A Brief History of Meme Narratives

Narratives in crypto move in seasons - and the dominant meme animal changes with them.

We’ve seen entire bull runs themed around animals:

🐶 The Dog Meta (Last Cycle)

  • Doge went viral as a meme - a Shiba Inu with silly captions, full of internet charm.

  • Shiba Inu (SHIB) followed as a derivative narrative - it didn’t copy Doge but extended its legacy, creating its own tribe and purpose.

  • This worked because SHIB was a clear evolution, not a copy.

Then came the imitators: Baby Inu, Inu etc - all surface-level derivatives with no narrative depth.

The dog era showed us: narratives grow when derivatives evolve - not clone.

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