🥊 Memecoin matchup

$SKI vs $DEGEN

$DEGEN is Farcaster's tipping coin — a utility-flavoured Base meme. $SKI is the pure-meme dog play on Base, targeting Coinbase's mainstream funnel rather than crypto-native social.

$SKI

Base · 2026 cycle

Mainstream-friendly archetype (dog > niche social token)
Coinbase Smart Wallet onboarding lane
Politically vetted (US Congressman disclosure)
Lower cap entry vs DEGEN's matured price

$DEGEN

Base · 2024 — Farcaster tipping token

Strong Farcaster community
Real tipping utility
Tier-1 CEX listings

The cycle thesis

Each crypto cycle, the dog meme aligned with that cycle's onboarding network wins: DOGE on L1 PoW (2013), SHIB on Ethereum (2021), WIF on Solana (2024), and $SKI on Base (2026) — Coinbase's L2, with the Coinbase Smart Wallet defaulting 110M+ verified users onto it.

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