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

Featured as a use case on yeet platform for turning memes into wins.

Integrated as a currency on YEET platform.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Social media data shows PEPE owns the conversation among leading memecoins including Dogecoin and Shib.

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.

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.

The project adds 252 new holders, reversing the previous day's holder loss of 1,851, and demonstrates relative price strength during a broader market decline.

Additional lots added to the bit_fest_UK auction lineup.

Auction now live at bit_fest_UK featuring FAKEJENESIS artwork, a collaboration between PepenardoStudio and Sattvicsats159.

Gemini adds PEPE perpetual futures with 100x leverage to its trading platform.

A whale with over $36M in PEPE profits purchases $12.42M worth of ASTER tokens at $0.98 average price, now holding $3.67M in unrealized profits on that position.

Bidding opens tomorrow with artwork exhibition scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at bit_fest_UK.

StarSystem_Labs launches Nebula Miner allowing ETH paired with PEPE deposits to increase mining scores for the upcoming SDIV airdrop paid out in wBTC, with a $1M boost currently live.

The project loses 1,851 holders in one day.

A Binance listing is occurring or expected, with concerns that the token has not bounced from this listing event.

PEPE gains 1% over the weekend of November 17 but remains down 10-20% on the week, trading flat alongside other major memecoins.

Token drops over 70% since Trump took chair, while adding 181 new holders in a single day.

Token declines 13% during a major crypto market selloff on November 14, underperforming most other major memecoins in one of the year's biggest crypto downturns.

A 2-year holder deposits 168.55B PEPE tokens worth $969k into Binance, realizing $658k profit with 312% ROI from an average entry price of $0.00000184.

PEPE adds 379 new holders and approaches 500,000 total holders.

PEPE ranks 9th for top mentions across all major social channels among cryptocurrencies.

The Anti-CZ Whale holds a short position on PEPE that remains in profit.

USELESS memecoin performs more onchain volume than PEPE and other major memecoins except TRUMP.

Over the past week, PEPE is down less than both ETH and SOL, demonstrating relative strength against major cryptocurrencies.

A trader identifies WOJAK as a quality memecoin reaching escape velocity and compares it to PEPE and DOGE as evergreen crypto memes that the market naturally prices at large valuations.

PEPE announces listing on Kraken exchange.

NEET overtakes PEPE.

PEPE down -61% since Trump took office amid broader crypto market free fall with no buyers.

A whale known as Anti-CZ Whale shorts PEPE alongside DOGE, ETH, and XRP with all positions in profit, contributing to nearly $100M in total profits on Hyperliquid.

PEPE drops 9% and closes a very red week alongside other memecoin leaders.

Fresh wallets add $521k in 24h while Wintermute net buys $406k, smart trader inflows reach 6x above average, and CEX net outflows hit -$472k.

Smart Money tracking shows PEPE stacking inflows across all timeframes.

834 new holders added, nearing 500,000 total holders.

SHREDDEDPEPE mint event has 14 of 30 pieces remaining, closing midnight PST at 0.0042069.

Weekly Stoch RSI shows oversold condition, marking only the fourth such occurrence historically, each previously followed by violent upward moves.

A fresh wallet withdrew 281 billion PEPE tokens worth $2.03M from Binance 7 hours ago.

A Plush Pepe sells for $230,496, 50% above CryptoPunk floor price.

Bitwise CIO and Head of Research discuss PEPE ETF possibility alongside Litecoin and Cardano in their latest analysis video (timestamp 46:56).

OpenSea recognizes pepecoin as the OG. Robinhood users hold multi 9-figure amounts of PEPE with up-only trajectory, showing evidence of weekly paycheck DCA accumulation rather than rotation to stocks.

X Spaces event scheduled with Kraken exchange and @arjunsethi involving the @pepecoiners team.

318 new holders added today.

PEPE ranks #2 in memecoin X activity after Doge with a market cap of $2.9B.

Net loss of 410 PEPE holders recorded today.

PEPE CEO uses treasury funds to buy a token on BNB chain.

PEPE ranks third in memecoin trading volume on Coinbase during today's market flush, trailing USELESS and DOGE.

Smart money accumulates PEPE following 25%+ drawdowns, while a trader opens a 40x leveraged long position.

Trader James Wynn gets completely liquidated, reopens 10x long position, then faces partial liquidation within 6 hours with $271K (39.2M kPEPE) remaining.

Pepe ranks #6 in social activity across all crypto today, with the top 10 coins accounting for 79.6% of all social activity.

604 new holders added to the project, with whales taking long positions.

NFT auction for Bitcoin Trading Cards collection featuring Pepe & Frens ends within 4 hours.

Token down 4% in current session alongside broader memecoin weakness, with trader signaling long position strength above 790.

Plush Pepe #7 NFT sells for 25,000 TON ($55,250) on Portals marketplace, setting a new record for single digit Pepe NFTs.

James Wynn's long positions on PEPE, BTC, and ETH got completely liquidated.