Author: Wenser (@wenser2010), Odaily
The crypto market continues to fluctuate and decline. However, even in a sluggish market, a few tokens are bucking the trend, maintaining their own independent rhythm of "big rises and falls." In this article, Odaily will analyze the "monster coins" that have recently shown outstanding price performance, attempting to summarize their commonalities and help discover the next investment target with the potential for explosive growth.
From the end of last year to January of this year, AI Agent tokens once occupied the absolute focus of the crypto market. Tokens such as ai16z (ELIZAOS) and swarms were often among the top gainers. PIPPIN was also a product of the same batch of AI concept tokens at that time.
Nearly a year later, only PIPPIN remains, likely chosen by speculative investors due to its ease of manipulation. Its price has surged in the last two weeks. On November 23rd, its price was only around $0.05; just a week later, it had skyrocketed to over $0.17. On December 1st, PIPPIN bucked the trend, rising over 60% to nearly $0.18. At that time, analyst @frontrunnersx warned that PIPPIN exhibited concentrated accumulation characteristics, with some addresses continuously accumulating without significant selling activity, causing the price to repeatedly hit short positions and trigger a chain reaction of liquidations. One address bought approximately $200,000 worth of PIPPIN six days prior, sold it after the price doubled, and is currently taking similar action against ARC. On December 2nd, Bubblemaps monitored 50 linked addresses that purchased $19 million worth of PIPPIN tokens. They also discovered that 26 addresses withdrew 44% of the PIPPIN token supply from the Gate platform within two months, totaling $96 million. Most of these wallets had recently received deposits. The majority of PIPPIN token withdrawals occurred on October 24th and November 23rd. At that time, the PIPPIN token price had already increased by as much as 1000%, and insiders controlled half of the token supply, worth $120 million. In other words, the PIPPIN insider's accumulation phase began even earlier than a month ago, with the real violent surge occurring about a month and a week later. Subsequently, a certain diamond trader liquidated his previously stockpiled 24.8 million PIPPINs, reducing his unrealized profit from a peak of $7.6 million to $3.65 million. On December 6th, Onchain Lens monitored that a whale spent 23,736 SOL (worth approximately $3.3 million) over three days to purchase 16.35 million PIPPINs at $0.20 each, at which time his unrealized profit exceeded $740,000. On December 16th, Bubblemaps again issued a warning that while PIPPIN prices continued to rise, internal addresses currently held approximately 80% of the supply, worth approximately $380 million. Bubblemaps points out that since the last disclosure (December 2nd), 16 new wallets with the same pattern have emerged (funded by HTX, receiving similar amounts of SOL, no history, and large withdrawals of PIPPIN from CEXs); another group of 11 wallets associated with Bitget has been identified, holding approximately 9% of the total supply, with highly consistent fund flows and time windows, suspected to be controlled by the same entity. That evening, as the price of PIPPIN fell below $0.3, this "monster coin extravaganza" came to a temporary close. However, the next day, December 17th, PIPPIN surged to around $0.5, triggering another large-scale short squeeze. It must be said that the violent methods of market manipulators in a bear market are truly ruthless. As of the time of writing, the price of PIPPIN is temporarily at $0.44, a 24-hour increase of over 15%, and its performance continues.
As a cross-chain DeFi protocol that provides lending, staking, and trading services and primarily runs on the Algorand chain, Folks Finance didn't initially attract much attention. However, with the launch of the official S2 incentive program, market enthusiasm for its token has been reignited.
It's worth noting that Folks Finance distributed 1.5 million FOLKS tokens during its S1 incentive program, including Chainlink incentives. On November 6th, FOLKS officially launched on Binance Alpha, with an all-time low price of around $2. Following an official announcement from Folks Finance on December 9th, the price of FOLKS tokens surged from less than $10. On December 14th, after nearly a week of speculation, the price of FOLKS tokens broke through $40 for the first time, eventually rising to nearly $47, a nearly 24-fold increase from its low. Subsequently, the price of FOLKS quickly fell back, dropping by approximately 80%. As of writing, FOLKS is priced at $6.40, a drop of over 24% in the last 24 hours, with a circulating supply of 12.7 million tokens (25.4% of the total supply) and a market capitalization of approximately $81 million. BEAT: A true altcoin, its rise speaks for itself. As another altcoin rooted in the BNB Chain ecosystem, similar to previous altcoins like MYX and COAI, BEAT's surge is another classic example. It's worth noting that the official account of the project behind the BEAT token promotes the concept as a "Web3 AI entertainment platform + IP creation platform," essentially a repackaged version of a popular concept. After listing on Binance Alpha and futures in early November, the BEAT official account claimed that there were over 1.2 million independent on-chain holding addresses, truly demonstrating the adage "the bolder the ambition, the greater the reward." Similar to the price movements of previous speculative coins, BEAT maintained a low initial market capitalization—after an initial surge following its Binance Alpha listing, its market capitalization remained around $25 million; subsequently, the price skyrocketed amidst a series of ups and downs. As of this writing, BEAT is trading at around $2.7, a 24-hour increase of over 14%, with a circulating market capitalization of $440 million and approximately 126,000 on-chain holding addresses.
As the project token of DeAgent AI, AIA previously attracted considerable market liquidity and attention due to a significant surge after its listing on Binance Futures, with its price once soaring by over $1. However, limited by the increasingly sluggish market environment and the gradual cooling of the AI concept, the token price gradually fell into a slump, steadily declining.
But the "delisting of AIA from Binance Futures" has injected new volatility into its liquidity. On December 11th, according to an official announcement, Binance Futures announced that it would close all AIAUSDT perpetual contracts and conduct automatic settlement at 20:15 on December 11, 2025. After settlement, the contract will be delisted, and AIA once plummeted by more than 90%. However, Binance subsequently announced that Alpha 2.0 would support the contract swap for DeAgentAI (AIA). Starting from 20:00 (UTC+8) on December 11, 2025, Binance Alpha 2.0 has temporarily closed AIA trading to execute this contract swap. This contract swap will be executed at a 1:1 ratio. The snapshot time is 20:00 (UTC+8) on December 11, 2025. Binance Alpha 2.0 will resume trading of DeAgentAI (AIA) on December 15, 2025 at 16:00 (UTC+8). On December 15, official Binance Alpha data showed that DeAgentAI (AIA) had completed its smart contract swap and officially resumed trading at 16:00 (UTC+8). Market data showed that AIA surged after opening, with gains exceeding 160% at one point, topping the Binance Alpha sector gainers list. As of the time of writing, AIA's price is temporarily at $0.11, a 24-hour decrease of 6.3%, with a circulating market capitalization of $16 million.
As a DAO organization focusing on the concept of "decentralized music and cultural community and platform ecosystem," RaveDAO's development speed is phenomenal. After several months of community building and project development, RaveDAO has previously completed several member NFT sales.
On November 10th, RaveDAO officially announced its token economic model and airdrop, stating that the token aims to connect artists, organizers, and fans through token economics, promoting a decentralized entertainment ecosystem of "culture as protocol." The total supply of RAVE is 1 billion, with 30% allocated to the community, 31% to the ecosystem, 20% to the team and co-builders, 5% to early supporters, 5% to liquidity, 3% to airdrops, and 6% to the foundation and charitable pool. Approximately 23.03% will circulate after the token generation event (TGE), with the remainder having a 12-month clamp and a 36-month linear unlocking period. A month later, on December 10th, Binance Alpha announced the upcoming listing of RaveDAO (RAVE). The following day, news of RaveDAO's dual ecosystem support from WLFI and Aster spread quickly, and on December 12th, its trading volume on Binance Alpha exceeded $25 million within an hour of listing. Moreover, RaveDAO's "high-level strategy" has been extremely impressive. On the evening of the 12th, Trump's eldest son retweeted and followed the news of Aster's cooperation with USD1. RaveDAO, one of the partners in the cooperation, gained massive exposure as a result. CZ then retweeted the tweet, and the price of RAVE rose accordingly. On December 13th, the price of RAVE briefly touched $0.67, a 24-hour increase of over 410%; On December 14th, Binance Futures listed RAVE U-margined contracts; On December 15th, RAVE was listed on centralized exchanges such as OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Aster, Gate, Kucoin, and MEXC, at which time the price fell back to around $0.41. As of the time of writing, the on-chain price of RAVE is temporarily reported at $0.38, a 24-hour increase of over 12%, with a circulating market capitalization of $88 million.
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