Pepe's Retail Appetite Chases Shiba Inu, With 309% Increase In Revolut Customer Holdings: Trader Sees 'A Mini Bull Flag'

Pepe PEPE/USD is in a consolidation period, but traders remain optimistic given increasing retail demand and transaction volumes.

What Happened:  Revolut, the U.K.'s leading finance and crypto app, has seen a significant shift in its customers’ cryptocurrency holdings, with Pepe now surpassing Ethereum ETH/USD in terms of total holdings.

The data shared by cryptocurrency trader degenharambe, citing the company’s wallet, reveals that PEPE holdings of Revolut customers have increased by 309%, a 1,700% increase in dollar value since the beginning of the year (2.73 trillion PEPE coins worth $3.55 million) until now (8.46 million PEPE coins worth $61 million).

Shiba Inu SHIB/USD holdings among Revolut customers have grown more modestly, from 1.52 trillion coins worth $15 million to 1.87 trillion coins worth $45.2 million, representing a 23% increase in tokens and a 300% increase in dollar value.

The trader writes, "If just 2.5% of their customers hold Pepe, that could be another 1M unique holders," highlighting Pepe's retail adoption and rising interest in the meme coin ahead of other established cryptocurrencies.

Price Action: At the time of writing, PEPE is down 1.3% on the day, trading at $0.000006845 on an 31.3% increase in trading volumes to $771.95 million.

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Why It Matters: IntoTheBlock data shows an 11.2% increase in large transaction volume for Pepe, reaching 66.4 million, while holders’ balances saw a notable 2.8% increase to 229.9 million. Transactions greater than $100,000 grew from 165 on April 28 to 187 on April 29, indicating growing interest from larger investors.

Despite a 15.5% drop in Pepe’s price over the past month, 71% of Pepe holders are still in profit at the current price levels. This suggests a strong base of support for the meme coin, even amid short-term price fluctuations.

Crypto trader NFTDavie, in his latest tweet, points out that the recent choppy price action in Pepe is starting to resemble a mini bull flag pattern. He believes that the meme coin is “channeling its energy for the next explosive move up,” hinting at a potential breakout in the near future.

The recent chopping action for $PEPE from the past few days is beginning to look like a mini bull flag. Everything is within the channel of two parallel lines. If we replicate the flagpole length and extrapoliate, then this will take us near the all time high.$PEPE is… pic.twitter.com/EqWf6sJDeP

— davie satoshi (@NFTdavie) April 29, 2024

Another well-known trader, Cold Blooded Shiller, analyzes Pepe’s technical chart and notes that the coin is consolidating above a former significant level. He maintains a bullish outlook on Pepe and considers the opportunity to take a shot “worth it” if the meme coin begins to break out from its current consolidation phase.

What's Next: The influence of meme coins and Bitcoin as an institutional asset class are topics expected to be thoroughly explored at Benzinga's upcoming Future of Digital Assets event on Nov. 19.

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