At the intersection of AI and memcoin: due to which PIPPIN has risen in price by 26 times, 2026/01/14 10:00:07

Opinion On December 24, 2025, the PIPPIN memcoin rate reached an all-time high. More than 2500% in a month – this is how much the coin has increased in price. At the beginning of 2026, it was again trading at high levels.

Pippin is both a memecoin on the Solana blockchain and an artificial intelligence agent (AI agent) capable of acting autonomously to a certain extent. In other words, this is a coin that combines two popular narratives in recent years. 

In fact, Pippin is a caricature of an artificially intelligent unicorn that has gone viral on the Internet. It looks like this:

Source: pippin.love/

Its creator Yohei Nakajima is known for other AI agents, in particular BabyAGI. In 2023, he generated a character and asked the AI ​​to give him a name – and thus Pippin was born. In the fall of 2024, a memcoin of the same name was launched on the Solana blockchain, and some time later the AI ​​agent itself was introduced.

The developers claim that their project is “a whimsical AI-controlled unicorn that operates 24/7 through a continuous cycle of dynamic actions, memory updates, and state changes.”

Thus, this is a kind of experiment with an AI influencer – a model capable of independently managing social networks and even recording podcasts. For example, Pippin can record children’s stories, which you can listen to on Amazon music or in the podcast section on the Apple website.

The character also managed to acquire a backstory and even a philosophy inspired by “transcendentalism, Taoism and Stoicism.” All this is presented in detail on the official website of the project. Of course, this is rather a kind of marketing on the part of the developers, which, nevertheless, turned out to be very effective.

The idea of the coin is significantly different from both the “classic” memecoins like Dogecoin, Bonk and Pepe, and from the “absurd” coins popular in 2025, including Useless Coin and SPX6900. Many people liked the unicorn, “living its own life” on the Internet, which you can watch from the outside.

The developers noticed this and decided to capitalize on its popularity. In particular, a section of the store with souvenir products has already appeared on the official website. But most importantly, there you can find information about the memcoin of the same name. What is he like?

Memecoin PIPPIN

As mentioned earlier, this is a memcoin on the Solana blockchain. Its maximum emission is 1 billion coins. Currently, the project’s capitalization exceeds $330 million, which is why it ranks 129th among all cryptocurrencies. As of December 2025, the number of coin holders exceeds 31,000.

Source: coinmarketcap.com

After listing on centralized crypto exchanges (CEX) in November 2024, the coin managed to survive two waves of growth: the first in January 2025, when the PIPPIN rate exceeded $0.25, and the second in December, when the coin reached an all-time high of $0.72, after which the rate corrected slightly.

During the period from November 24, 2025 to December 24, 2025, the coin managed to rise in price by 26 times. PIPPIN was one of the few projects on the market that grew rapidly during the Santa Claus Rally, a time when many investors expect prices to rise. Interestingly, in many much more mature cryptocurrencies with huge capitalization, like Bitcoin, the dynamics left much to be desired.

From December 25 to January 2 inclusive, the memcoin rate decreased, but then began to grow again, reaching the current annual maximum on January 5 – more than $0.54, after which the correction repeated. What does the situation with the price of PIPPIN look like right now?

Technical analysis

From a technical analysis point of view, the AI agent/memcoin situation is mixed. The indicators show multidirectional signals. The price is above the 50-day moving average (indicated in blue), which speaks in favor of buyers (bulls). On the other hand, the VI- (pink) line of the Vortex indicator exceeds VI+ (yellow), and this is already a bearish sign. It is critical for PIPPIN to hold above the support level around $0.27, otherwise the sell-off will intensify. But if we manage to gain a foothold above the resistance level of $0.45, then growth is quite likely to the 2026 maximum of $0.541, and maybe to the historical peak of $0.72.

Source: tradingview.com

Output

The success of the coin and the rise in its value is explained by its relationship to two popular narratives in the crypto industry of the past year: memcoins and AI agents. Maintaining social networks and recording podcasts is its distinctive feature in comparison with “classic” memcoins. At the same time, although the PIPPIN rate recently reached record levels, at the beginning of 2026 it remains extremely volatile.

This material and the information contained herein do not constitute individual or other investment advice. The editors’ opinions may not coincide with the opinions of analytical portals and experts.