Pepe Price Struggles After Breaking ATH: Is A Pullback On The Horizon For Pepecoin?

Pepe Price Struggles After Breaking ATH: Is a Pullback on the Horizon?

The meme coin market has experienced a significant resurgence due to increased buying demand in the cryptocurrency market. As Bitcoin's price aims to surpass $65,000, Pepecoin has been trending sharply towards its previous all-time high. However, as the rally slows down, analysts are expressing concerns about the possibility of a pullback.

Pepe's Whale Interest Skyrockets

Pepe, a meme coin, currently holds a market capitalization of $4.6 billion. Its trading volume has surged to $3.6 billion over the past 24 hours, representing a growth of over 2% despite market fluctuations. According to CoinMarketCap, Pepe ranks 23rd in the crypto market.

This upward trend around the new ATH is anticipated to continue for several days due to heightened trading activity. Data from IntoTheBlock indicates that large transactions for Pepe have increased from 134 txs to 728 txs, marking a surge of over 443%. This has fueled buying sentiment at each support line.

However, the volatility metric has not spiked and continues to decline towards 125%. This could create potential for a bearish pullback from the recent high.

Whale's Profitable Pepe Investment

Pepe coin's recent surge has highlighted a substantial profit made by a whale. The whale, using the address 0xe7d0, accumulated $13.9 million over three months. From December 2023 to February 2024, this whale invested $1.56 million USDT to acquire 1.40 trillion PEPE.

Recently, they sold 140.4 billion PEPE for 1.75 million DAI, recovering their initial investment as the coin reached an all-time high today. The address now holds 1.26 trillion PEPE, currently valued at $13.9 million, representing pure profit. If the address decides to liquidate all of its holdings, we could witness a significant decline in Pepe's price.

What's Next for Pepe Price?

Pepe price is currently facing increased bearish pressure after a selloff around the recent high of $0.0000116. The price is attempting to fall below the EMA20 trend line to confirm a clear trend. At the time of writing, Pepe price trades at $0.0000102, having declined over 1.5% in the past 24 hours.

Buyers are striving to maintain the price above the 20-day EMA ($0.00001). If successful, the PEPE/USDT pair could rise to a high of $0.0000116. This is a crucial level for the bears to defend, as a rally above it could pave the way for an increase to the overhead resistance zone between $0.000015 and $0.000017.

Conversely, a break and close below the $0.00001-$0.000008 support zone would complete a bearish pattern. The pair could then decline to the strong support at $0.0000055. As the RSI level is now declining sharply towards the midline, bears currently have an advantage in controlling the price chart.

In the 1-hour time frame, the long/short ratio for Pepe has been rising and currently stands at 1.1839. This suggests that over 54% of traders are expecting a bullish reversal.