Rare Pepe

A rare Pepe or RarePepe is a variation on the "Pepe the Frog" internet meme, itself based on a character created by Matt Furie. The related Rare Pepe crypto project, created by various artists worldwide between 2016 and 2018, was based on the aforementioned meme and traded as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) recorded on the CounterParty platform. A total of 1,774 official cards were released for the project across 36 series.^[1]

On October 26, 2021, a rare Pepe, PEPENOPOULOS, sold at a Sotheby's auction for $3.6m USD.^[2]

^ "Rare Pepe Directory – Rare Pepes on the Bitcoin Blockchain". rarepepedirectory.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ Dickens, Sean (October 27, 2021). "Debut Sotheby's 'Metaverse' auction sees record-breaking NFT sales". Yahoo! Finance. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

[1] "Rare Pepe Directory – Rare Pepes on the Bitcoin Blockchain". rarepepedirectory.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.

[2] Dickens, Sean (October 27, 2021). "Debut Sotheby's 'Metaverse' auction sees record-breaking NFT sales". Yahoo! Finance. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

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