From cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai

A cryptocurrency trader has reportedly turned a $27 investment in the Pepe memecoin into an extraordinary $52 million profit, according to blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain.

An unknown Pepe PEPE$0.00002319 trader bagged the life-changing profits, crypto intelligence firm Lookonchain revealed in a Dec. 14 X post.

“A $PEPE whale that had been dormant for 600 days transferred all 2.1T $PEPE($52M) to a new address… From $27 to $52 million — an extraordinary 1,900,000x return!”

Despite having no intrinsic utility, memecoins have created many new millionaires among crypto investors. In May, another savvy trader turned $3,000 into $46 million trading the Pepe token, making an over 15,700-fold return on investment.

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Pepe rallies 1,600% YTD as second-best performing crypto of 2024

Memecoins have proven to be some of the best-performing cryptocurrencies of the year based on their returns.

Year-to-date, Pepe rallied over 1,600% as the second-best performer in the top 100 cryptocurrencies, followed by the Solana-based Dogwifhat WIF$2.84 meme token, which is up 1,400% as the third-best performer.