In early 2021, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission banned meme coins as part of a crackdown on digital goods with "no clear objective or substance".
[7][8] Musk was sued by investors who accused him of using Dogecoin as an unregistered security to operate a pyramid scheme.
"[17] In January 2025, three US asset managers set out to launch exchange-traded funds investing in meme coins linked to Trump and Musk, which the Financial Times describes as "casino-like speculation".
[18] In February, more than 700 different copycat and spam coins were sent to Trump's digital wallet by people apparently seeking to falsely suggest they had his endorsement.
[19] This list includes meme coins that have received significant amounts of media coverage[20][21]: This article relating to cryptocurrencies is a stub.