{"id":72627,"date":"2026-02-16T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72627"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:31:35","slug":"pepe-gains-16-in-a-week-leaving-dogecoin-shiba-inu-behind-as-history-is-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72627","title":{"rendered":"Pepe Gains 16% In A Week Leaving Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Behind As &#8216;History Is In The Making&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Pepe<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/PEPE-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"PEPE\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">PEPE<\/a>) jumped 16.5% over the past week, decisively outperforming <strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/DOGE-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"DOGE\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>) and <strong>Shiba Inu <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SHIB-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SHIB\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/shib\/usd\">SHIB<\/a>), which posted gains of about 6% during the same period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whale Accumulation, Supply Burn Fuel Momentum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to social analytics platform LunarCrush, speculation is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LunarCrush\/status\/2022746907798573102\">mounting<\/a> that PEPE may be staging a broader comeback as whale wallets reportedly accumulate trillions of tokens and sentiment improves.<\/p>\n<p>Key drivers behind the renewed interest include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cultural dominance (30%):<\/strong> Supporters argue Pepe&#8217;s meme appeal rivals early-stage Dogecoin and Shiba &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50639231\/pepe-gains-16-in-a-week-leaving-dogecoin-shiba-inu-behind-as-history-is-in-the-making?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Pepe\" gains in a week leaving dogecoin shiba inu behind as is the making>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE) jumped 16.5% over the past week, decisively outperforming Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), which posted gains of about 6% during the same period. Whale Accumulation, Supply Burn Fuel Momentum According to social analytics platform LunarCrush, speculation is mounting that PEPE may be staging a broader comeback as whale wallets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-72627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}