What Is the Popcat Coin?

Zac McClure
ByZac McClure, MBAReviewed byAlex MilesUpdated on June 3, 2025 · minute read
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  • Popcat (POPCAT) is a fixed-supply, 1 billion-token meme coin on Solana that gained traction after a December 2024 fair launch and subsequent HTX, Bitget, and MEXC listings.

  • Selling, swapping, or receiving POPCAT creates a taxable event for US taxpayers. Airdropped tokens are ordinary income at receipt, and later gains use that value as cost basis.

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What is the Popcat Coin?

Popcat is an SPL meme token inspired by the “pop-cat” GIF. It launched on 22 December 2024 with a 1 billion maximum supply, all released to the market at inception through a Raydium liquidity pool. There is no additional mint or burn function, so the circulating and fully diluted supplies are identical.

The project’s core appeal is community culture: holders (nicknamed “Popcatters”) drive viral posts and fund small ecosystem tools through on-chain votes.

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How does the Popcat Coin work?

  • Blockchain: Solana SPL.

  • Supply mechanics: Capped at 1 billion; no inflation.

  • Liquidity & listings: Native pool on Raydium; CEX pairs on HTX, Bitget, and MEXC. Robinhood and The Big Whale list POPCAT price feeds.

  • NFT integration: A zero-royalty, 10k Popcat NFT set will be able to be staked for POPCAT rewards.

  • Community utilities: Tipping bots in Dialect chats, Popcat merch store discounts, and a planned on-chain arcade mini-game.

Popcat Coin airdrop

Future drops will be announced on official channels. Airdrops are taxable income in most jurisdictions at their market value on the day received, and capital gains on profit when sold.

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How to buy Popcat Coin

  1. Install a Solana wallet such as Phantom or Solflare.

  2. Transfer SOL from a fiat on-ramp.

  3. Swap SOL→ POPCAT on a DEX aggregator like Jupiter, verifying the contract hash.

  4. Approve the transaction and retain a small SOL balance for network fees.

This is not investment advice. Always do your own research and understand the risks involved before investing in crypto.

Where can I buy Popcat Coin

Beyond Solana DEXs (Raydium, Orca, Meteora), POPCAT/USDT pairs trade on HTX, Bitget, and MEXC. Withdraw to self-custody if you need tight cost-basis tracking.

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Popcat Coin price prediction

Meme-coin prices rely on social sentiment. POPCAT’s market cap is tiny compared with DOGE or SHIB, so double-digit daily swings are common. Analysts caution that speculative cycles, Solana congestion, and Twitter trends drive near-term moves more than fundamentals.

What is the future of Popcat Coin

Road-map items posted in May of 2025 include a Solana-based Popcat arcade, perpetual-futures listings on a derivatives DEX, and cross-promotion with the Solana Meme Index Fund. Long-term viability depends on sustained community engagement and liquidity depth.

Risks of Popcat Coin

POPCAT and all meme coins are highly volatile and risky. Price can fall 90% on sentiment shifts. Rug-pull risk is lower because the mint authority is burned, but smart-contract exploits or exchange delistings could still impact liquidity. For coins such as this, a good word of advice is to only invest what you can afford to lose. This is not financial advice, of course. Always do your own research before investing in POPCAT or any cryptocurrency.

Popcat Coin tax with TokenTax

  • Tracking: TokenTax imports SPL transfers and CEX trades, converts to local currency, and applies FIFO, HIFO, or Minimization accounting.

  • Staking rewards: Report as ordinary income at receipt; that value becomes cost basis for future gains.

  • Filing: US users list POPCAT sales on Form 8949.

Tax implications of Popcat airdrops

Airdropped POPCAT is ordinary income at fair-market value upon receipt for US taxpayers. Capital gains or losses arise when you later dispose of those tokens.

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Zac McClure
Zac McClureCo-Founder & CEO at TokenTax
Zac co-founded TokenTax after his career in international finance and accounting at JPMorgan, Imprint Capital and Bain. He has worked in more than half-dozen countries and received his MBA from the UPenn Wharton School.
Alex Miles
Reviewed byAlex MilesCo-Founder at TokenTax
Prior to TokenTax, Alex worked as a Product Designer at Dropbox and before that Readmill (acquired by Dropbox). He holds a BS in Digital Information Design - Interactive Media from Winthrop University.

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