Meme coin lifecycles are shortening significantly, with projects reaching all-time highs an average of 17.2 days after initial trading, according to Bloomberg analysis. One-quarter of tokens peak within just 1.6 days, while the median time from peak to a 95% price decline is 370 days. Only 3% of meme coin projects ever recover their historical highs. The sector is being saturated by new token launches and rapid pump-and-dump cycles that are dampening speculative interest. Attention and capital are increasingly diverting toward AI tokens and prediction markets, which share significant overlap with the funding dynamics previously driving meme coin speculation. While meme coins retain cultural relevance, their role as a primary speculative vehicle has become notably more subdued.