Where Did Pepe Come From? — A Short History

screenshot of the first Rare Pepe, from Sep, 2016.

$Pepe has been the talk of the town all around crypto circles this past week. Some are treating Matt Furie’s famous internet frog as if it were some sort of a novelty that just came on the scene and turned heads with his amphibian swagger and charm, but the truth lies deeper than that. Pepe has been around the block for a long long time.