Crypto’s hottest new meme coin, Pepe Unchained ($PEPU), is skyrocketing more than 500% after a phenomenal presale period that brought in $74 million in investments.
This means that Pepe Unchained could easily be the most profitable meme coin in the Pepe family by 2025. Considering that $PEPU only arrived on Uniswap on Tuesday, it has already returned more than 5x for pre-sale investors and the momentum shows no signs of slowing down.
As the chart shows, frequent cup-and-handle patterns illustrate how optimistic buyers are for the token, which is reaching new all-time highs every hour.
This morning, Pepe Unchained hit an all-time high of $0.57 and surpassed it eight hours later with a new high of $0.62. According to CoinMarketCap, a value that is 543% higher than the initial launch price of just under a cent.
Now $PEPU has retreated to $0.58 as inventors take profits. However, it is still up 520%, suggesting that the rally is far from over, and it appears to be a coin that owners will want to get their hands on diamonds for.
This is because based on the historical performance of those around us Boys club HODLers inspired by coins like Pepe, Brett, and Pepe Coin could be in for 100x or 200x upside potential.
Pepe Unchained currently has a market cap of almost half a billion and a 24-hour trading volume of around $4 million. This means that around 9% of the $PEPU in circulation was traded in the last 24 hours, so buy-to-HODL sentiment is clearly strong in this meme coin community.
And with plans to list on top-tier centralized exchanges (CEXs) – Binance, Coinbase and OKX are some of the rumored names, but nothing is confirmed – and a $4 million liquidity pool locked up for 11 months, $ PEPU coming to the top The meme coin sector was just as lucrative as it led the presale market.
Why did Degens buy Pepe Unchained?
Pepe Unchained pre-sales began at the end of June 2024. It was by all accounts a successful multi-million dollar pre-sale, grossing around $3 million by the fall.
However, it was only in the run-up to the re-election of pro-cryptocurrency President Donald Trump in November that a tsunami-sized wave of hype built around the $PEPU token and its proprietary Ethereum Layer-2 (l2). Ecosystem.
First of all, it’s worth noting that Pepe Unchained is like no other meme coin. In fact, it is questionable whether it is even a meme coin or a highly functional cryptocurrency that capitalizes on the viral appeal of meme coins.
See, Pepe Unchained is actually a whole ecosystem. At the heart of the project is its own proprietary L2 blockchain, which allows transactions to be processed cheaper and 100 times faster than Ethereum’s Layer 1 (L1) blockchain. This hosts a decentralized exchange (DEX) that enables cheap swaps between $PEPU and supported tokens.
Pepe Unchained also includes a dedicated block explorer for monitoring transactions on the L2, as well as a bridge for instant, low-cost bridging between Pepe Unchained and Ethereum’s L1.
Finally, Pepe Unchained has plans for major expansion. The team will achieve this through the Pepe Foundation, which funds community-verified projects with a developer grant to build a complete ecosystem with the best developers in the industry.
Given that Pepe Unchained has solid fundamentals and a clear plan, it’s no surprise that it has become the hottest meme coin pre-sale this year, raising $74 million in funds before even launching gave the starting signal.
Does Elon Musk Hodl Pepe Unchained?
There is another twist. You see, the pro-Trump, pro-meme coin Tesla/SpaceX/X CEO Elon Musk may have recently purchased a Pepe coin.
Trump has hired Musk to head an organization that will act as a watchdog for the efficiency of the U.S. government. Musk came up with the name “Department of Government Efficiency”. The acronym means DOGE, a meme coin that Musk had a very public flirtation with during the industry’s 2021 bull market. A tweeted DOGE note from Musk would drive up Dogecoin prices.
This time he’s tweeting Pepe memes, and one Pepe-themed coin is bouncing back stronger than any other: Pepe Unchained.
Wall Street Pepe is jumping into the meme coin scene and has already raised $8 million
The Pepe fun doesn’t just end with Pepe Unchained this Christmas. A new Pepe coin hit the market just over a week ago and has already raised a staggering $8 million. Almost half of it was raised in the last 24 hours alone. His name is Wall Street Pepe ($WEPE).
Wall Street Pepe’s pitch is about mobilizing retail to fight back against market manipulation by whales and institutions. $WEPE is essentially a meme coin that sticks to its guns and is quickly building a WEPE army thanks to its commitment to community decision-making and pooling the knowledge of meme coin trading.
$WEPE holders have access to a private insider group. Here you can get exclusive trading insights, strategies and alpha calls so you can stay up to date on the next big trade.
By acting together, the WEPE Army can counter whale manipulation and level the field for retail investors.
To purchase, visit the Wall Street Pepe website, connect an Ethereum wallet (e.g. Best Wallet) and purchase $WEPE with $ETH or $USDT. You can also pay with a credit or debit card.
Anyone who purchases through Best Wallet gets instant access to all the important news and information about Wall Street Pepe. Additionally, your $WEPE token balance can be viewed in the wallet before the official claim date is announced.
Download and install the Best Wallet application from Google Play or Apple App Store.
Join the $WEPE community on X and Telegram.