{"id":48808,"date":"2025-09-22T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48808"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:01:52","slug":"vitalik-says-ethereum-cant-rely-on-meme-coin-money-ethereum-price-prediction-for-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48808","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Says Ethereum Can\u2019t Rely on Meme Coin Money: Ethereum Price Prediction for October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ethereum has seen it all, from the ICO boom of 2017 to the NFT and DeFi explosion of 2021. Yet, in every cycle, there is a constant: fees. Ethereum is not as scalable as Solana or Base, for example, and users are susceptible to changes in gas fees. While fee changes can be used to gauge trader sentiment, which influences Ethereum price prediction models, the drivers of these fee changes ought to be organic and sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a <\/span>blog post<\/span><\/a> on September 21, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, delivered a sobering message to crypto investors and degens chasing the next god candle. He thinks that for Ethereum to survive, the chain should not hinge on the fleeting frenzy of meme coins. It is an indirect dig at competitors, especially Solana, whose bloodline is directly fed by meme coin activity. As of September 22, Coingecko data shows that Solana meme coins are now worth over $10.5Bn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Source: <\/span>Coingecko<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

While Buterin is skeptical of meme coins, some of the top meme coins have their origins on Ethereum, with some going on to funnel millions of dollars to help scale the mainnet. Shiba Inu, for example, has a Shibarium Layer-2 for Ethereum, and SHIB USD is still one of the most valuable Ethereum meme coins.<\/span><\/p>\n

DISCOVER: <\/span>Best Meme Coin ICOs to Invest in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Can\u2019t Rely on Meme Coins for Growth<\/span><\/h2>\n

Meme coins are not necessarily bad for crypto. If anything, there is an argument that they are the only option for retailers to ride the crypto boom now that, for example, top-tier DeFi projects have been captured by venture capitalists. One analyst in particular projects the <\/span>total meme coin<\/span><\/a> market to command over $1T by the end of the decade.<\/span><\/p>\n