Record // MEME ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
MEWVEIL WOODS
A cat staking its claim in a world run by dogs — and the 'cat season' it kicked off.
What happened
MEW, branded 'cat in a dog's world,' launched on Solana in late March 2024 via a fair launch, with part of supply distributed to the community by airdrop. Its premise was explicitly cultural: a cat-themed project staking a claim in a meme ecosystem long dominated by dog mascots. Its arrival is widely credited with sparking the wave crypto-natives nicknamed 'cat season.'
Why Solana remembers it
MEW marked the moment cat-meme culture asserted itself as a distinct community identity on Solana, showing how a simple cultural frame could organize a large online community around a shared in-joke. This record covers MEW's own launch and framing; the broader 'cat season' it helped spark — Popcat's $1B milestone and the cats-vs-dogs rivalry — is chronicled at CAT SEASON PEAKS.
On the map
A silver-furred grove that purrs where the kennels once ruled.
Evidence · sources last verified 2026-07
Historical reference only. Documented as culture, not investment.