New Crypto: Pepeto Announces a DeFi Tools Upgrade While Ethereum Price Prediction Targets $18K and Whale Buying Grows

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The new crypto Pepeto has announced an upgrade to its DeFi exchange tools, with the 0.00% fee swap, the AI token scanner, and the cross-chain bridge all going live today in improved form. The announcement arrives as the presale passes $10.9 million, a total that kept growing through last week's Clarity Act sell off.

The timing is the part worth reading closely. Ethereum just broke higher after the Fed's rate hike, the ethereum price prediction from major banks now reaches $18,000, and Pepeto is built on Ethereum, so the two stories are connected in a way most readers have missed. On chain data shows large holders who sold big coins during the dip are now buying this new crypto instead.

Below: what the upgrade includes, what the Ethereum numbers say, and why whales are moving into Pepeto before its expected Binance listing.

What the Pepeto DeFi Upgrade Announcement Includes And The Bullish Ethereum Price Prediction

The Pepeto announcement covers three live products. The 0.00% fee swap now runs faster. The AI token scanner now checks every contract before it can be listed on the exchange. The bridge now connects Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, Base, and Arbitrum, with a $0 bridge fee and transfers that complete in under 60 seconds. The goal is simple: a fully working exchange ready before the next bull market, because every trade on it feeds demand back into the token, so the more volume the platform pulls, the higher the $PEPETO token price gets pushed.

The upgrade lands in an Ethereum market that just proved something. Ethereum price trades at $2,665 on September 21, up 3.5% in a day per CoinMarketCap, after shrugging off the Fed's rate hike and last week's Clarity Act sell off, when Trump's push to force the bill through the Senate briefly spooked markets. Our Ethereum price prediction read: that sell off was the last cheap exit, because settled US rules are exactly what institutions have waited for. The supply data agrees. Exchange balances sit at 14.88 million ETH, a multi-year low per Parameter, BitMine holds 4.9% of supply with 85% staked, and September ETF inflows beat Bitcoin's per Coin Gabbar.