Pepe the Frog meme creator unaware of PEPE coin, prefers DOGE

With the Pepe ($PEPE) cryptocurrency rapidly gaining attention, it has emerged that the individual behind the coin’s associated meme was not aware of the digital asset’s existence.

In particular, Matt Furie, creator of the legendary Pepe the Frog meme, has admitted lack of knowledge about Pepe despite the token’s recent surge in popularity across the cryptocurrency space, he said in a Twitter Space on May 9.

Furie, who made the revelations during a discussion about his new non-fungible token (NFT) art collection called Zogs, did mention that he was a Dogecoin (DOGE) maximalist.

“Actually, this is the first I’ve heard of it. <…> “I’ve heard of Ethereum (ETH), and I’ve heard of Bitcoin (BTC), and I’ve heard of Dogecoin — is it a bit like that?. <…> “I’m a Dogecoin maxi,” he said.

Currently, $PEPE is trading at $0.000001996, with a loss of approximately 1.5% within the past 24 hours. Despite this, it has gained 125% over the past week. The attention is now on whether the token can sustain this growth or if initial investors will begin to cash out.

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