PEPE, one of the largest meme coins in the crypto ecosystem, observed double-digit gains on Monday. The meme coin rallied to a high of $0.00000755 hours ago and the frog-themed cryptocurrency is being accumulated by whales.
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Data from crypto intelligence tracker Lookonchain reveals that large wallet addresses have recently accumulated PEPE in large volumes. A whale withdrew 184.4 billion PEPE tokens worth $1.02 million at the time, from Binance, early on Monday. The entity is sitting on an unrealized gain of $155,000.
PEPE whale withdrew assets from Binance. Source: Lookonchain
Lookonchain noted similar actions of other whales. One whale wallet bought 840.86 billion PEPE tokens from Binance, worth nearly $5 million, while another wallet spent $2 million in stablecoins to buy 340.86 billion PEPE tokens on the exchange platform.
Whale accumulation has likely influenced PEPE’s recent gains. On-chain metrics support the meme coin’s price rally. PEPE’s Active Addresses and Network Growth metrics are flashing positive signs for a sustained price rally in the meme coin.
PEPE Active Addresses. Source: Santiment
PEPE Network Growth. Source: Santiment
PEPE price has rallied despite massive profit-taking by large wallet investors. The Network Realized Profit/ Loss metric that tracks the net profits or losses realized by an asset’s holders identified that PEPE holders have booked $37.06 million in gains on March 3 and $34.09 million on March 4, at the time of writing.
PEPE Network Realized Profit/Loss. Source: Santiment
At the time of writing, PEPE price is $0.00000741, the meme coin has yielded over 430% weekly gains for holders.