Two PEPE Traders Cash Out Big, Locking in Massive Profits

Cryptocurrency trading carries a basic tension: acts of high-risk, high-reward trading can lead to huge gains, but they can also end in devastating losses—instead of trading, you’re being traded upon.

Two traders who hold billions of PEPE tokens have shown this week what happens when well-timed, high-reward trades lead to next-level profit-taking. These two traders, identified by their blockchain addresses 0x25c and 0xd93, have now collectively locked in millions.

Although Whale 0x25c has long held PEPE, gently amassing and distributing it otherwise, Whale 0xd93 executed a more precise and perishable trade to enter and exit PEPE for profit. Between their types of trades, Whale 0xd93’s recent actions highlight the fresh-and-fish-market dynamics that can hold for memecoins: your moves in this market can either be little blips for your overall strategy or major moves that make up the sum of your recent trades—part of the always-timely conversation in the memecoin market.

After a six-month period of inactivity, Whale 0x25c re-emerged just 12 hours ago with a massive deposit of 500 billion PEPE (worth $5.73 million) to Coinbase. This move suggests that the trader may be preparing to cash out a portion of their holdings, potentially in response to recent price action or market conditions.

Whale 0x25c has made an incredible journey with PEPE. In April 2023, they decided to make a highly speculative investment of just $3,000 to acquire a mind-boggling 4.914 trillion PEPE tokens. Since making that initial investment, this trader has made some remarkably well-timed moves, selling off 3.66 trillion PEPE tokens for a sum total of $35.52 million.

Even with these sales, the whale retains 1.25 trillion PEPE, which has been given a current valuation of $15.73 million. When you calculate their total profit on this venture, Whale 0x25c has pulled in an astonishing $51.25 million—$51.25 million that has resulted from a not-at-all-believable 17,026x return on their investment.

The windfall that this whale realized from the PEPE trade is an example of how entry, patience, and selling can turn a small trade into huge profits. This isn’t just a random occurrence. There’s a well-known path that leads from the PEPE trade to the exit that nets this whale a profit that’s larger than life.

In contrast to Whale 0x25c, who has been trading PEPE for quite some time, Whale 0xd93 hit the market much later but yet succeeded in snagging quite the homage from the PAC (Puppy Adoption Committee).

In December 2023, this trader first bought 1.48 trillion PEPE tokens at an average price of $0.00000502, spending $7.43 million to enter the trade. Over a year, the price of PEPE went up and down, but by January 2025, they had decided to sell their entire position at $0.000007372 per token, for a total payout of $10.88 million.

The exit taken by Whale 0xd93 netted him a profit of $3.47 million, marking a 46.9% return on investment. This return, while not as astronomical as Whale 0x25c’s 17,026x gain, still represents a significant financial gain in just over a year, highlighting the potential for well-timed trades in the memecoin sector.

What makes this trade especially intriguing is that it was Whale 0xd93’s first PEPE trade. That means this whale executed their unfortunate trade with no prior exposure to PEPE, which makes their choice to go all-in on a meme token even more confounding. And it surely was a confounding decision, as PEPE is now a worthless meme and not much else. Yet 0xd93 held for over a year, through two bull runs, until finally cashing out at what appears to have been a mildly profitable peak.

The actions taken by these two whales prompt several fundamental queries regarding the future pricing of PEPE and the entire memecoin marketplace.

1. Will More Whales Follow Suit? — When Whale 0x25c made a large-scale deposit to exchanges, it raised the possibility that its next move would be to sell a chunk of PEPE. If other big holders of PEPE take similar actions, the result could be a downward push on the price of the token.

2. Does This Indicate a Market Peak? – Historically, major cash-outs from whales have been followed by important price corrections. What two of PEPE’s most profitable traders divesting from the token might indicate is that they believe PEPE has reached a local top and is now more likely to decline than to continue as a bullish instrument.

3. What’s Next for PEPE? – Although some whales are now parting ways with their holdings, PEPE is still a widely traded and well-loved memecoin. Should new buyers keep paddling into the market, then we could view sawtooth price action as something more than just a TOMBSTONE.

Once again, the PEPE memecoin has established itself as one of the most lucrative assets in the crypto space. Traders like Whale 0x25c and Whale 0xd93 have walked away with millions of dollars thanks to some well-timed trades involving this memecoin.

While Whale 0x25c’s multi-million dollar gain shows the power of the long-term hold and strategic selling, Whale 0xd93’s success demonstrates that even newer traders can generate massive returns when they nail the right entry and exit points.

The destiny of PEPE now rests in the hands of its most affluent investors. These affluent investors have limited options: They can either sell their tokens or hold on to them. If they choose to sell and take their profits, they could easily create the kind of price correction that we have seen recently with other cryptocurrencies. But will they? Or will they choose to hold on and let their tokens ride?

One thing is for sure—PEPE’s volatility offers the kinds of opportunities that can change your life for good, if you can figure out how to negotiate the market.

Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services.

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