attention with its community engagement and emotional resonance. At the same time, $4 surged by 48% in the week, PALU saw a 37% increase, and Binance Life experienced a 19% weekly gain. The overall heat of the BSC Meme sector has significantly increased.
Continuing its strong performance, the Solana ecosystem saw PONKE (Ponke) rise by 104% this week, with community activity and trading volume expanding in sync, making it an important representative asset of the SOL Meme sector. BONK rose by 44%, BOME (BOOK OF MEME) by 37%, and the joint rise of multiple projects indicates that Solana's on-chain Meme assets still have development potential.

Additionally, the Ethereum, TRON, and Base ecosystems also performed well. The ETH Meme flagship, PEPE, surged by 64% this week; the TRON chain Meme project SUNDOG (Sundog) rose by 39% during the week; and the Base chain Meme project BRETT increased by 43%. Whether it is a well-established public chain or an emerging L2 ecosystem, both continue to attract interest under the Meme narrative.

AI Track: Structural Recovery, Strong Performance of Base Chain Projects

Amidst Meme-driven sentiment, there has been a capital rotation process from Meme to AI. The AI track has also seen a market rebound, especially with Base Chain AI projects showing relatively strong performance this week.

Among them, GAMEBASE (GAME by Virtuals) saw a 60% increase this week. GAME is an AI Agent game framework supported by VIRTUAL, gaining market attention in the context of AI intersecting with blockchain games and applications narratives; VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) saw a weekly increase of 40%, as it is an AI x Metaverse protocol building the future of virtual interaction. Overall, AI assets are showing more of a structural recovery characteristic, with sentiment-driven trends weaker than Meme coins, but still holding value in the mid-term narrative.

*The above content is only market information compilation and trend analysis, not investment advice. As digital asset prices are volatile, please trade rationally and pay attention to risk control.

Huobi HTX Launches New Listing Strategy: Forward-looking Multi-Track Layout, Asset Structure Moving Towards Long-term Value

Looking at the overall structure, this week's market trends have shown a clear "sentiment-led, Meme-led" feature. Meme assets, with their strong consensus, high dissemination, and fast-paced nature, have become the core direction of phase-wise capital accumulation. At the same time, narrative-driven tracks such as AI have partially recovered on certain blockchains, providing the market with more structural opportunities.

Huobi HTX continues to provide users with more trading options through high-frequency listings and multi-chain asset layouts, covering core hot tracks such as Meme and AI. Looking towards 2026, Huobi HTX's asset listing strategy will continue to evolve: while maintaining a high sensitivity to market trends, it firmly upholds the "value return" orientation, gradually tightening asset access standards. Through forward-looking layout and fine selection of high-growth quality assets, Huobi HTX continues to amplify the wealth effect of quality assets, helping users seize more deterministic growth opportunities in the crypto market's structural rotation.

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