MemeCore Ignores Bitcoin's Hangover, Surges 5% on 50x Leverage Party

While the broader crypto market headed south this weekend with Bitcoin nursing a nasty hangover, MemeCore ($M) decided to walk into the club like it owned the place — rallying over 5% and ghosting BTC's correlation drama entirely. Sometimes the meme coins just don't get the memo.

The Layer 1 blockchain built for the "Meme 2.0" ecosystem has been absolutely melting faces. According to CoinMarketCap, $M actually popped 9%, climbing from $2.05 to $2.10 like it was nothing. The token now sits with a market cap around $2.82 billion, though daily trading volume dipped 42.77% to roughly $18.43 million — because apparently printing green candles isn't enough to keep the degenerates engaged. On the weekly timeframe, it's up over 30%.

So what's fueling this glorious run? Two fat catalysts: the network's hard fork going live on March 25 and a shiny new perpetual listing on Aster DEX. Nothing says "bullish" like a tech upgrade and leverage trading at the same time.

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