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Binance picks PEPE/USDC for this week's 400 BNB trading tournament, and $PEPE runs into the weekend

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steady$PEPE
Peak / day8tracked accounts
Peak dayFriOct 23 · busiest day in the panel
Rest of X / peak day178distinct accounts outside the panel
Cited claims111 dropped by automated checks
Market · $PEPE+6.0%7-day price · rank #51

Attention

Who was talking, day by day

Oct 18 – Oct 24 UTC
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What happened

Binance picked PEPE/USDC for its trading tournament this week, with a 400 BNB pool for most volume. @tgwcapital_ said $PEPE was having a nice run today but warned against fomo on the 4-hour purple squeeze candle. @signalcalls opened a 2% position around $550K MC in solana:HgcxVs6kJhPAaGqnPNGaa7zYgNT49hJrLufiqcNMuYZT (CA: $FEELSGOOD), with $PEPE's relative strength as the main thesis, and said $FEELSGOOD previously reached an $11M market cap.

+ 8 more in the evidence register ↓

Why it matters

It ties a concrete exchange-run volume event to the oldest live memecoin debate: whether OG memes like $PEPE rotate back into favor or only serve as the relative-strength chart for new launches like $FEELSGOOD. The Binance tournament is a scheduled liquidity event with a number attached, so it is trackable rather than vibes.

Observed reaction

Mostly bullish on $PEPE as the OG meme with a scheduled volume catalyst, with explicit caution from @tgwcapital_ ('I wouldn't fomo in here') and split framing from @theunipcs, who says $USELESS has outperformed $PEPE by more than 10x this year.

Spread

Where it started and who carried it

First seen
Oct 18, 00:55 UTC by @fredvelezcrypto
Accounts
11 tracked · 24 elsewhere on X
Communities
memecoins solana (7), perps trading (2), base farcaster (1), bitcoin (1)
Key accounts
@theunipcs, @mrpowers23, @bscnews, @cottonxbt, @1goodplay

Explainability

Evidence register

Every claim links to the posts behind it
01

Binance picked PEPE/USDC for its trading tournament this week, with a 400 BNB pool for most volume.

[1]
02

@tgwcapital_ said $PEPE was having a nice run today but warned against fomo on the 4-hour purple squeeze candle.

[1]
03

@signalcalls opened a 2% position around $550K MC in solana:HgcxVs6kJhPAaGqnPNGaa7zYgNT49hJrLufiqcNMuYZT (CA: $FEELSGOOD), with $PEPE's relative strength as the main thesis, and said $FEELSGOOD previously reached an $11M market cap.

[1]
04

@theunipcs said $USELESS is up 163% from its yearly open while $PEPE is up just 14%, outperforming $PEPE by more than 10x this year.

[1]
05

@blockhunta said $PEPE looks ready to send and separately that he is bullish on OG meme coins ($PEPE, $DOGE, $SHIB).

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06

@cottonxbt said $DOGE hit $80B, $SHIB hit $40B and $PEPE hit $10B before PumpFun existed, and that a memecoin surviving above $1M for more than 24 hours is now cause for celebration.

[1]
07

@alexmcgregor wrote that volume precedes price on $PEPE and that he has seen posts longing for traders to return to older, more established coins with deeper liquidity and better distribution.

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08

@gamergeniegg posted $FARTCOIN & $PEPE as 'Return to traditional memes'.

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09

@signalcalls said another falling wedge is forming on $PEPE and that a breakout could reignite ETH memes.

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10

@yzzzbtc posted about being airdropped $PEPE.

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11

@mrpowers23 posted 'immune to the psyops $PEPE' and separately '$PEPE is coming...' on 2026-10-23.

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Angles

  • Chart post: Binance's PEPE/USDC 400 BNB volume tournament + the week's $PEPE run, annotated against the 'return to traditional memes' thesis
  • Explain the $FEELSGOOD thesis in one thread: @signalcalls bought at $550K MC using $PEPE relative strength, and $FEELSGOOD previously hit an $11M market cap
  • Nostalgia-vs-now post: @cottonxbt's point that pre-PumpFun $DOGE hit $80B, $SHIB $40B and $PEPE $10B, while a $1M memecoin surviving 24 hours is now news

Formats in use

  • quote-tweet with a custom chart flagged 'Institutional Imbalance Framework (IIF) by Alien_Algorithms @Hawk_Finance'
  • quote-tweet of @pepetoshi's Binance tournament note
  • simple '$PEPE looks ready to send' chart post
  • nostalgia post contrasting pre-PumpFun $DOGE/$SHIB/$PEPE market caps with today's $1M survival bar
  • off-topic RT: broader meme-education threads that list $PEPE among past runners

Risks

  • The Binance PEPE/USDC 400 BNB tournament is stated by @pepetoshi and quote-amplified by @alexmcgregor; treat it as a claim until Binance confirms the pool size and dates.
  • $PEPE price performance is cited by accounts with no numbers; use market data (priceChange7dPct 5.967, volume24hUsd 297,114,904, marketCapRank 51) instead, and note the market does not confirm the scale of the run.
  • No financial advice: avoid repeating someone else's entry price as a signal; @signalcalls' $550K MC position and 2% size are their own trade, not a recommendation.
  • Do not turn the $USELESS-vs-$PEPE outperformance claim into a price prediction.
  • Some quoted accounts (@theunipcs, @pepetoshi, @galleoncrypto) are high-reach crypto commentators; where they push a token, consider possible coordination or paid promotion and do not present it as neutral.

Observed content

Most-engaged posts

8 posts on X
MR@mrpowers231.1K likes
RT @pepecoineth: immune to the psyops $PEPE https://t.co/NPSIlktEaG
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1G@1goodplay901 likes
RT @theunipcs: solana:Dz9mQ9NzkBcCsuGPFJ3r1bS4wgqKMHBPiVuniW8Mbonk is the $DOGE / $PEPE type runner of the cycle zoom out https://t.co/spF0cgeQk4
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TG@tgwcapital_711 likes
RT @theunipcs: many have asked me how i can be so sure that $USELESS will be the first memecoin to hit $1 BILLION this cycle and THE meme of the cycle here's why 👇 i've traded memecoins across multiple cycles and publicly traded: • $16k to $20m+ on $BONK • $6k to $1m+ on $WIF
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SK@skmakeit546 likes
RT @theunipcs: it's fascinating how $USELESS & $PEPE started the year outperforming almost everything else and now the exact same pattern is repeating as we approach year-end except this time, $USELESS is up 163% from its yearly open while $PEPE is up just 14% USELESS has outp
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MR@mrpowers2393 likes
$PEPE is coming and you’re going to feel good wether you want to or not https://t.co/qd6oSBqy6u
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AL@alexmcgregor95 likes
$PEPE lots of eyeballs on this green frog. i've seen a few posts too longing for traders to return to older more established coins with deeper liquidity and better distribution. https://t.co/eiSVsmtdy5
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AL@alexmcgregor92 likes
volume precedes price. $PEPE https://t.co/mVeHgXhi03
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FR@fredvelezcrypto30 likes
I THINK I FINALLY FIGURED OUT $DGUY’S REAL MOAT. It’s not the Amazon pairing. It’s not Prime. It’s not the rewards. It’s not even the tokenomics. It’s the CONTENT MACHINE. Think about most successful memes. $BRETT. $TOSHI. $DOGE. $PEPE. $WIF. They became massive because t
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History

Weeks this story made the report

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  1. #25steadyBinance picks PEPE/USDC for this week's 400 BNB trading tournament, and $PEPE runs into the weekend