- Lookonchain revealed in a tweet today that a whale recently purchased 640 billion PEPE tokens.
- The whale’s purchase took place after the meme coin’s price plummeted due to growing rug pull fears.
- At press time, PEPE was changing hands at $0.0000008738 following a 24-hour loss of more than 20%.
A few hours ago, a Pepe (PEPE) whale used 320 Ethereum (ETH), worth $529,000, to purchase 640 billion PEPE tokens, according to a Twitter post shared earlier today by the on-chain analytics platform, Lookonchain. The post also revealed that the whale purchased the PEPE at an average buying price of $0.000001163.
This transaction followed this same whale’s previous transactions on 5 June 2023 where he spent 280 Ethereum (worth $507,000) to acquire 500 billion PEPE. Additionally, on 6 May this year, the whale invested 253 Ethereum (valued at $481,000) to secure 164 billion PEPE tokens.
This particular whale likely decided to take advantage of PEPE’s discounted price following the recent wave of sell volume the meme coin fell victim to. At the heart of the turmoil were modifications made to a multisig wallet controlled by the developers themselves.
This wallet, which had held $10 million worth of PEPE, underwent adjustments that diminished the number of obligatory signatures for transactions. This shift immediately raised suspicions, as the requirement dropped from five out of eight signatures to a mere two.
Such modifications to a project’s crucial financial mechanism naturally sparked concerns of a “rug pull,” a scenario where developers abscond with investors’ funds. Subsequent to these events, the value of the formerly well-received meme coin experienced a decline of over 20% in the last 24 hours alone.
This brought the trading price of PEPE down to $0.0000008738 at press time, slightly above its lowest point within the 24-hour period, which was $0.0000008046. Simultaneously, the trading volume for PEPE within the past 24 hours witnessed a substantial surge of 276.51% compared to the previous day, reaching an impressive total of $283.05 million.
The 24-hour drop in PEPE’s price added to its underperformance over the past 30 days as well. Consequently, the meme coin was down more than 30% for the month.
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