P. 003
Plate 003 · Figure 1
Fig. 1 — “Pepe”, ticker $PEPE, 2023.
Entry No. 003
Pepe
$PEPE
The frog that conquered Ethereum in a single April.
“PEPE made every blue-chip ETH trader cry into their CryptoPunk. Pure meme energy with zero pretense — exactly the formula.”
I. Origin
Launched April 2023 with no roadmap, no utility, no Discord, no nothing. Just frog. The fastest a meme coin had ever hit a billion-dollar mcap.
II. Chronicle
Apr 2023
PEPE deploys. Anonymous.
May 2023
Binance listing. $1B mcap in weeks.
2024
Becomes the benchmark for ETH-side meme rotations.
III. Cultural Impact
Reset the bar for how fast and how big a pure meme could go.
IV. Honest Audit
In favour
- Iconic art
- Pure meme play
- Massive liquidity
Against
- Anon team drama
- Multisig controversy mid-2024