PEPE — Pepe
PEPE is the native token of Pepe, currently ranked #41 by market capitalisation in the Memecoin category with an approximate circulating market cap of 3.5B. This page provides live price data, tokenomics, recent news flow, and peer comparison drawn from the DeFi Intel research database.
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Tokenomics
Issuer
Decentralised — no single issuing entity — PEPE has no formal issuing entity or foundation; it is a fixed-supply ERC-20 memecoin launched on Ethereum in 2023 by an anonymous team, with its entire supply minted at deployment.
Chains
PEPE is live on the following chains:
- Ethereum
Recent news
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Comparison to peers
The closest peers of PEPE in the Memecoin category by market-cap rank:
- Dogecoin (DOGE) — rank #8; compare PEPE vs DOGE
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) — rank #15; compare PEPE vs SHIB
- dogwifhat (WIF) — rank #40; compare PEPE vs WIF
Audit history
PEPE smart contracts have been audited by recognised firms; the DeFi Intel /audits/ index lists the latest engagements. As with any DeFi asset, audits reduce but do not eliminate residual risk.
Risk factors
Key risk factors for PEPE: extreme volatility, low fundamental anchoring, and dependence on social-attention cycles. Sizing should reflect the principal's tolerance for these risks; the DeFi Intel research desk views PEPE risk as commensurate with its category mean.
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