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Tech

The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe's Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain

The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase's six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?

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Finance

Pepecoin Doubles to $500M Market Cap as Memecoin Fever Steals Bitcoin's ETF Thunder

More than 155,000 wallets now hold the popular memecoin.

PEPE market cap doubles in a week (Pepecoineth)

Finance

Pepe Memecoin Burns $5.5M Tokens Prompting 31% Rise

The token burn comes after concerns were raised over the team's multisig wallet in August.

Pepe chart (CoinDesk)

Videos

Pepecoin Says 'Bad Actors' on Team Stole $15M PEPE

A member of the Pepecoin team has blamed some rogue developers on the project for last week’s unprecedented transfers out of the token’s multisig wallet and effectively stealing millions worth of the meme coin, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter). "The Hash" panel weighs in on the alleged illicit activities conducted by "bad actors led by big egos and greed."

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Opinion

Meme Coins Like PEPE and DOGE Are Anything but a Joke

These tokens can draw a large audience, but also taint the general public's understanding of crypto.

Pepe the frog (Studio Incendo/Wikimedia Commons)

Videos

Pepecoin Skyrockets 70% This Week, Becomes Biggest Meme Coin Gainer

Pepecoin (PEPE) has clocked gains over 40% in the last 24 hours and is up roughly 70% on the week. This comes as Gemini posted on Twitter Wednesday that the crypto exchange is "feeling pepish about something coming soon." CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Markets

Pepecoin Becomes Biggest Meme Coin Gainer With 70% Weekly Jump

The tokens racked up $800 million in trading volumes over the past 24 hours, data shows.

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Videos

Majority of Pepecoin Investors Caught in High-Stakes Game of Musical Chairs, Research Shows

The majority of Pepecoin (PEPE) investors were left playing a game of musical chairs as early participants made the bulk of gains, new research from SingularityDAO shows. "The Hash" panel discusses the state of the meme token.

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Absence of Retail Investors Could Hinder Pepecoin's Rise to Top Meme Coin: Santiment

A new report by on-chain analytics firm Santiment comparing the liquidity and trading metrics for pepecoin (PEPE) against shiba inu (SHIB) and dogecoin (DOGE) suggests PEPE could face challenges amid a generally bleak trading environment. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest on the meme coin economy.

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Markets

GREED Token Is Not a Crypto Scam, but a Lesson on How to Get Scammed Amid Meme Coin Mania

Despite multiple warnings from Voshy, the meme coin's creator, speculators turned over Twitter permissions to get access to the token. They got a valuable lesson in account security.

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