A trend coin rides whatever is going viral right now — a news event, a meme, a celebrity, an animal. When a narrative is hot, scammers mass-launch copycats to catch the search traffic and FOMO. 99% are cash grabs hoping you confuse them for "the real one."
- arrow_rightImpersonation — fake "official" coins using a real project's name, logo, or ticker.
- arrow_rightCopycats — dozens of identical tickers; only one (if any) has the real community.
- arrow_rightFirst-mover trap — being early to a trend can pay, but trends die fast and the dump is brutal.