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 <p class="is-style-lead">The Pepecoin project team reported burning 6.9 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="trillion" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/trillion.html">trillion</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="tokens" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/tokens.html">tokens</a> worth about $6 million.</p>
 <p>According to a statement at X (form.Twitter), the team explores the possibility of using the remaining 3.79 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="trillion" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/trillion.html">trillion</a> PEPE for strategic partnerships and new marketing campaigns.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">6.9T $PEPE Tokens worth ~$6,000,000 have been burned. https://t.co/aN5LRUFz8u<br><br>A new team of advisors have been brought on to guide Pepe forward. Uses for the remaining 3.79T tokens attributed to the original team CEX multi-sig wallet for strategic partnerships and marketing… pic.twitter.com/JN3ssvH0XL</p>— Pepe (@pepecoineth) October 24, 2023
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 <p>Information about the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="token" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/token.html">token</a> burning was confirmed by the analytical platform Etherscan.</p>
 <p>The PEPE token price responded to this news with growth. It has risen 20% in the last 24 hours and is trading at $0.0000008, according to CoinGecko.</p>
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 <p>At the end of August, the price of meme coin plummeted by 20%. The reason for the fall was the actions of former team members who withdrew 16 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="trillion" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/trillion.html">trillion</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="tokens" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/tokens.html">tokens</a> worth about $15m from a multi-signature wallet and sold them on centralized exchanges.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">$PEPE Announcement<br><br>The old telegram for $PEPE is hacked and no longer in our control. The “lordkeklol” account has been compromised. Whoever has gained access to this account is using it to push scams and deceive people and launch other coins. This person is lying and… pic.twitter.com/jxlYwoSP1Q</p>— Pepe (@pepecoineth) September 9, 2023
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 <p>After this, in September, just a couple of weeks after the theft of tokens from the multisig wallet, attackers hacked a Telegram channel dedicated to the hype meme coin. The channel administrator’s account fell into the hands of attackers who have nothing to do with PEPE.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/pepecoin-team-burns-6-9-trillion-tokens-pepe-rises-by-20-tbt67510.html">https://thebittimes.com/pepecoin-team-burns-6-9-trillion-tokens-pepe-rises-by-20-tbt67510.html</a></p>

Pepecoin team burns 6.9 trillion tokens, PEPE rises by 20%

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