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Pepe hits all-time high, memecoins soar after famous GameStop stock trader ‘returns’

Memecoins rally, and PEPE hits a new all-time high shortly after GameStop stock trader Keith Gill posts to his Roaring Kitty X account for the first time in 3 years.

Pepe (PEPE) price topped the $0.000010 level for the first time since March 15. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, and TradingView shows that PEPE rallied 34% over the past 24 hours to set a new record high of $0.00001119 on Binance.

PEPE’s trading volume has jumped 245% over the last 24 hours to $1.56 billion and its market capitalization has also jumped to $4.31 billion, surpassing that of Ethereum Classic (ETC) to become the 23rd largest cryptocurrency by market value.

PEPE’s performance follows the return of “Roaring Kitty” – Keith Gill’s account on the social media platform X – which has been dormant since June 2021.

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Vaneck Analysts Forecast Bitcoin’s Path to $180,000 Amid Regulatory Shift

Trump-themed MAGA memecoin rallies after his pro-crypto comments

Politically themed memecoins defy the crypto market’s drab performance by rallying in excess of double-digit gains.

Trump-themed memecoin MAGA (TRUMP) surged as much as 78% on May 9 following Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments on cryptocurrencies. 

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows MAGA trading at $6, up 46% over the last 24 hours.

Its 24-hour trading volume has jumped 620% to rest at $281.8 million, and with a market cap of $281.8 million, TRUMP is ranked at position 248 at CoinGecko. At the time of publication, the token was the 13th largest memecoin by market capitalization.

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Vaneck Analysts Forecast Bitcoin’s Path to $180,000 Amid Regulatory Shift