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$PEPE
MCAP1.52B
+2.48%

what's pepe?

Pepe (PEPE) is a deflationary memecoin launched on the Ethereum blockchain in April 2023, inspired by the iconic Pepe the Frog internet meme character created by Matt Furie. The project aims to capture the viral spirit of meme culture within the cryptocurrency space, with no inherent utility but strong reliance on community engagement, social media hype, and speculative trading. Key features include a total supply of 420.69 trillion tokens, with mechanisms for token burns to reduce supply over time, and bridges to other networks like Arbitrum and BNB Smart Chain for expanded accessibility. It has gained significant popularity as one of the top memecoins by market capitalization, often ranking among the leaders in trading volume on major exchanges. The project emphasizes decentralization, with early renouncement of contract ownership and community-driven initiatives for partnerships and marketing.

Snapshot

Pepe selected for Jungle Bay Island fortification (duration weighted); rallied 7%.

contract

ethereum

binance-smart-chain

arbitrum-one

1H ago
PARTNERSHIP

Integrated into Jungle Bay AC Island as initial 'bungalow' for its fortification layer, with holder time and amount contributing to user 'heat' scores, holding duration weighted more heavily than amount held.

6H ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

rallied 7% to reach a price level during the April 14, 2026 trading session

4D ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Gained 1% in price on April 10, 2026.

6D ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Gained 10% in price during market rally on April 8, 2026.

1W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

PEPE gained 6% in price during the trading session on April 6, 2026.

2W ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

Matt Furie received 1 trillion PEPE tokens from the community in 2023, selling for $600,000, and claimed $273,000 worth of PEPE, with holdings peaking at $2 million before declining.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Declined 4% on March 26 and 3% on March 27, 2026, as part of broader meme coin sector downturn.

MARKET ACTIVITY

PEPE price increased 4% during the March 25, 2026 trading session.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Reclaimed $1.7 billion market capitalization.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Volume increased 287% to $790 million.

3W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Declined 1% in price as of March 24, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Increased 4% to trade in line with crypto majors on March 23, 2026.

WHALE ACTIVITY

A wallet holding 2.1 trillion PEPE tokens acquired in April 2023 for 0.0135 ETH ($28) has remained inactive for 600 days without selling, with the position currently valued at $6.9 million representing a 246,000x return.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Joins HTX's $50,000 USDT trade-to-earn campaign until March 30, 2026, and Margin Trading Contest 2 with 3× volume boost until March 31, 2026.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Experienced a 61% week-over-week increase in whale transactions valued at $100,000 or more on its network.

1M ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Declined 5% on March 16, 4% on March 18, and 6% on March 19, 2026, amid meme coin sector weakness.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached 5.9 million engagements in 24 hours on March 17, 2026, which is 124% above daily average and a new 52-week high.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Kraken exchange for trading.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Surged 18% on March 16, 2026, and leads gains among top memecoins.

MARKET ACTIVITY

PEPE increased 7% in price on March 13, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Rose 1% in price on March 12, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

declined 3% in price as meme majors traded mostly red on March 11, 2026.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Included in HTX spot trading promotion with a $20,000 prize pool running until 2026-03-11, alongside XAUT, DOGE, PIPPIN, ARC, LTC, and ADA.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Gained 4% on March 4, 2026, and increased 3% on March 5, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Bounced largest percentage among top meme coins during week of March 4, 2026, with a 4% gain on March 10, following a 15%+ decline in prior week.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Will be added as a supported fungible token in the DEATHSTR voting queue starting from the Mooncats season, available in increments of ETH (e.g., 0.1 ETH worth of PEPE).

ONCHAIN METRICS

Declined 5% on February 27, 2026, as crypto majors moved red amid oil price surge and stock market sell-off.

MARKET ACTIVITY

PEPE increased 4% in price as part of a broader meme coin market rebound on February 25, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Declined 1% as of March 3, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Declined 5% on February 19, 2026.

OPINION SPECULATION

Gained 20.27% in price over a 7-day period ending on 2026-02-18, ranking third among large-cap cryptocurrencies tracked by LunarCrush.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Crossed $1.13 billion trading volume, up 250% over 3 months.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Burned 7 trillion PEPE tokens, reducing total supply.

2M ago
TOKEN ECONOMICS

Has a fixed total supply of 4.269 trillion PEPE tokens with zero inflation, as no additional tokens will ever be minted beyond the initial supply created three years ago.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Traded down 1% alongside other major cryptocurrencies on February 13, 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Remains 87-93% below all-time high as of February 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

PEPE token increased 5% in price on February 12, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Traded down 2% on February 26, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Crypto.com PEPE reward campaign ends 2026-02-17, offering $10 PEPE to top 2,000 users by net purchases and deposits of $50 or more.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Top 100 wallets accumulated 23.02 trillion PEPE tokens over a four-month period beginning in October 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

PEPE declined 1% in price on February 10, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Declined 6% in price during the weekend period.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Identified for strong holder behavior during February 2026 market crash and featured in Santiment social data report as comparison for PIPPIN alongside DOGE, SHIB, Bonk.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Recorded $584.5M in whale inflows over a 24-hour period, ranking second among tracked projects.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Canary Capital launched 'Canary Pepe ETF' spot PEPE ETF on April 8, 2026, via S-1 filing with the SEC, structured as a trust holding PEPE tokens and up to 5% ETH for gas fees.

WHALE ACTIVITY

A whale opened a short position worth $13,090,000 in PEPE.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Accepted as payment for flights and hotels on Travala platform alongside DOGE and SHIB.

3M ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed new PEPE/USD1 spot trading pair on Binance on January 13, 2026 at 08:00 UTC.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Featured on yeet platform and characterized as "Trolling forever".

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated as a currency on YEET platform.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Ranked third in CoinGecko's Top 20 Trending Coins list for the week.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Experienced a 620% increase in the number of large transactions worth over $100,000 during the week ending January 8, 2026, ranking second among projects with market capitalization exceeding $500 million.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Wallet 0x7274 sold 129.15 billion PEPE tokens worth $822,000 on January 8, 2026, after holding for over 5 months.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $5.03 million in open interest on Lighter (decentralized perps DEX).

ONCHAIN METRICS

Added $1 billion to market cap in the first 72 hours of 2026 (January 1-3, 2026).

ONCHAIN METRICS

Rose over 65% in the last week, with transaction volume spiking to $8.7B on January 5, 2026, representing a 300% increase from $2.17B on December 29, 2025.

VISIBILITY EVENT

James Wynn publicly went all-in on PEPE, potentially acting as a catalyst for large-cap memecoin attention.

MARKET ACTIVITY

gained over 50% in value within 48 hours and became the top gainer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies in 2026

OPINION SPECULATION

Traders are considering PEPE among potential perpetual trading positions in bull market environments alongside other meme coins.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Crypto.com is running a promotional campaign from December 31, 2025 to January 14, 2026, where the top 2,000 participants who buy or deposit at least $50 worth of ETH can win $10 in PEPE.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Price declined by 4% as reported in memecoin market activity on December 18, 2025.

The project gains 994 new holders.

Little-known Ethereum token $YEE records higher trading volume than PEPE according to Dexscreener data.

4M ago

HTX exchange launches a futures trading contest featuring PEPE alongside DOGE, PIPPIN, MOODENG and LUNA with $20,000 in rewards for participants.

Competitor memecoin $DOG achieves higher X post volume (12,000+ posts) than PEPE and all other major memecoins (DOGE, SHIB, TRUMP, PENGU) today.

The official website was compromised in a hack during a broader meme coin market downturn that saw the sector's market cap drop 9% to $40B.

Authorities in Florida seized $1.5M in digital assets including PEPE in a legal case connected to a Chinese national.

Current market cap stands at $1.9B, ranking third among memecoins behind DOGE ($21.5B) and SHIB ($5B) in a total memecoin market valued at $46.2B.

Tweet volume increased to 888 from 524, with positive sentiment reaching 80.95% from 47.68%.

The team previously rugged the project treasury and currently holds private token positions several times larger than the LP size, with 10 specific team-controlled wallets identified. The team is also linked to prior rug pulls and the AnubisDAO hack proceeds laundering.

Wallets from the bundled launch sold their holdings for $2M the next day, while the project reached a $12B market cap milestone. (ID: 1998862709367124412)

Allegations surface claiming 30% of tokens were bundled at launch, suggesting potential manipulation of initial distribution. (ID: 1998755216414617873)

Ranks 4th in bullish sentiment at 88.2% among all crypto projects per CoinMarketCap data.

Liquidation data shows PEPE has almost only short positions remaining to liquidate, creating a potential short squeeze setup.

1080 new holders join in a single day, showing continued user growth and adoption.

Recent whale accumulation occurs alongside a 12% weekly price increase and new investor participation in the memecoin.

HTX exchange runs Volatility Gold Rush Round 5 promotion through December 22, offering up to 50% interest discount on borrowing PEPE along with BTC, ETH, and SOL for Prime users.

MetaMask reports PEPE as one of the top 5 most swapped tokens on their platform for the current week.

The official website is reportedly hacked with Inferno Drainer malware detected by Blockaid, redirecting users to a fake portal for wallet draining. Security firm warns users to avoid the site until the issue is resolved, though price remains unaffected with 4% daily gains.

PEPE/ETH trading pair launches on SushiSwap on Katana platform with high APR for liquidity providers.

750 new holders added to the project, and Vanguard started offering Bitcoin ETF to their clients.

Promotional activity detected for an alternative PEPE token on Monad chain, with a trader claiming significant investment and previous success helping other PEPE tokens reach nearly $200m market cap.

An OG Pepe whale acquired 1% of the token supply yesterday.

PEPE ranks #5 among top daily crypto gainers on CoinMarketCap.

New limited Pepe collection minting begins on XCP in a couple days, featuring 150 famous Pepe reworks across time, limited to 300 collectors at 1 ETH each.

New token impersonation detected as promotional content claims "a new $PEPE taking over" with alternative contract address.

The project gains 784 new holders.

Token down 75% since presidential inauguration, with verified data showing performance across the broader crypto market downturn.

Volume II of Pephistory of Art collection by carlothecurator is released, featuring Japanese art styles including Ukiyo-e, Meiji graphics, Taishō design, and manga.

Intentional tweets target new investors by creating artificial lore, with inexperienced on-chain traders falling for the manipulation.

PEPE sheds 12-18% amid broader market downturn with BTC down 9% and ETH down 7%.

A social dApp and virtual world is being developed to create a self-reinforcing loop between viral meme culture, on-chain adoption, token liquidity, and persistent social economies.

An NFT/art collection drop is announced by a creator, who states this will be their last PEPE collection before taking a break.

PEPE adds 704 new holders and approaches 500k total holders.

PEPE gains 8% as part of an altcoin rebound after last week's FUD-driven market decline.

Trading volume reaches $297M, making it the second-highest volume among top 20 cryptocurrencies.

Pump and dump chatter emerges calling for coordinated buying to reach $100B market cap in a GameStop-style squeeze.

A whale buys 75B PEPE tokens valued at $310k.

The memecoin market sinks to $39.4B market cap (2025 low), down 66.2% from January peak, with PEPE among top memecoins experiencing up to 20% losses over seven days.

PEPESOUP CRASHED by Zederwan, the final piece (#5) in the series, is added to the bit_fest_UK auction lineup with bidding this weekend and exhibition in the Pepe.X Gallery.