Amidst growing uncertainty, the crypto market has suffered a major blow in the past week, with Bitcoin (BTC) falling 26.60% to $51,079.00, and other top cryptocurrencies following suit. This has been especially apparent in the meme coin space.
Pepe (PEPE) fell 26.89% over the last 24 hours, all the way down to a price of $0.000006148 per token. This is further exacerbated by the ongoing selloff with daily trading volume growing 132% to $1,832,002,039.
Meme Coin Giants Come Crashing Down
Tokens like PEPE have been falling the whole week, with Pepe losing 49.83% of its value over the week, and no clear bottom in sight. Despite previous growth, the token is down 24.90% over the past month.
However, many X (Twitter) personalities are still bullish on the token, with many experts expecting PEPE’s price to bounce back up. However, when and if that’ll happen remains to be seen.
????????$PEPE ???? REMAINS MY BIGGEST CONVICTION IN THIS BULL RUN DESPITE THIS CRUSH ????
I WILL CONTINUE DCAING TILL THE RIGHT TIME TO TAKE PROFITS ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/sN6DkhNuGz— Zaka Crypto???? (@ZakaCrypto) August 4, 2024
The rest of the meme coin space isn’t doing too well either, Dogecoin (DOGE) has fallen 21.15% to a price of $0.08443 over the last 24 hours with the likes of SHIB and BONK falling around 20%.
However, Pepe-inspired coins have been especially affected by the crash. Brett (BRETT) has fallen 26.00% to a weekly loss of 54.24%. Despite the Base blockchain continuing to grow, its mascot is having a hard time finding its footing in the market. With that being said, a lot of long-term investors see potential in the coin and are entering the market with massive investments.
Im documenting my entry’s now for proof. $BRETT will hit 50B+ soon and when it does I’ll be rich.
Nothing makes me happier than $BRETT dips, this was bought within the last 24h at its lowest pic.twitter.com/ICeHlSG4kH
— Jack Blaze ????☠️ (@CabinBoyCrypto) August 4, 2024
Why is the Market Crashing?
While experts are uncertain what exactly is causing the crash, there are a few negative factors that are certainly influencing it.
One part is downward momentum starting on August 5th started by the German government and now-inoperable Mt. Gox exchange. Mt. Gox collapsed in 2014, and started distributing over $9 billion BTC to creditors, creating a large selling pressure in the market.
The German government, which held a large amount of BTC, started selling over 16,000 BTC- worth almost $100,000,000. Both of these factors led to a significant increase in Bitcoin supply, leading to its price falling.
Compounding on this, the global stock market- which the crypto market is correlated to, is having issues. Over $879 billion has been wiped out from the US market in the last week, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index had its second-worst daily performance since 1987 dropping 12%.
On top of this, instability and conflict are major detriments to the price of assets perceived as “risky” such as Bitcoin, and even more so- meme coins. The US unemployment rate is growing, with a conflict between Iran and Israel brewing as political tensions intensify.
However, while market trends are powerful forces, sometimes a coin has enough potential to grow regardless of downturns.
One such coin could be Pepe Unchained, which is nearing the $7.5m mark in its ongoing presale, potentially defying the bear market.
Pepe Unchained ICO Keeps Rising Despite Market Conditions
Pepe Unchained (PEPU) is a brand new layer 2 blockchain focused on meme coin development. The aim is for it to provide users with 100x faster speeds than ETH, small transaction fees, and a dedicated block explorer.
Despite the market crash, PEPU has managed to grow its presale past $7 million selling at $0.00875 per token-, showing massive investor interest and confidence. A significant portion of these funds went into the staking program, which with a 266% P/A allows investors to more than double their token holdings over a year.
Pepe Unchained has passed two security audits by Coinsult and SolidProof to ensure the security of investors’ funds.
This combination of Pepe-inspired memetic appeal and real utility makes experts incredibly bullish on PEPU. The token has the likes of 99Bitcoins – a YouTube channel with over 700,000 subscribers following all its developments – calling it the “next Pepe” and expecting 10x returns.
Is PEPE UNCHAINED The Next 10X Meme Coin? $PEPU Raises $4,000,000
There is less than one day until the next price increase, making investors act fast to get PEPU at its current price.