AlphaPepe (ALPE) — a meme coin project that’s been gaining viral traction — is capturing the same kind of community-driven energy that fueled early Dogecoin and Shiba Inu rallies. Together, Ripple and AlphaPepe represent two sides of today’s crypto story: institutional adoption and retail frenzy. Yet, even as institutions push XRP forward, retail traders are chasing something faster and more speculative. As institutional money flows into XRP, retail traders are rotating into AlphaPepe, seeing it as the next big opportunity in 2025’s meme coin landscape. October may very well belong to both: XRP for its institutional breakthrough, and AlphaPepe for its viral retail rise.