Pepe Flips Uniswap By Market Cap As $73 Million Pepe Unchained Launch Hype Intensifies Ahead Of Listing Tomorrow
Pepe (PEPE) has surged 121% in the past month to overtake Uniswap (UNI) as the world’s 21st-largest crypto, a feat that underscores why there’s so much focus on the Pepe Unchained launch tomorrow. Pepe Unchained (PEPU) is a new Pepe challenger that’s raised almost $74 million to become the most successful meme coin presale ever. Its unabashed goal? To dethrone PEPE as the king of frog-themed cryptos. The showdown between the heavyweight incumbent, with a market cap of $11.6 billion, and the upstart challenger begins in earnest tomorrow, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. UTC, when Pepe Unchained lists on the Uniswap decentralized exchange (DEX). From the outset of its presale, PEPU made it clear it wasn’t daunted by Pepe’s heft. PEPU trumpeted its proprietary Layer 2 blockchain, which comes with lightning-fast speeds and low fees, while mocking Pepe’s clunky, expensive home on the Ethereum blockchain. As its presale unfolded, so PEPU added more leading-edge Featu...