The Vault
Grail Gallery
Dogecoin · #01/50 · since 2013
The original meme coin, launched in 2013 as a joke and still going.
Legendary · market cap $12.79B · all-time high $0.732 (May 2021)
Ethereum · #02/50 · since 2020
Dog-themed ERC-20 launched anonymously in 2020 that grew a whole ecosystem around it.
Legendary · market cap $3.02B · all-time high $0.0000862 (Oct 2021)
Ethereum · #03/50 · since 2021
Named after Elon Musk's Shiba Inu and grown into a wider brand and ecosystem.
Epic · market cap $236.8M · all-time high $0.000345 (Jun 2024)
BNB Chain · #11/50 · since 2021
Token inspired by the Cheems Shiba meme, launched on BNB Chain.
Rare · market cap $92.4M · all-time high $0.00000216 (Mar 2025)
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Dogecoin
Meme Legends · #01/50
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02 / Meme history
Meme tokens started as in-jokes and became a lasting part of crypto culture. Most disappeared. A few kept their communities, their liquidity and their place on the chart.
The Vault is a gallery of the ones still standing, and of the characters that made them famous.
2013
A joke becomes a coin
Dogecoin launches in December 2013, created by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a lighthearted take on crypto.
2020
The dog pack grows
Shiba Inu appears in August 2020 under the pseudonym Ryoshi and turns a meme into a full ecosystem.
2023
The frog arrives
Pepe the Frog, drawn by Matt Furie in 2005, finds a second life as a token in April 2023. Base follows with its own meme wave in 2024.