I am a newcomer who just recently started exploring cryptocurrencies, and I recently noticed a quite obvious change while watching the market.

After entering 2026, Meme coins have rebounded over 20% in a week, and trading volume has increased by nearly 3 times. Moreover, the rise is not in obscure small coins but in established Meme coins like DOGE and PEPE.
My understanding might not be entirely correct, but my intuition is:
👉 It seems that funds are no longer as risk-averse as before.
Because in my impression:

Meme is considered a relatively high-risk sector.

If market sentiment is very poor, no one would be willing to take on Meme first.

Now that established Memes are moving first, does that mean everyone is starting to be willing to take some risks?

I can't say this is a full-blown bull market, but at least I feel:
The market no longer seems so “defensive.”
If a newbie like me looks at Meme, I would tend to prefer:

Established Meme coins with consensus and good liquidity

Rather than new meme coins that just came out, surged rapidly, but I don’t quite understand.

Of course, I might be overthinking it 😂