Huobi HTX New Asset Weekly Review (12.29—1.4): PEPE Drives Meme Sector Upward, Multi-Chain Memes Rise Together

By the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026, the cryptocurrency market gradually repaired its risk appetite amid fluctuations. As market liquidity showed signs of recovery, funds began to shift from defensive assets to high-elasticity sectors, with sentiment-driven characteristics significantly enhanced, and Meme assets once again became the focus of market attention. In the past week (December 29, 2026 - January 4, 2026), multiple Meme assets on Huobi HTX experienced a comprehensive explosion, with multi-chain ecosystems such as BSC, Solana, Base, Ethereum, and TRON rising in rotation, becoming the most representative structural market trend of the week.

Meme Sector: Multi-chain Rise, Sentiment Drives Accelerated Market

The top of this week's gainers list was almost entirely occupied by Meme projects, with a continued strengthening of funds' preference for high-consensus and high-communication attribute assets.

In the BSC ecosystem, BROCCOLI (CZ'S Dog) performed particularly well, with a cumulative increase of 170% over the week, becoming the champion of gains for the week. As one of the active Meme projects on the BSC chain, BROCCOLI quickly attracted fund attention through community dissemination and emotional resonance. Meanwhile, $4 rose 48% over the week, PALU saw a weekly increase of 37%, and 币安人生 had a weekly increase of 19%. The overall heat of the BSC Meme sector has clearly intensified.

The Solana ecosystem continued its strong performance, with PONKE (Ponke) rising 104% this week, as community activity and trading volume expanded simultaneously, making it an important representative asset in the SOL Meme sector; BONK (Bonk) increased by 44%, and BOME (BOOK OF MEME) rose 37%, indicating that multiple projects are rising together and that Meme assets on the Solana chain still have development potential.

In addition, Ethereum, TRON, and Base ecosystems also performed well. The leading ETH Meme asset PEPE rose 64% this week; TRON chain Meme project SUNDOG (Sundog) increased by 39% over the week; and Base chain Meme project BRETT (Brett) saw a weekly increase of 43%. Whether it is an established public chain or an emerging L2 ecosystem, there is sustained attractiveness under the Meme narrative.

AI Sector: Structural Recovery, Base Chain Projects Strengthen

While Meme sentiment dominated, there was a process of fund rotation from Meme to AI, and the AI sector also saw a rebound, especially with Base chain AI projects performing relatively well this week.

Among them, GAMEBASE (GAME by Virtuals) rose 60% this week. GAME is an AI Agent supported by VIRTUAL's gaming framework, gaining market fund attention in the context of the intersection of AI and blockchain gaming narratives; VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) had a weekly increase of 40%, as VIRTUAL is an AI x Metaverse protocol aimed at building the future of virtual interaction. Overall, AI assets are showing more structural recovery characteristics, with sentiment-driven dynamics weaker than Meme, but still possessing allocation value in the mid-term narrative.

*The above content is only a compilation of market information and trend analysis and does not constitute any investment advice. The price of digital assets is highly volatile; users are advised to participate in trading rationally and pay attention to risk control.

Huobi HTX's New Listing Strategy Continues to Evolve: Multi-Sector Forward-Looking Layout, Asset Structure Moving Towards Long-Term Value

From an overall structural perspective, this week's market showed a clear characteristic of "sentiment leading, Meme leading the gains." Meme assets, with their strong consensus, high communication, and fast-paced characteristics, have become the core direction for the accumulation of funds in this phase; at the same time, narrative sectors like AI are synchronously recovering on some chains, providing more structural opportunities for the market.

Huobi HTX continues to provide richer trading options for users through high-frequency listings and multi-chain asset layouts, covering core hot sectors such as Meme and AI. Looking towards 2026, Huobi HTX's asset listing strategy will continue to evolve: while maintaining high sensitivity to market hotspots, it will firmly adhere to a "value return" orientation and gradually tighten asset admission standards. Through forward-looking layouts and refined selection of high-growth quality assets, Huobi HTX continues to amplify the wealth effect of quality assets, helping users seize more certain growth opportunities in the structural rotation of the cryptocurrency market.

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