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Dogs, frogs and penguins rode Bitcoin's rally this month. This week most of them slipped, and the scammers came out in force.
By Michal Beno, CEO, OneMiners
30 September 2026 · 4 min read
The short version
Most big meme coins are up over the past 30 days but down over the past week. BONK (+35%) and WIF (+28%) led the month. Dogecoin is up about 13% in September. There is no brand-new viral coin this week, but there is a fresh wave of scams.
Meme coins usually move like Bitcoin, only louder. When Bitcoin jumped to $87,000 on 21 September, meme coins jumped too. Dogecoin peaked near $0.100 on 23 September, about 21% above where it started the month. When Bitcoin cooled, so did they. DOGE now trades around $0.094.
Meme coin price change, last 30 days
Percent, to 30 September 2026
The same coins, last 7 days
Percent, to 30 September 2026
What about a new coin?
There is no new token that everyone is talking about this week. The trending lists are full of familiar names. PENGU, the Pudgy Penguins coin, is trending thanks to events at Korea Blockchain Week, even though it fell about 9% this week. Be careful with articles promising the next 100x "presale". Many of them are paid ads, not news.
The scam warning of the week
Researchers flagged a meme coin scam factory that launched 53 fake tokens between July and September and drained about $18.4 million from buyers. The pattern is always the same: a new token, a burst of hype, then the creators pull the money out within minutes. Separately, California just banned public officials from issuing meme coins, a sign of how often these launches go wrong.
THE ONEMINERS VIEW
Meme coins run on attention. Bitcoin mining runs on electricity and hardware. If you want exposure to crypto that does not depend on a trend lasting, a Bitcoin miner produces new coins every day, based on the network and not on hype. See the Bitcoin miners in stock.
SOURCES AND DATA
- Prices and 7-day / 30-day changes: CoinGecko, read 30 September 2026
- Scam factory: on-chain research reported by KuCoin News, 28 September 2026
- California AB 2409: Decrypt, CryptoSlate, 27 September 2026
- PENGU at Korea Blockchain Week: Benzinga, September 2026
Michal Beno
CEO of OneMiners, the global Bitcoin mining hosting and hardware platform with 15 published hosting locations, 7-year fixed electricity contracts and a 7-year hardware warranty. He writes about the economics of industrial Bitcoin mining.
Informational only, not financial advice. Figures are a snapshot from public market data and news reports as of 30 September 2026 and can change quickly. Crypto prices can fall as well as rise. No return is offered or implied. Do your own research.
