Cat in a Dog's World (MEW)
“Somebody finally stood up for the cats.”
This article is about the internet meme. For the original Solana memecoin, see cat in a dogs world ($MEW).
Cat in a Dog's World (MEW) in a Dog's World (ticker MEW) is a cat-themed memecoin launched on the Solana blockchain in 2024, conceived as a feline challenger to the dog-dominated memecoin sector. Its branding leans on the long internet tradition of cat memes, positioning the cat as an underdog, or 'undercat', in a world of dog coins. Its rapid early success is often credited with helping kick off what crypto users called 'cat season.'
Origin
MEW launched on the Solana blockchain on March 25, 2024, amid the 2024 Solana memecoin boom. It was explicitly themed as a cat asserting itself in a market saturated with dog-themed tokens, and its name and art play on the idea of a cat surviving in 'a dog's world.' The project used a tokenomics model centered on burning roughly 90% of liquidity-pool tokens and distributing the remaining 10% via airdrops.
Spread
Within hours of debut MEW recorded over $150 million in transaction value, and it crossed a $900 million-plus market capitalization within days, making it one of the breakout cat tokens of the cycle. It later reached an all-time high around $0.0116 on October 25, 2024, briefly pushing its market cap past $1 billion. In 2024 it became one of the first cat coins to secure Korean won (KRW) trading pairs on major exchanges such as Bithumb and Upbit.
Legacy
MEW is frequently described as a driving force behind 'cat season,' a period when cat-themed tokens competed with the long-dominant dog coins for attention and market share. Its branding draws on decades of cat-centric internet humor through formats like Longcat, Nyan Cat (2011), Grumpy Cat (2012), and Business Cat. Cats arguably dominate internet memes because of their expressive, anthropomorphizable faces and ubiquity among early online communities.
The Chain Trail
The OG token for this meme is cat in a dogs world ($MEW) on Solana, launched 2024-03. MemePedia tracks 3 Cat in a Dog's World (MEW) tokens in total across Solana.
Key facts
- MEW (Cat in a Dog's World) is a Solana-based memecoin launched March 25, 2024.
- It was branded as a cat-themed counter to dog-dominated memecoins like Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and BONK.
- Tokenomics featured roughly a 90% liquidity-pool token burn and a 10% airdrop allocation.
- It recorded over $150 million in transaction value within hours and a $900M+ market cap within days of launch.
- All-time high around $0.0116 on October 25, 2024, briefly surpassing a $1 billion market cap.
- Among the first cat coins to gain KRW pairs on Korea's Bithumb and Upbit exchanges.
- Credited with helping launch 'cat season' in 2024 memecoin culture.
- Its theme draws on a long lineage of cat memes including Longcat, Nyan Cat (2011), Grumpy Cat (2012) and Business Cat.
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The tokens that claim Cat in a Dog's World (MEW)
Every token we can tie to this meme, and which contract appeared first. The original is marked OG; the rest arrived to ride the name.
| # | Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap | Liquidity | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  cat in a dogs world $MEW | $0.000326 | -3.17% | $28.98M | $6.55M | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 2 |  michi $MICHI | $0.000469 | -1.52% | $260.54K | $272.67K | Apr 1, 2024 |
| 3 |  MANEKI $MANEKI | $0.000218 | +0.71% | $1.94M | $1.90M | Apr 1, 2024 |
Combined live market cap for Cat in a Dog's World (MEW): $31.18M across 3 coins. Market data is live from DexScreener; figures are not investment advice.
The on-chain receipts for $MEW (the OG contract), pulled straight from the chain.
On-chain report
via helius · updated 23h agoHeld by the top 10 wallets.
- 1. 555o…3ZFB37.78%
- 2. 5Q54…e4j111.07%
- 3. 8Mm4…MZQH10.22%
- 4. 4xLp…9Qdg7.05%
- 5. Dwdr…Eq1g3.17%
- 6. C68a…dqyo1.79%
- 7. 5LZk…boT21.74%
- 8. AVPK…qHg51.01%
- 9. Ho4Z…6yNk0.74%
- 10. u6PJ…Xq2w0.68%
- Top 10 wallets hold 75.2% of supply — highly concentrated.
- Deployment predates the scanned history — earliest date is a lower bound.
Facts pulled directly from the chain via Solscan-grade data. Not financial advice.
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