CATE calls itself the cat sister of Dogecoin, and right now it is the loudest meme coin on TikTok. You have four ways in: gasless through the FOMO app, on-chain on Solana, spot on Gate or KuCoin, or Gate perps for leverage. One warning before any of them: several tokens share the CATE name, and picking the wrong one is how most buyers get burned. This guide covers each route, plus the contract check that keeps your money on the right cat.
For the origin story, tokenomics, and my own trade in it, start with our what is CATE breakdown.
What You Are Buying
CATE fair launched on Solana through pump.fun in late July, hours after the owner of Kabosu, the original Doge, posted a viral video of a rescued kitten. Dog plus E gave the world DOGE, so cat plus E gave it CATE. The branding leans into that hard, and TikTok has run with it.
There is zero utility here, and the project never claims any. What you get instead is a clean meme setup: a fixed supply around 1 billion, revoked mint authority, burned liquidity, no taxes, and no team allocation. The coin lives or dies on attention alone. I documented my own trade in the explainer above, and it was not my proudest work, so learn from it.
Want to see how CATE stacks up on its home chain? Our list of the best Solana meme coins puts it in context.
Route One: The FOMO App
Here is a stat worth sitting with. CATE counts roughly 80,000 holders on-chain, while close to a million Theses sit on the coin inside FOMO. The crowd watching this cat is far bigger than the crowd holding it, and most of the watchers are one tap from a position.
If you found this guide through a search, you probably do not have a FOMO account yet. The app fixes every beginner hurdle at once: it creates your wallet, covers gas, takes card deposits, and works from your phone. Type CATE, pick an amount, confirm.
Read our FOMO app review for the fee breakdown, then join through our referral link with code FairSaltySquid for 10% off fees.
Route Two: On-Chain via Solana
Own-wallet buyers trade CATE where it was born. The token graduated from pump.fun into PumpSwap and Raydium pools, all paired against SOL. You need a Solana wallet like Phantom, which we tested in our Phantom wallet review. Fund it with SOL for the swap and fees, and grab the correct contract address from the section below.
From there, pull up the pair on Dexscreener or GeckoTerminal and swap your SOL for CATE straight from the chart. Our Dexscreener review and GeckoTerminal review show how each terminal handles those swaps.
Self-custody comes with homework, though. Sub-$100 million memes move violently, so set sensible slippage and never market-buy into a thin pool. Want the full tooling landscape? Our pillar on the best places to trade meme coins compares every terminal and app we trust.
Route Three: CEX Spot on Gate or KuCoin
Gate is the main centralized venue. It opened CATE spot trading in late August and now hosts the most active CATE/USDT pair. Create your Gate account through our link if that route fits you. A full Gate review is in our pipeline, since it keeps landing coins from our watchlist first.
KuCoin added the coin earlier through its Alpha zone, which carries extra risk labels for early-stage tokens, so read those before funding. We covered the platform in depth in our KuCoin review, and our KuCoin referral link gets you set up.
Buying on a CEX means custody stays with the exchange until you withdraw. For a pure community meme with no rewards mechanic, that trade-off is mostly about convenience.
Route Four: Perps
Gate runs CATE perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage, and that listing is what doubled the coin over a single weekend. Leverage on a two-month-old TikTok meme is about the sharpest knife in crypto. If you must, treat 2x to 3x as plenty and set your stop before entry, not after.
Get the Contract Right
The CATE name has baggage. A completely separate CateCoin launched on BNB Chain back in 2021, still trades under the same ticker, and has nothing to do with this coin. On top of that, Solana hosts pump.fun copycats built to catch sloppy buyers. The real CATE mint is:
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Paste the full address wherever you trade. If a chart shows the wrong chain, the wrong supply, or a liquidity pool worth pocket change, you found an impostor.
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Final Words
CATE is attention in token form. The Kabosu kitten story gave it a birth narrative most memes would kill for, TikTok keeps feeding it, and the fair-launch setup means nobody dumps a team bag on you. None of that makes it safe. When the feed moves on, coins like this bleed fast, so size it like entertainment money.
Hunting for more names in this lane? Our meme coin shill list tracks the field. This is the third guide in our buy series, following how to buy PONS.
FAQ
Is CATE the same as the 2021 CateCoin?
No. The old CateCoin lives on BNB Chain with different tokenomics and a different contract. This CATE launched on Solana in July through pump.fun. Always match the mint address, never the ticker.
Which exchanges list CATE?
Gate carries the most active spot pair and the perp market. KuCoin lists it in the Alpha zone. Everything else runs through Solana pools or the FOMO app.
Does CATE have any utility or taxes?
Neither. It is a pure community meme with a fixed supply, revoked mint, burned liquidity, and zero transfer taxes. Attention is the entire product.
Can I trade CATE with leverage?
Gate offers perps at up to 20x. On a coin this young and this volatile, low single-digit leverage is already aggressive.
Why is CATE pumping?
A viral kitten video from Kabosu’s owner sparked the launch, TikTok virality kept it alive, and the Gate listings added fresh buyers. Attention cycles fade, so never assume the trend holds.
