Historical replay · PEPE/USD
PEPE's May 2025 Volatility Spike
On May 8, 2025, the meme coin PEPE jumped 43% in a single day, then continued to a total gain of more than 70% over three days. Relive the kind of explosive move meme coins are known for, where sentiment alone can flip the price within hours.
PEPE is one of the most heavily traded crypto meme coins — a token with no stated technical utility whose price is driven almost entirely by social media sentiment and retail speculative enthusiasm. In early May 2025, after weeks of steady decline, the token had fallen to around $0.0000079 — near its yearly lows.
Within the window replayed here, PEPE jumped from around $0.00000825 to an intraday high of $0.00001178 — a 43% gain in a single day — then kept climbing to $0.00001406 over the following two days, a total gain of more than 70%. Percentage moves of this size within hours are rare even by crypto standards, but not unusual for meme coins, where thinner liquidity amplifies every wave of buying or selling.
Unlike a rally driven by an identifiable fundamental catalyst, moves like this are typically attributed to a sudden wave of social media attention and self-reinforcing FOMO (fear of missing out) among retail traders. The spike became a practical reminder that in the meme coin sector, sentiment itself can move price just as much as — or more than — any product development or news.