Pepe Unchained Smashes $5.5M Milestone, Raises Over $500k in Less Than a Week

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Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) is on fire, sizzling past $5 million in funding and adding over $500,000 just before the weekend party.

The new meme coin, featuring its own Layer 2 chain on Ethereum, is ready to keep the heat going, with its momentum strong enough to hit $7 million – or beyond – in the week ahead.

Investors are buzzing with excitement for Pepe Unchained because it offers them an opportunity to finally own a Pepe in their wallets, minus the slow transactions and high gas fees that its Ethereum-based precursors are notoriously known for.

Plus, the current presale allows investors to take advantage of owning a Pepe at a discounted rate, as it is still not available on major exchanges.

At the price of $0.0086649 per $PEPU token, investors can already enjoy the new and improved version of Pepe. But hurry, as this price is set to increase to $0.00869960 in less than 24 hours as it smashes yet another presale stage.

Meme coins have risen by 2.4% in the past 24 hours, but this is more of a Pepe party than anything else.

The oldest Pepe in the book, PepeCoin ($PEPECOIN), has gained 3.95%, while Pepe’s best friend on Base, Brett ($BRETT), is up by 6.34%.

Pepe’s other small-cap friends, such as his weed-smoking buddy Landwolf ($WOLF), jumped by 6.86%, while his hotdog-loving pal Andy ($ANDY) is up by 6.30%.

But the biggest winner among the younger pack is Bird-Dog ($BIRDDOG), which is up by 65.5% in the past 24 hours, as seen in the chart below:

Notably, except for Brett, Pepe and the rest of the gang are still constrained by Ethereum, with its high fees and slow transaction processing.

Perhaps that’s why $BRETT is the only one among Pepe’s friends that has at least eclipsed the billion-dollar mark with a $1.2 billion market cap.

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