Ethereum News Today: Cardano Holders Shift to LILPEPE as Meme Coin Gains 200% in Presale

As the altcoin market gains momentum in the latter half of 2025, investors are rapidly shifting their capital from slower-moving altcoins to more promising meme coins. Recently, three prominent Cardano (ADA) holders have exited their positions and instead invested in a newer, faster-moving coin. Despite its strong fundamentals, ADA has underperformed compared to other Layer 1 and Layer 2 ecosystems this year, prompting these holders to seek higher returns elsewhere.

Cardano, known as a “third-generation blockchain,” has struggled to deliver price performance that excites investors in the current cycle. While Bitcoin and Ethereum have gained significant momentum in 2025, ADA remains around the $0.70 mark, far below its all-time high of over $3.00 from 2021. Even with network upgrades like Hydra and Leios, Cardano’s growth has been more technical and developer-focused. In a market increasingly driven by speculation, virality, and meme culture, many ADA holders are reallocating their capital to early-stage projects with far more asymmetric upside.

One such project is Little Pepe (LILPEPE), a meme coin that has caught the attention of these investors. User growth and DeFi activity on Cardano lag behind those of competitors like Ethereum, Base, and Solana. Meanwhile, meme coins with utility are gaining traction, and LILPEPE is one of the few building real infrastructure for them. With sentiment shifting towards higher-risk, higher-reward tokens, ADA holders seeking to multiply their capital are now exploring early-stage ecosystems like LILPEPE—especially while it remains priced under $0.002.

LILPEPE is not just another meme coin; it is an EVM-compatible Layer-2 blockchain built exclusively for meme coin infrastructure. This gives it a unique narrative edge in 2025’s increasingly utility-driven meme coin wave. LILPEPE is its own chain, built to scale meme assets with near-zero fees and lightning-fast speed. It also features Pepe’s Pump Pad Launchpad, a service for meme tokens that offers automatic liquidity locks, sniper-bot protection, and zero tax mechanics—all powered by LILPEPE as gas. The presale for LILPEPE is priced at just $0.0015, with a confirmed Tier-1 CEX listing price of $0.003, already offering a 2x upside for current buyers. The tokenomics are designed for explosive community growth, with 26.5% of tokens allocated to presale buyers, 13.5% reserved for staking and rewards, and 0% team or dev allocation, ensuring no early dumps. Additionally, there is a massive $777K giveaway rewarding 10 buyers with $77K each.

With over $6.5 million raised so far, LILPEPE is more than just a presale buzzword—it is a meme ecosystem in motion. While Cardano continues to develop its own smart contract ecosystem, LILPEPE leverages the liquidity and adoption of Ethereum, the most active Layer 1 in crypto. This EVM compatibility means developers and projects can instantly port code and deploy meme coins using the same tools they use on ETH. This is a significant advantage over ADA, which requires a steeper learning curve that has limited adoption. Ethereum’s surge in 2025, driven by institutional inflows, Layer 2 scaling, and a resurgence in DeFi/NFT activity, acts as a rising tide for projects like LILPEPE, which sit downstream of ETH’s infrastructure.

From its confirmed listing price of $0.003, hitting even $0.3 would represent a 100x return. Given the scale of meme coin rallies in past cycles, this is well within the realm of possibility. Unlike many meme coins, LILPEPE is building infrastructure, not just riding the hype. If its Layer-2 chain becomes the go-to destination for meme token launches, the network volume, staking rewards, and gas fee demand could fuel a multi-billion-dollar market cap. In contrast, ADA’s momentum is slow, limiting its potential to 3x to 5x even in a strong bull market.

Cardano may still play a role in the next bull market, but its days of delivering 50x returns are long past. That’s why even the biggest ADA believers are repositioning. Little Pepe (LILPEPE) represents the next wave of meme coin evolution backed by a whole ecosystem. With infrastructure, viral buzz, and a presale designed to reward early adopters, LILPEPE is becoming the go-to destination for meme builders and traders alike.