Trader made $46 million with PEPE after hitting new ATH

May 15, 2024 at 7:36 am

Edited by Dorian Batycka

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Trader made $46 million with PEPE after hitting new ATH

Following the Pepe (PEPE) price rally to new all-time highs, a trader made a 15,718x profit in one year.

According to data provided by Lookonchain, the trader purchased a total of 4.9 trillion PEPE for less than $3,000 on April 15, 2023 — selling $2,256 worth of Timeless (LIT), $210 worth of Ethereum (ETH) and 500 USDC to buy the memecoin.

Earned more than $46M on $PEPE with only $3K, a gain of 15,718x!😱

This super big winner sold 255B $PEPE($2.3M) for profits again after the price of $PEPE increased.

He spent only $3K to buy 4.9T $PEPE($56M currently) on Apr 15, 2023, and sold 1.41T $PEPE for $7.4M, with 3.5T… pic.twitter.com/VKGxmK9gCt
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) May 15, 2024

After the massive returns, the wallet holder has sold a total of 1.41 trillion PEPE so far, worth $7.4 million.

On-chain data shows that the trader still has a total of 3.5 trillion PEPE tokens, worth roughly $38.9 million at the reporting time. The massive profits come as PEPE reached a new all-time high of $0.00001145 earlier today.

The frog-themed meme coin is up by 12.1% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $0.00001142 at the time of writing. Following the price rally, PEPE currently has a total market cap of $4.8 billion, making it the 23rd-largest crypto asset in the market.

Trader made $46 million with PEPE after hitting new ATH - 1 — PEPE price and whale activity – May 15 | Source: Santiment

Moreover, the Pepe daily trading volume also registered a 76% rally over the past 24 hours, reaching $3.85 billion.

According to a crypto.news report on May 14, whale transactions consisting at least $100,000 worth of PEPE skyrocketed over the past 48 hours. However, data from Santiment shows a decline from 706 to 698 such transactions over the past 24 hours.