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Pepe News Outlet is a community-curated dashboard of short snippets to most important Pepe news. All submitted stories are reviewed before publishing. By Pepe folks for Pepe folks.
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Pepe News Outlet is a community-curated dashboard of short snippets to most important Pepe news. All submitted stories are reviewed before publishing. By Pepe folks for Pepe folks.
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May 2nd, 2023 ;
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Rare Pepe Curated Vaulting via is now PUBLIC! After a year in development, Curated Collections are now live, marking a future where NFTs will be easily accessible and discoverable across all blockchains and can be traded without the requirement of a bridge.
Main features:
Individual Smart Contract
Individual OpenSea Page
Powered by Curated Collections
4 Traits (Series #, Card #, Year, Supply)
Vaulting Pre-populates Metadata
Royalties shared between Emblem and Artists
ERC-1155
Discover the complete Rare Pepe Collection on OpenSea .
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"After 6 years of being molded in the depths of Counterparty, Pepes are coming to Ethereum.
A contingent of Rare Pepe artists & scientists, Fake Rare creators, and representatives of the frogs have been assembled to give rise to a new movement, spreading dank Pepes far and wide.
Each series will contain a total of 50 cards, with Pepe Checks representing card 1 of series 1."
During 4 days, Pepe aficionados, artists, and collectors came together once again to exhibit and collect Notable and Fake physical artworks.
More legends such as Rare Scrilla, BasqKek, Jules, Chrome Void, Darky, Nikolina Petolas, Ciobo, Naples, Dr $uss, and more exhibited physical artworks and interactive installations at the event.
"You think memes are your ally?
You merely adopted the memes. We were born in them, molded by them. We didn’t see the light until we were already rare, by then it was nothing but dankness...
After 6 years of being molded in the depths of Counterparty, Pepes are coming to Ethereum.
A contingent of Rare Pepe artists & scientists, Fake Rare creators, and representatives of the frogs have been assembled to give rise to a new movement, spreading dank Pepes far and wide."
...now with hardware wallet support! (Ledger Nano S / S Plus / X).
As with development on the original RarePepeWallet, Joe remains open to any and all feedback from users!
"What a crazy 6 years it's been, looking forward to continuing to build out tools that make it easier for everyone to participate in this special corner of the internet." - Joe Looney
This year we have some very fake events lined up at 3400 NW 7th Ave. We are open to the public from 11AM - 9PM, Dec 2-4... No RSVPs are required. Come as you are!
We wanted to thank all those who have contributed to this space bringing art, fun and knowledge, so we have asked a good friend of ours for a commemorative card to celebrate this event...
Users are now able to:
1. Add cards to their wishlists (★) to track them later and view a summary of their wallet activity
2. Add multiple addresses to view as a unique collection to find missing cards
3. Find collectors, artists, and cards easily
4. Artist pages now have a summary of an artist's card activity
5. Now it is possible to find missing cards in a fren's collection, or to know which ones your fren is missing from yours
6. Find trades from other collectors more easily via the The Counterparty DEX.
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y F A K E R A R E S ! 🎉
A R E Y O U N O T E N T E R T A I N E D ?
As part of the new feature, you can add them to the basket and then check out without having to fill the same form for each card. You can still change that information in case you want to specify a different delivery or payment address.
One FAKEWAX equals one FAKE WAX Volume 1 record. Thirty original tracks made for the Fake Rare series are spliced together thanks to Pimpernel Jones, who mastered all the tracks, and 80s Kurt Russell who A&R’ed the project."
Every planet represents a group of holders with the same number of cards, the closer they are to the star the danker they live in the universe.
Search for different cards and explore the cosmos!
“I wanted to do something unique for artists and pepe.wtf users. So now every artist can navigate the universe of their cards, and every collector can navigate the planets they live on.” - Al
"Today after diving into some of the positive macros we jumped into the Rare Pepe rabbit hole. Learning about everything from the creation, the inspiration to the eventual deviation due to strict moderation that became the Fake Rares. Listen in for a history lesson on all things Rare Pepe."
Listen to the full episode here:
On the 1st of July, pepe.wtf world was upgraded to better organise the ever-expansive and engrossing collections of Fake Rares, Dank Rares and Fake Commons.
Although OG RarePepes will always be a focal point on the site, the team behind pepe.wtf believe that this new central location (for all collections) will only help streamline the learning experience for anyone starting their journey into the Pepeverse (especially through aspects like curated news, history, and the Book of Kek).
About the artist:
However, with NOTKAMOTO he challenges the standard practice of the master copy genre by applying his unique designs - a stylistic practice that started in 2006, three years before the advent of Bitcoin and when he just began programming.
“The most compelling brushstrokes to consider emulating in this new paradigm has less to do with image, more to do with honoring the culture, memes, exhibition history, provenance, market, technology, and general context that surround a masterpiece NFT.” - Kane
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On June 27th, 2022, the famed NFT collector VincentVanDough announced the release date and lineup of the highly-anticipated Fake Rares Series 8, curated by VVD himself and featuring an incredible lineup of some of the most acclaimed NFT artists of our time.
Nakamoto Cards get ID #s and companion PFPs
RAREPEPE (also known as the Nakamoto card) is the first NFT of the Rare Pepe collection, created in September 2016, with a supply of 300 cards. RAREPEPE is a museum piece, and it can now be collected as a pure NFT, numbered from 1 to 300 thanks to the parsing of the Bitcoin blockchain. For each ID, a unique "Nakamoto" PFP is associated.
OG Rare Pepe RPW creator Joe Looney joins Pepe.Inc full-time. He will be focusing on developing the Bitcoin/Counterparty ecosystem!
Starting on June 19th to 23rd, taking place in TriBeCa, 80 W Broadway, "FROGS > FIAT" is taking over New York City.
The event ends with an auction party on Thursday featuring live bidding. Beer and food are included for frens.
It was a “Proof of Ban” card and thus became the first card in the Fake Rare directory. Series 0, Card 1. The Rare Pepe administrators eventually unbanned Scrilla and even participated in the new Fake Rares community, and the rest has been written on the blockchain.
While there, attendees were able to enjoy free beverage, the closing hours of Scarce.city's Fake Rare auction (more on that below) and a Rare & Fake Rare gallery.
As the Scarce.city Pepe tradition dictates, an auction was held on their native marketplace.
"We figured we might as well throw a party so we are doing just that on Thursday the 7th with DJ Qbert and The Gaslamp Killer in Wynwood. J_oin us for a killer time with the Scarce.city and Fake Rare’s crew for what is certain to be a fun and inspiring night in the sunny state of Florida!"_
April 29th, 2023 ;
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Series 1 drops of are a wrap! After a last batch headlined by Checks creator , this concludes 2 historic months bringing the to the Ethereum blockchain.
As first announced on :
As s cherry on the cake, Notable Pepes announced that one final card in the series would be released as a claim for top collectors. On , a wild by notorious Pepe artist was minted, and the card was made available for claim by any holder of 25 or more unique Notable Pepes.
Series 2 of Notable Pepes on May 7th, 2023 with S2C1 by .
April 9th, 2023:
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The annual Pepe event Frogs Over Fiat, organized by the , , and returned to 80W Broadway from Tuesday, April 11th to Friday, April 14th 2023.
36 Fake Rare artworks were available via Scarce City's alone, with the going to the physical by at 4.025 BTC ($122,064).
February 12th, 2023 ;
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On February 4th, 2023, notable collector and artist released his first open edition: . The edition was minted 237869 times, making it one of the most minted editions of its time. The artwork immediately inspired a large amount of derivatives, flooding Twitter and setting the perfect playground for speculation as to its future "utility"...
On February 12th, 2023, VincentVanDough announced , a new collection of Pepe cards coming to Ethereum:
Read the full story .
To learn more about Notable Pepes, join our Telegram and follow our Twitter. A dedicated group of Pepe experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have. //
December 10th, 2022 ;
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Pepe.wtf announces the 3rd card, by ... This time we knocked the door of one of the earliest supporters to the family, thanks for making history with us!
Card is available to those who have purchased cards in the . Available for the first 250 to claim it!
November 29th, 2022 ;
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RPW creator Joe Looney announced the next step in the evolution of RarePepeWallet:
While will remain mostly unchanged as an homage to the early days of crypto art, is a new platform for collectors to manage their collections of Rare Pepes, Fake Rares, Fake Commons and Dank Rares.
is built on a modern framework and optimized for use on both desktop and mobile. You can even use it on Android with a hardware wallet!
Over the next weeks and months, Joe Looney will be working with to build a synergy between rpw.wtf and pepe.wtf, to create a one stop shop for creating and collecting in the Pepe ecosystem. Currently, you can sign into your pepe.wtf profile directly from rpw (more to come...)
November 29th, 2022 ;
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FAKE RARES INVADE MIAMI, AGAIN! We are coming to dominate the art world Dec 2-4... Since the beginning of a lil over a year ago, we have had galleries and showings in Zurich, Swiss Basel, Miami, NYC, Milan, Barcelona, London and more in that short time... selling hundreds of physical Pepes!
The biggest event - the with is happening all weekend!
November 19th, 2022 ;
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Happy Birthday Pepe.wtf! One year ago launched full of memes, and now we celebrate this event with all the frens we've made along the way. Thank you all!
We are very happy and honored to present the second card made by one of the most loved members of this space: ! Give a warm welcome to
November 6th, 2022 ;
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announced to improve the platform as a tool for collecting rare, fake and dank cards, gathering everything that can be useful for collectors and artists. Introducing new collector profiles and web3 connectivity:
7. The Drops page UX has also been improved, including new features to save your Payment & Delivery addresses for faster checkout, view your Purchase History, and a brand new "" video tutorial for newcomers:
To celebrate the latests updates and to thank the loyal community, the top 5k collectors in received the first card by Fake Rare artist : .
October 12th, 2022 ;
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The CryptoArt exhibition will take place at from October 2022 to January 2023, with various Fake Rares and other Pepe art on display.
October 12th, 2022 ;
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Fake Rares have made it to the big billboards in the streets of Tokyo, curated by and , thanks to a with .
The art displayed included Fake Rares by , , , , , , & .
October 3rd, 2022 ;
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Fake Rares announced the beginning of FROGTOBER and the launch of Series 10 with another impressive artist lineup. Check the for more details!
The first card of the series is , a community card , as an homage to the first Fake Rare community card . Shoutout to for organizing, to & for being on top of things, as well as to for the soundtrack. More info on .
September 21st, 2022 ;
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Fake Rares are celebrating their first anniversary, one year after broke the rules of the Official Rare Pepe TG chat by , .
For this special occasion the team behind Fake Rares, & , dropped their cards 49 & 50, and , via the PepePawnShop as the first ever card bundle on Pepe.wtf, also marking the end of an epic of Fake Rares.
Fake Rares also held a to present the last cards released in Series 9, including giveaways and nostalgic throwbacks.
Listen to the recording of the space here:
September 9th, 2022 ;
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In a recent tweet, creator announced a new feature to better the Drops page UX:
"In our mission of helping artist to distribute and collectors to collect, we have been working on something... We are trying to make the process of buying drops, specially and , more comfortable for those who want to pick multiple cards."
You can add as many cards as you want and check out by clicking Buy or on the floating basket icon in the down right corner. You can still enter a drop without passing through the basket by clicking the buy button directly.
September 1st, 2022 ;
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Fake Rares announced that the process to is officially open again as of September 1st! To submit your Fake Rare follow or visit the .
September 1st, 2022 ;
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creator announced a new feature on the site: , a page to easily explore all different listings across each collection: - - -
The new Market page shows , , Counterparty trades and of course the latest drops!
September 1st, 2022 ;
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will release its first "phygital" book '', co-written by (aka @ACVAULT) and (author of ), on September 19th via the marketplace . Featured on the digital cover of the book is the Rare Pepe card issued in March 2017 by artist .
Inside the book, Rare Pepes will be featured among some of the 50 best crypto artists of our time, including works and words by OG Pepe artists such as , , , , , & .
As the author Eleonora Brizi would put it: "."
August 18th, 2022 ;
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"FAKEWAX was emancipated and given Fake Statehood in Series 4 thanks to a frog and 50+ creators. The Fake scientists decided we needed to add the Special Edition card Viva La Vandal created retroactively, and make it the 51st state of the ground-breaking collection of the Fake Rares. The card is not just a card. It’s a summation of the hard work the creators and developers of Series 4, which features entirely music NFTs.
Read more about FAKEWAX and its full tracklist .
If you own a fill out this to receive your record!
As a tribute to FAKEWAX, Fake master released , a 35 numbered limited edition vinyl available only via 48h silent auction at the PepePawnShop.
July 30th, 2022 ;
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On July 29th, high priest of Kek and curator closed the of artists alongside the acclaimed with their respective cards & , a diptych in homage to 's "".
This concludes a historic month of , praised as the "Pepe Summer" of 2022 by all frog-aficionados of the Fakeverse. The curated series was a huge success, with over 40 leading crypto artists onboarded to Fake Rares & , as well as 21k new active users on and 2.5k new members in the , setting the directory up for steady growth in the months to come!
July 28th, 2022 ;
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3D artist released a multiplayer game alongside his Fake Rare S8C43, . The game went live on SuperTrip64's website , where players were able to test the gameplay experience in a 24h alpha launch event. participated in the event, marking the release of what's probably the first ever 64bit multiplayer Pepe game!
July 28th, 2022 ;
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On the 19th of July, released - a new addition to the Series 8 Fake Rare collection curated by .
Created as a homage to collectors, FAKEVERSE (capped at 100 cards) goes beyond static visuals and rarity metrics by reflecting the activity of its holders in real time. In the Fakeverse, holders with the same amount of cards live together on different planets and can view the assets on the interactive page here:
July 20th, 2022 ;
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On July 20th, invited the OGs of Rares & Fakes to his daily podcast show GM NFTs on : , , & joined him to talk about the beginnings of the , the current success of and the hype around , as well as the Book Of Kek.
Spotify:
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July 7th, 2022 ;
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Special thanks goes to and for their collective time and effort to build this elegant new home.
July 1st, 2022 ;
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As the first NFT by artist on the Bitcoin blockchain, NOTKAMOTO was minted at the as a master copy tribute to the original , created by anonymous artist Mike in September 2016.
Released as an edition of 300 (mirroring the supply of the original RAREPEPE), The Notkamoto Card is the first and only time Matt Kane has deviated from his long-standing tradition of minting unique 1/1s. It’s also included as the first in curated by a long-standing collector and purveyor of fine art,
As referenced on the , Kane is known for using custom generative software to digitally paint master copies of original masterpieces.
, 69 patronage editions will shortly become available on a dispenser for 1 BTC each. To become eligible for a NOTKAMOTO, Kanes has detailed the process and conditions :
Alongside exhibiting work in , Kanes also has a named after his where people can talk about NOTKAMOTO.
Ultimately, while the original RAREPEPE Nakamoto card served as the progenitor of the , Notkamoto by Kanes is a shining example of a work that reflects the current state of digital craftsmanship and dank culture.
June 29th, 2022 ;
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According to VVD, Series 8 will launch on July 1st and will last most of the month. Dropping 2 cards per day on , Monday to Saturday, taking Sundays off.
The announcement was quickly followed by two promo videos, made by Fake Rare artists & , including a more detailed schedule and only adding to the anticipation felt by the whole of the Pepe community.
June 16th, 2022 ;
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Also, is showing them as PFPs in the leaderboard. Now the members of the 300 club have the place they deserve:
Pepe.wtf will continue working and adding cool things to the 300 club. Hats off to the incredible work developed by !
June 13th, 2022 ;
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Great from August 31, 2021 check it out!
June 13th, 2022 ;
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have been added to the starting with cards by , and . Let the dankness begin!
June 12th, 2022 ;
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Visitors can come mint a free random BTC NFT from an NFT ATM provided by . Check out how the NFT ATM looks . There's only 414 mints, randomized between 6 different fake artists. These fakes will only be distributed this week, in this way. Participants must have Proof-of-Bid in the Fake Rare Gallery auction to claim the free NFT.
Visitors can also scoop a VIP ticket to DJ Qbert for Wednesday evening. Get the tickets .
June 12th, 2022 ;
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The FAKEBASEL frog gallery is happening from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th, June 2022, in , Basel. The exhibition features both physical and digital FAKE RARE goods, ready for auction.
The auction is hosted by .
You can check out the auctioned goodies .
June 6th, 2022 ;
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PEPE IS UTILITY. The art curation platform added support for Rare Pepes, Fake Rares, Fake Commons and Dank Rares on June 6th, 2022. Users can now create and curate their galleries to exhibit their frogs in all their glory!
May 26th, 2022 ;
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On September 21 2021, was banned from the group for violating the number one rule: you can only share Official Rare Pepes in the Rare Pepe Trading Group. Rare Scrilla shared a Fake Rare that was rejected from the directory in 2018. You see, Scrilla had just rediscovered the fake in his wallet, so he figured he’d share it in the chat and give a few away to people who shared their addresses. He was quickly banned from the chat, so he decided to spin up a new chat and subsequent directory called Fake Rares. The quickly filled up, and Scrilla offered the FREEDOMKEK card – the fake that got him fake banned in the first place – to anyone who shared the card in the Rare Pepe chat.
Scrilla was having difficulties managing the website, so he recruited the Austrian Connect and his wife take over that shit. He was sorting through hundreds of submissions using a proton mail account, which is garbage even if you know how to use email. Scrilla is first and foremost, an artist and musician… the technical stuff… not his forte. He needed a Queen of Cards to help curate the collection and a Meme Lord Tech Guru to elevate the website and keep the chat fakeasf. Enter and . Shit ran smooth for maybe a week, but ultimately, they were hacked by a team of Eastern European gangstas – the squad called themselves – around Series 2. They threatened the team, stole their memes and overtook the chat… they had DJPEPE at gun point and made him give up password access to Fakes.
La Faka used Scrilla, Fake Annie and Indelible as their slaves until from Wu Tang Clan showed up. GFK defeated La Faka and rescued Fake Rares, dropping hot hot fire in Series 4 with original audio tracks. But when Ghostface went on tour, La Faka stole back the directory in a late-night escapade, even demanding tribute from the community in the form of subassets.
The next 100+ cards were dictated by this elite group of balaclava wearing hood rats, but something happened towards the end of … one late night in America, Fake Annie caught La Faka slipping. She discovered they were working with a South African cartel and – don’t ask how – she forced the South Africans to give up sensitive info on La Faka. When Scrilla presented this info to La Faka, they reluctantly gave back the directory, not wanting to be exposed. In a last-ditch effort to wreak havoc, they nuked the site… but thankfully, the assets were untouchable. Left with a mess, Scrilla and Fake Annie were forced to moonlight as website devs… they would normally have relied on Indelible to work his magic, but he was seemingly kidnapped by La Faka and has since disappeared. (We hope to see Indelible back one day and will pay La Faka a good fake dollar to retrieve his whereabouts.) They were able to get the site back up, though it’s still jankyasf and missing half the data…
Now, after a long and brutal war, we are charging forward, counting our blessings and focusing on our exceptional community. In celebratory fashion, Fake Annie and Scrilla have decided to let the most Pepe of all Pepe collectooooors, , bring peace to the Fake Rare universe by curating Series 8. This gives them time to recalibrate, so we can all get back to doing hood rat shit with our frens.
April 5th, 2022 ;
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, the famous Madrid museum approached after seeing his and his team's work on
April 6th, 2022 ;
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During the , along side hosted the . The event lasted 6-9th of April.
Many iconic creations were featured, including the likes of , , CES, MEAR, , , , , Sketch, , , , , Itchy Larry as well as the entire Fake Rare Directory.
