[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  davie satoshi [@NFTdavie](/creator/twitter/NFTdavie) on x 25.4K followers Created: 2025-07-19 13:40:30 UTC $PEPE: Two Years Later - From Meme to Movement 🐸 When $PEPE launched, it was easy to dismiss: an anonymous meme coin with no roadmap, no utility, and no team. It became the poster child for everything critics warned about in crypto. But two years later, $PEPE has not only survived; It’s thrived. The fears that once defined it have faded, replaced by resilience, adoption, and cultural permanence. Here’s how the major concerns around $PEPE have aged and what time has revealed. 😭1. Fear of a Rug Pull Early on, skeptics feared the developers would drain liquidity or change the contract for personal gain. But that fear was decisively eliminated when the liquidity pool was permanently locked and contract ownership was renounced. These moves removed all control from the creators, effectively decentralizing the token and making it impossible to execute a traditional rug. 🏦2. Exchange Blacklisting Many believed $PEPE would be too controversial to ever be listed on major platforms. That narrative is now outdated. $PEPE is listed on virtually every major exchange, including @Binance, @Coinbase, @Kraken, and @OKX. This level of adoption reflects how widely accepted and embraced the project has become both by the community and the broader market infrastructure. 📈3. Extreme Volatility As with any memecoin, volatility was expected. And in its early days, $PEPE saw wild price swings that spooked serious traders. Since then, trading volume and liquidity have deepened significantly. While volatility hasn't disappeared, price movements are no longer dictated by a handful of wallets, and the market is now more stable and liquid. 🐳4. Whale Risk A major early concern was that a few wallets held a disproportionate amount of supply, leading to fears of a massive coordinated selloff. On-chain data has shown that the largest holders have mostly either held or strategically redistributed over time. There has been no single event where whales destabilized the market and as liquidity grew, their influence diminished. 🧑⚖️5. Regulatory Uncertainty In an environment where regulators are increasingly scrutinizing crypto projects, $PEPE has held up well. There was no presale, no developer tax, no promises of returns, and no centralized treasury. It launched as a fair, community-driven token and that structure has shielded it from many of the compliance issues facing other tokens. 🖥️6. Anonymous Developers At launch, the anonymity of the developers raised concerns about accountability. But after renouncing the contract and stepping away from the project, the developers made themselves irrelevant. The project has since evolved into a decentralized, community-run ecosystem with no central figure which, paradoxically, has added to its strength. 🔧7. No Utility The initial criticism that $PEPE had no real-world use case was valid at the time. But since then, real utility has begun to emerge: tipping systems, NFT integrations, DeFi wrappers, and community-driven tools have all surfaced. While $PEPE remains meme-driven at its core, the ecosystem around it is steadily becoming more functional. 🤡8. Greater Fool Theory Many saw $PEPE as nothing more than a speculative game; Buying with the hope of selling to someone else at a higher price. But over time, it’s become more than that. It now represents a shared identity in Web3 culture. An inside joke, a badge, a symbol of collective belief. It has value because a global community continues to support and build around it. 🐸9. Legal Risk from Matt Furie One of the lingering concerns was that Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, would take legal action. That never happened. In fact, on-chain data suggests that Furie -or someone associated with him- received and sold $PEPE tokens. He has made no public statement or legal threat in two years. In the U.S., most copyright claims must be filed within three years, and some legal scholars argue that inaction over time weakens any potential case. At this point, it appears to be a non-issue. Conclusion The story of $PEPE isn’t about hype. It’s about endurance. While many memecoins launch with promise and vanish within weeks, $PEPE has weathered every cycle, matured through transparency, and found its place in the culture of Web3. Most of the fears that once surrounded it have either been neutralized or proven irrelevant. It may have started as a joke, but two years later, no one’s laughing. They’re watching. 🐸  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [meme coin](/topic/meme-coin) [roadmap](/topic/roadmap) [satoshi](/topic/satoshi) [$pepe](/topic/$pepe) [coins bsc](/topic/coins-bsc) [coins meme](/topic/coins-meme) [coins arbitrum](/topic/coins-arbitrum) [Post Link](https://x.com/NFTdavie/status/1946565816209572271)
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davie satoshi @NFTdavie on x 25.4K followers
Created: 2025-07-19 13:40:30 UTC
$PEPE: Two Years Later - From Meme to Movement 🐸
When $PEPE launched, it was easy to dismiss: an anonymous meme coin with no roadmap, no utility, and no team. It became the poster child for everything critics warned about in crypto.
But two years later, $PEPE has not only survived; It’s thrived. The fears that once defined it have faded, replaced by resilience, adoption, and cultural permanence. Here’s how the major concerns around $PEPE have aged and what time has revealed.
😭1. Fear of a Rug Pull Early on, skeptics feared the developers would drain liquidity or change the contract for personal gain. But that fear was decisively eliminated when the liquidity pool was permanently locked and contract ownership was renounced. These moves removed all control from the creators, effectively decentralizing the token and making it impossible to execute a traditional rug.
🏦2. Exchange Blacklisting Many believed $PEPE would be too controversial to ever be listed on major platforms. That narrative is now outdated. $PEPE is listed on virtually every major exchange, including @Binance, @Coinbase, @Kraken, and @OKX. This level of adoption reflects how widely accepted and embraced the project has become both by the community and the broader market infrastructure.
📈3. Extreme Volatility As with any memecoin, volatility was expected. And in its early days, $PEPE saw wild price swings that spooked serious traders. Since then, trading volume and liquidity have deepened significantly. While volatility hasn't disappeared, price movements are no longer dictated by a handful of wallets, and the market is now more stable and liquid.
🐳4. Whale Risk A major early concern was that a few wallets held a disproportionate amount of supply, leading to fears of a massive coordinated selloff. On-chain data has shown that the largest holders have mostly either held or strategically redistributed over time. There has been no single event where whales destabilized the market and as liquidity grew, their influence diminished.
🧑⚖️5. Regulatory Uncertainty In an environment where regulators are increasingly scrutinizing crypto projects, $PEPE has held up well. There was no presale, no developer tax, no promises of returns, and no centralized treasury. It launched as a fair, community-driven token and that structure has shielded it from many of the compliance issues facing other tokens.
🖥️6. Anonymous Developers At launch, the anonymity of the developers raised concerns about accountability. But after renouncing the contract and stepping away from the project, the developers made themselves irrelevant. The project has since evolved into a decentralized, community-run ecosystem with no central figure which, paradoxically, has added to its strength.
🔧7. No Utility The initial criticism that $PEPE had no real-world use case was valid at the time. But since then, real utility has begun to emerge: tipping systems, NFT integrations, DeFi wrappers, and community-driven tools have all surfaced. While $PEPE remains meme-driven at its core, the ecosystem around it is steadily becoming more functional.
🤡8. Greater Fool Theory Many saw $PEPE as nothing more than a speculative game; Buying with the hope of selling to someone else at a higher price. But over time, it’s become more than that. It now represents a shared identity in Web3 culture. An inside joke, a badge, a symbol of collective belief. It has value because a global community continues to support and build around it.
🐸9. Legal Risk from Matt Furie One of the lingering concerns was that Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, would take legal action. That never happened. In fact, on-chain data suggests that Furie -or someone associated with him- received and sold $PEPE tokens. He has made no public statement or legal threat in two years. In the U.S., most copyright claims must be filed within three years, and some legal scholars argue that inaction over time weakens any potential case. At this point, it appears to be a non-issue.
Conclusion The story of $PEPE isn’t about hype. It’s about endurance. While many memecoins launch with promise and vanish within weeks, $PEPE has weathered every cycle, matured through transparency, and found its place in the culture of Web3. Most of the fears that once surrounded it have either been neutralized or proven irrelevant.
It may have started as a joke, but two years later, no one’s laughing. They’re watching. 🐸
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