Cat-themed meme coin, cat in a dogs world (CRYPTO: MEW) emerged as the market’s best-performing cryptocurrency Tuesday even as the heavyweights remained restrained.

What Happened: The Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-based currency popped 20% in the last 24 hours, helping investors recoup significant losses incurred over the weekend. 

The memecoin soared 81% in July before taking a U-turn in the first week of August. With the latest reversal, MEW’s monthly gains improved to 57%.

The relief rally outshone blue-chip currencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), while also bettering meme giants like Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB).

Other Solana-based meme tokens such as dogwifhat (CRYPTP: WIF) and Bonk (CRYPTO: BONK) also recovered, rising 10.94% and 7.92%, respectively.

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Why It Matters: The memecoin’s surge came alongside a 14% dip in its 24-hour trading volumes, casting doubts about the sustainability of the rally. 

Meanwhile, the Cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index improved from “Extreme Fear” to “Fear” Tuesday, as the market bellwether, Bitcoin rebounded from its Monday crash.

Price Action: At the time of writing, MEW was trading at 0.005992, jumping 20% in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.

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