{"id":6650,"date":"2025-08-20T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/little-pepe-raises-22-1m-for-evm-layer-2-as-frog-themed-memecoins-hold-a-5-6b-niche\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:13:09","slug":"little-pepe-raises-22-1m-for-evm-layer-2-as-frog-themed-memecoins-hold-a-5-6b-niche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/little-pepe-raises-22-1m-for-evm-layer-2-as-frog-themed-memecoins-hold-a-5-6b-niche\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Pepe Raises $22.1M for EVM Layer-2 as Frog-Themed Memecoins Hold a $5.6B Niche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) has launched a Layer-2 solution on the Ethereum virtual machine and is ready to welcome a new generation of frog meme coins.<\/p>\n<p>Low-cost, lightning-fast transactions on Little Pepe solve Ethereum\u2019s well-known congestion and gas issues. And as the heir apparent to Pepe\u2019s market dominance, Little Pepe could welcome an ever-expanding world of meme coins.<\/p>\n<p>It all comes at a time when the meme coin market is on the rise, and frog-related tokens have built their own niche worth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/frog-themed-coins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$5.65B<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>$LILPEPE Presale Becomes Top Meme Coin to Buy Now<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/littlepepe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LILPEPE\u2019s presale<\/a> closed its Stage 10 early as investors poured into the project, raising the total from the presale to well over $22M.<\/p>\n<p>The $LILPEPE project touts zero trading taxes, anti-bot protections, and a $777K giveaway. It arrives just as $PEPE, $BRETT, and other frog coins sustain sizable market share.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/pepe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pepe ($PEPE)<\/a> is among the most liquid meme coins, with a multibillion-dollar capitalization and frequent bursts of volume; it\u2019s down over a quarter in August.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/based-brett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brett (Based) ($BRETT)<\/a> broke out in 2024, a major player on Coinbase\u2019s Base chain. It reached its all-time high of $0.23 at the beginning of December 2024. $BRETT is still a flagship for Base meme coins.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/turbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Turbo ($TURBO)<\/a> holds a $280M market cap, significant even for a meme coin, with a persistent presence in the frog subset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Frog Sector with Real Weight<\/h2>\n<p>Frog-themed meme coins remain a significant slice of the market: the category shows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/frog-themed-coins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">aggregate market cap<\/a> of roughly $5.65B. Within that cohort, $PEPE holds about <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/pepe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$4.36B<\/a> in value, while $BRETT (Base) trades near $0.05 with a market cap around $490M.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-807499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/crypto-frog-sector-2025-08-20.png?w=750&#038;resize=700%2C326\" alt=\"Crypto Frog meme coin sector is growing.\" width=\"700\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One top-50 token and several mid-rank ones before the sector gives way to small-cap coins at the bottom of the list.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the overall market cap of the sector is impressive enough. And performance for many of the individual tokens, while down recently, has nevertheless surged in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>That follows broader market trends \u2013 Interest in even the best meme coins has ebbed and flowed throughout 2025 with periodic rotations into the segment and sentiment-driven spikes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-807513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frog-themed-tokens-2025-08-20.png?w=750&#038;resize=700%2C404\" alt=\"Frog themed tokens price chart\" width=\"700\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a market niche ripe for a contender to challenge $PEPE for his crown. Enter Little Pepe ($LILPEPE), a token offering more than Pepe ever could.<\/p>\n<h2>What Little Pepe Is Building<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike most meme tokens that launch on existing chains and absorb gas costs, Little Pepe is rolling out an EVM-compatible Layer-2. Little Pepe chain boasts zero buy\/sell taxes on the $LILPEPE token.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s whitepaper outlines a 100B total supply with 26.5% allocated to presale, 30% to chain reserves, 13.5% to staking &amp; rewards, and 10% each to liquidity, DEX allocation, and marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra-fast, secure, and cheap \u2013 Little Pepe is the perfect chain for building a meme coin empire. The project even features anti-sniper (anti-bot) protections and a native launchpad intended to give new tokens a fairer start. Liquidity gets locked when tokens launch, preventing a common scam where devs snag all the tokens overnight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-807507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/zero-fees-2025-08-20.png?w=750&#038;resize=700%2C332\" alt=\"Zero fees\" width=\"700\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A CertiK smart-contract audit and a <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/little-pepe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">preliminary CoinMarketCap pag<\/a>e help advance the sale.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the significant $777K giveaway. The terms are simple \u2013 a minimum $100 presale entry plus social tasks \u2013 and winners are announced on the project site. 10 lucky winners from the community will each receive $77K in $LILPEPE.<\/p>\n<h2>The Little Pepe Pitch<\/h2>\n<p>Little Pepe\u2019s pitch is that infrastructure (an L2), not just a likable mascot, can help the token compete when meme coin volumes surge. Lower fees, tax-free trading, and anti-bot rails may appeal to retail traders who were priced out by gas or burned by launch snipers in prior cycles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/littlepepe.com\/?utm_source=listicle&amp;utm_medium=clktmd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$LILPEPE<\/a> has room to grow, big shoes to fill, and the ambition to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Do your own research; though, this isn\u2019t financial advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) has launched a Layer-2 solution on the Ethereum virtual machine and is ready to welcome a new generation of frog meme coins. Low-cost, lightning-fast transactions on Little Pepe solve Ethereum\u2019s well-known congestion and gas issues. And as the heir apparent to Pepe\u2019s market dominance, Little Pepe could welcome an ever-expanding world of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-6650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency-market-news","tag-cryptocurrency-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}