Memecoins
The huge cryptocurrency capitulates after losing $1.7 million on Memecoin
A crypto whale has moved a significant portion of his investments in the meme-inspired cryptocurrency PEPE to major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, presumably to sell the tokens at a significant loss of around $1.57 million.
According to data shared by on-chain analytics firm SpotOnChain, the cryptocurrency whale identified only by its wallet initials, 0x837, has transferred 1.1 trillion PEPE tokens worth around $14.2 million to Binance, keeping 300 billion PEPE worth $3.7 million on its portfolio.
The trader suffered an estimated total loss of $1.7 million on his investment in the meme-inspired cryptocurrency and a total of more than $2 million in losses across his entire cryptocurrency portfolio, with most of the rest lost on his Ethereum ($ETH) position.
In the last hour, the whale “0x837” has transferred 1.1T $PEPE ($14.2 million) per #Binance deposit address “0x0b1”. Be careful if this will be downloaded to CEX soon.
Note that the whale still has 300B $PEPE ($3.78 million) left and the total loss estimated by $PEPE is 1.7 million dollars (-5.69%).
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— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) June 26, 2024
Data from SpotOnChain reveals that the trader purchased a total of 2.253 trillion PEPE tokens at an average price of $0.00001325 each, with his recent selling activity indicating a potential capitulation: selling a loss-making asset to avoid further discounts.
The capitulation came after the price of the meme-inspired cryptocurrency plummeted around 26% over the past month, amid a broader cryptocurrency market downturn that has seen the price of the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ($BTC) , falling to a low of $58,000 before recovering and now settling at around $61,000.
It also comes at a time when Two large whales have deposited nearly $26 million into two major meme-inspired cryptocurrencies – Shiba Inu ($SHIB) and PEPE – on major cryptocurrency exchanges.
PEPE was a hot meme coin inspired by the infamous meme and cartoon character Pepe the frogand was introduced to the market on April 17, 2023. Despite warnings about the contract owner’s potential ability to change transaction taxes and blacklist features, the PEPE market has seen a notable boom.
Previously, one lucky cryptocurrency investor did this he apparently managed to turn around an investment of just 0.125 ETH in PEPE to a staggering $1.14 million in a matter of days, buying it at the right time.
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