PEPE · Daily move · 2026-10-28
Why did Pepe go up 9.4% on October 28, 2026?
PEPE's move can't be compared with Bitcoin's yet; the figures below describe the move, not its cause. PEPE rose further than this on 1 of the past 29 days. No PEPE report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved.
A reported accumulation story and exchange-related buzz could have supported the rise, but neither is independently verified here. The price spiked and then fell back from its high.
May have started the movePossible
News headlines published Oct 28, 17:05–20:52 UTC reported a large Justin Sun-linked PEPE holding and a Poloniex tweet. If accurate and noticed by traders, these reports could have encouraged buying and helped lift the price.
What is not shown
These are headline snippets, not independently verified reports; they do not establish actual purchases or a link to the price move. The reported timing also does not establish when the move began.
Weaker possibilities: Open interest in coin units rose 36.6% over Oct 28, 01:00–Oct 29, 01:00 UTC, while buyer-initiated share was slightly above its prior 24-hour comparison. (OKX perpetual swap: open interest, OKX perpetual swap: taker buy/sell volume)
What is still unknown
Did the reported wallet accumulation or exchange tweet reflect real buying or a catalyst for this move?
Looked at the 24 hours to Oct 29, 2026, 01:44 UTC
- Day open / close
- $0.000005 → $0.00000524 hourly candles, OKX · USDT
- Day range
- $0.000005 – $0.00000514.7% from low to high
- Versus the past month
- 1 of the past 29 days rose further+9.37% in the 24 hours to Oct 29, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 3.1× a typical day (3.0%).
- 30-day range
- 4.0% below the high · 38.1% above the lowFrom hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- 24h volume
- 3.3×of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap
- funding positive · open interest risingOKX perpetual swap PEPE-USDT-SWAP
Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 29, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Methods →
PEPE timeline around October 28, 2026
Largest closed hourly move: +6.79%, Oct 28, 2026, 01:00–02:00 (UTC).
9 sharp price swings were flagged; the largest was +1.95% in 5 minutes at Oct 28, 2026, 21:06 UTC.
How often has this happened before?
Since 2023-04-19, PEPE has risen 7% or more in a UTC day 82 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once. Seven days later it was higher in 33 of 82 cases, with a median change of -3.77%. This is history, not a forecast.
Latest 10 episodes: 2026-10-20, 2026-10-13, 2026-09-19, 2026-09-03, 2026-08-19, 2026-07-26, 2026-07-10, 2026-07-03, 2026-04-07, 2026-03-16 (UTC)
One venue’s daily closes, before costs; the coin’s own survived history, so it says nothing about coins that no longer trade. Past episodes are not a forecast.