From Dogecoin to Social Tokens: How Meme Coins Are Actually Shaping Crypto Culture

Nobody expected a dog meme to change finance, but here we are. Meme coins showed up to crypto's party uninvited and somehow made everything more interesting. What started as internet jokes has turned into something that's actually reshaping how people think about money, community, and what gives anything value in the first place. When Internet Jokes Became Serious Business Dogecoin started in 2013 as basically crypto's dad joke. Two developers looked at Bitcoin's corporate attitude and thought, "This needs more dogs." They threw together a coin based on that goofy Shiba Inu meme, expecting maybe their programmer friends would get a laugh out of it. Instead, something unexpected happened. People actually connected with it. Reddit communities started tipping each other with Dogecoin. It felt different from Bitcoin—less intimidating, more like, "Hey, want to buy me coffee with dog money?" Years later, when Elon started tweeting about it, things went...