{"id":9264,"date":"2025-02-18T18:53:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icobench.com\/?p=9264"},"modified":"2025-02-18T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:53:52","slug":"pepe-has-lost-half-its-value-in-2025-this-upcoming-crypto-ico-can-do-much-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icobench.com\/news\/pepe-has-lost-half-its-value-in-2025-this-upcoming-crypto-ico-can-do-much-better\/","title":{"rendered":"$PEPE Has Lost Half Its Value in 2025 \u2013 This Upcoming Crypto ICO Can Do Much Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pepe (PEPE), the popular cryptocurrency inspired by the Pepe the Frog meme, has lost more than half of its value since the year started as meme coins as this category continues to face multiple headwinds.<\/p>\n
The past 30 days have not been kind to PEPE either, as the token has accumulated losses of 46.2%.<\/strong><\/p>\n Politicians\u2019 endorsement of meme coins like Official Trump (TRUMP)<\/a> and Melania Meme Coin (MELANIA) may have had a counterintuitive impact on the entire sector.<\/p>\n Meme coins were born as internet jokes and they are considered a parody of how the financial markets work as these assets, many of which have no practical use case or produce cash flows, now be ranked right next to the most valuable company stocks in the world in terms of market value.<\/p>\n Using them to take advantage of a public figure\u2019s influence is actually against the ethos of the entire category, and this could deter classic investors from participating in the sector until the dust settles.<\/p>\n In the case of LIBRA, over $4 billion in market value evaporated in just a few hours<\/strong>, leaving thousands of investors holding thousands of worthless coins. Meanwhile, TRUMP\u2019s market cap is down nearly 80% from its peak of $15 billion back when the President was about to be sworn in.<\/p>\n The price of PEPE\u2019s peers including Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Bonk (BONK) are also falling sharply by 6.3%, 5.8%, and 10.9% respectively in the past day.<\/p>\nPEPE is Down 10% Today \u2013 Can it Recover?<\/span><\/h2>\n