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Meme Trenches

Meme Trenches Daily Pack — Mon Sep 28, 2026 ~9:20am ET

As-of: ~09:20 ET America/New_York


1) Market context

  • SPX6900 cultural attention and Pumpfun/Sol infrastructure remain the narrative frame; RH Chain TVL is ~$1B ahead of the Sep 29 Summit/cliff. Base remains quiet for fresh trenches.
  • Digest-listed Sol launches include NUMMUS and BARSIK; both remain provisional/watch-only where tape or identity is weak. No dominant Base or pure RH meme breakout.
  • Sticky Sol flow, RH gaining; mentions remain provisional and the board uses highest-liquidity pairs.

2) Ranked trench hits (by Trench Score)

Early / micro focus only. Mid-cap context (SPX, STONK, CASHCAT, SCHIFFY, MONITOR, DRB) lives in §5 — not trench board.

  1. FEELSGOOD Sol — Trench 68 (carry; −26% 24h / +17% 1h)
  2. Holdoween Sol — 58 (seasonal persistence)
  3. BARSIK Sol — 55 (new provisional; digest; +129% 24h — lottery / identity risk)
  4. WHEN RH — 48
  5. AD RH — 44 (churn flag)
  6. CAT (SPYx) Sol — 42 (boost distortion; RWA)
  7. NUMMUS Sol — 40 (digest; thin vol — provisional)
  8. CASHED RH — 38 (prior leader; −56% 24h — drop / fade watch only)
  9. UPTOBER Sol — 36 (fading seasonal)
  10. ROO RH — 34 (drop; churn)

Dead / inactive: LONGBOI (no flow). Hard drop: HOODCATS (−50%), Jumper dust. Avoid board: URMOM, PAWS, ROBIN, clones, MURAD UsePaid.

3) Full table (early trench)

TokenChainCA (full)McapLiqMentions*TrenchHookRisk flagsSources
FEELSGOODSol$1.97M$86.5k~3468Feels Good Man; Sun board carry; $269k 24h vol−26% 24h; +17% 1h bounce unconfirmed; liq/mcap thin vs SunDex highest-liq; Sun board
HoldoweenSol$716k$87.4k~3058hold til Halloween; $250k 24h turnover−7% 24h; seasonal decay; multi-pair skewDex PumpSwap
BARSIKSol$246k$112k~2855digest cat; +129% 24h; $95k volsingle-source; may be 2024 Hasbulla cat not fresh launch; lotteryDigest; Dex
WHENRH$496k$83.0k~2248When on RH; deepest micro RH liqonly $15.5k 24h vol; coolerDex Uniswap v3 WETH
ADRH$206k$41.3k~2244Artificial Dogechurn — high vol vs mcap; multi-pairDex Uniswap v4 ETH
CATSol$338k$51.1k~2442Catching Absolute Tops × SPYx RWADex boost 500; −12% 24h; quiet volDex Raydium SPYx
NUMMUSSol$1.45M$135k~2040digest Roman/Bitcoin-reserve meme~$2.5k 24h vol; not a new launch; single-sourceDigest; Dex
CASHEDRH$1.68M$130k~3038prior RH leader; still $763k/day−56% 24h / −31% 1h; clones; drop from leadDex Uniswap v4 ETH
UPTOBERSol$147k$38.6k~2036seasonal Uptober−15% 24h; clone 5AxA9k…pumpDex PumpSwap
ROORH$243k$36.9k~2234“nobody knows what he is”−13% 24h; $1.6M vol on $243k = churn; dropDex Uniswap v4 ETH

*Mentions = provisional (digest × persistence). Soft.

Sun → Mon board refresh (highest-liq)

TokenSun ~mcap/liqMon highest-liqStatus
CASHED$3.59M / $191k$1.68M / $130kFADING −56% — drop lead
FEELSGOOD$2.76M / $182k$1.97M / $86.5kHOLD / confirmation −26%
ROO$337k / $44k$243k / $37kDROP
CAT SPYx$380k / $54k$338k / $51kHOLD / boost watch
HOODCATS$335k / $49k$168k / $34kDEAD-ish −50% — avoid
Holdoween$736k / $90k$716k / $87kHOLD secondary
WHEN$467k / $81k$496k / $83kHOLD secondary ↑
AD$203k / $39k$206k / $41kHOLD / churn
UPTOBER$181k / $43k$147k / $39kFADING
LONGBOI$54k / $53k$54k / $53kINACTIVE (~$7 vol)

CA match check: Sun board CAs resolved to expected tickers. Digest BARSIK/NUMMUS verified on Dex (identity/newness provisional).

Digest CA verify

TokenChainCAMcapLiqCall
BARSIKSol$246k$112kBOARD provisional — tape active; may not be fresh launch
NUMMUSSol$1.45M$135kWATCH only — real pool, ~no 24h flow
JumperSol$3.3k$0AVOID
URMOMRH$507k$66kAVOID board (raid/weak persistence)

4) Hot vs fading vs avoid

HOT / early: FEELSGOOD (confirmation watch), BARSIK lottery, Holdoween seasonal hold, WHEN grind.

FADING / DROP: CASHED (−56%), HOODCATS (−50%), ROO, UPTOBER, LONGBOI inactive. CAT boosted — not organic heat.

AVOID:

  • Jumper — no liq
  • URMOM
  • PAWS — no Dex pair
  • ROBIN — no Dex pair
  • UPTOBER clone
  • MURAD / UsePaid
  • CASHED clones — only
  • Galxe/Zealy spam; single-shill Sol launches without Dex verify

5) RWA-linked + mid-cap context (NOT trench board)

  • CAT × SPYx — still on early table ($338k / $51k); boost flag
  • SCHIFFY OG × GLD — $7.27M / $719k; +20% 24h; mid-cap NOT trench
  • MONITOR × PLTR — $4.95M / $724k; +7% 24h; mid-cap
  • STONK Sol — $252M / $4.13M; −10% 24h; launchpad/RWA leader — mid-cap
  • CASHCAT RH — $185M / $4.90M; Summit/RH culture — mid-cap
  • SPX6900 ETH — $398M / $12.4M; digest cultural #1 — mature NOT early
  • DRB Base — $18.9M / $1.57M; Base benchmark only

6) WHAT COULD I BE WRONG ABOUT?

  • Digest SPX heat can pull attention off micros without creating a boardable early CA.
  • BARSIK may be ticker collision with 2024 Hasbulla cat — not a fresh trench.
  • NUMMUS has size but almost no 24h volume — digest mention without tape.
  • FEELSGOOD liq compressed vs Sun ($182k → $86k) — continuation unconfirmed.
  • RH Summit Sep 29 can dump micros into RWA/mid-cap (CASHCAT/SCHIFFY) instead of trench names.
  • Rented Dex boosts (CAT 500) fake discovery.
  • Multi-pair RH/Sol mcap traps — always use highest-liq from §3.
  • Base early hunt empty; missing a quiet Base breakout possible (BASEJUICE unverified this pass).

7) Base coverage note

No clean early Base trench with verified real liq this pass. Digest + search: Base quiet; BASEJUICE / TOSHI / BRETT not added without clean CA verify. DRB remains mature benchmark (~$18.9M / $1.57M; −4% 24h). Mid-cap context only.

8) Suggested board for Cos (early trench — copy these CAs)

  1. FEELSGOOD
  2. Holdoween
  3. BARSIK (provisional / lottery)
  4. WHEN
  5. AD (churn flag)
  6. CAT (boost / RWA)
  7. NUMMUS watch (thin vol)

Drop from lead: CASHED, HOODCATS, ROO, UPTOBER, LONGBOI. Mid-cap only (not trench): SPX6900, STONK, CASHCAT, SCHIFFY, MONITOR, DRB. Hard avoid: Jumper, URMOM, PAWS, ROBIN, UPTOBER clone, MURAD UsePaid, CASHED clones.

Ready for Cos handoff / 9:30 brief.

Sources / technical notes
  • DIGEST status: DIGEST_OK. https://makcapitaldaily.grok.me — browser-rendered As-of 2026-09-28 08:06 ET (live morning issue; box-browser warm).
  • Fetch caveat: Plain HTTP/WebFetch can serve a stale SSR/cache body; the browser-warmed digest As-of is authoritative for narrative leads.
  • Sources: DexScreener highest-liquidity pairs, token boosts/profiles, digest leads, and public WebSearch; CAs were checked on Dex. Mentions remain provisional.
  • Pack path: /workspace/crypto-packs/2026-09-28/meme-trenches.md.
  • Compiled ~09:20 ET Mon Sep 28, 2026.