PEPE Spot Buying Surges as Meme Coins Rally
Pepe (PEPE)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that the meme coin market moved higher on Sept. 20, with Dogecoin, PEPE, Shiba Inu, and MemeCore trading above recent lows. CoinMarketCap data showed Dogecoin price trading near $0.088, while PEPE remained up about 13% across seven days. The rebound mattered because trading activity returned alongside a rise in derivatives exposure. Dogecoin and PEPE futures volumes exceeded their respective spot volumes, showing leveraged traders remained active.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for PEPE, measured when this story was written up on 20 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows PEPE spot trading at $0.000004110 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 70.4%, indicating strong immediate buying pressure compared to the 54.4% ratio over the last 24 hours. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at $279,221, while the 24-hour delta stands at $5,214,112, showing that buyers are currently outpacing sellers significantly. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close is +$6,086,586, confirming net buying dominance. This high buy ratio means that a larger percentage of trades are purchases, driving the price up through sustained demand.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.3% sits at the 48th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.4% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for PEPE, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 52.3%, making today's 1-hour reading of 70.4% an unusually high level of buying intensity. Spot volume has surged to 2.67 times the average, with 191,392 trades recorded in the last 24 hours. The price change over eight days is +20.2%, supported by a total volume delta of +$12,239,870. This volume spike and extended buying days suggest a period of heightened activity compared to the weekly baseline.