'Pepe the Frog' Meme Coins Surge as Crypto Twitter Moves Over Dogecoin Obsession

Apr 18, 2023

Some Crypto Twitter traders seem to be moving over Shiba Inu-fashioned tokens to those branded after the internet meme Pepe the Frog. A pepe (PEPE) token launched Sunday ran over 21,000% in the past three days, raking in $30 million in trading volumes on Uniswap and reaching a market capitalization of as high as $33 million on Tuesday morning. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest fad in the meme economy.

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