PEPE (PEPE coin) history is quite short, but very “crazy,” which is typical for meme coins.

🐸 Beginning (2023)

PEPE was created in April 2023 as a meme coin inspired by a well-known internet meme—Pepe the Frog.
The creators initially didn’t position it as a serious “startup” or company at all.

👉 Core idea:
“no serious utility, just a meme and a community”

🚀 Rapid rise

At first, hardly anyone noticed PEPE, but then:

* a major crypto community began buying
* hype started on Twitter/X
* whales (large investors) entered the game

As a result, in just a few weeks the price skyrocketed by thousands of percent.

📈 Boom phase

* PEPE became one of the fastest-growing meme coins
* it was listed on major exchanges (CEX)
* a strong “community-driven” movement emerged
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