An Ethereum investor is pointing to Pepeto, a meme coin on Ethereum still in presale, as the best new crypto of 2026, arguing its early stage and live tools could mirror the kind of early opportunity Ethereum offered in 2017. The claim appeared in a press release, which carries no independent verification.
The comparison rests on Ethereum's own history. CoinMarketCap lists ETH's 2014 ICO price at $0.311, and the asset trades at $2,409 as of October 20, 2026, down 0.68% over 24 hours, with a market cap of $294 billion. At that size, the release notes, ETH itself cannot repeat a 2017-style multiple.
Ethereum's 2017 Run and Current Demand
According to the release, Ethereum's breakout came from more than market mood: smart contracts let developers build apps directly on the chain, and as usage spread, demand for ETH outran supply. Large holders remain active — BitMine bought another 12,535 ETH last week and now holds about 4.9% of all supply, CoinMarketCap reported on October 19.
Investors who missed that early window are now hunting for projects with a strong story and a small valuation, the release says, aiming to catch an ecosystem before most of the market notices.
What Pepeto Claims to Offer
Pepeto is described as one of the most talked-about meme presales of 2026, with more than 43,000 holders across several stages. The release says the project pairs meme coin appeal with three working products:
- PepetoSwap, an exchange with no swap fee that has handled $50 million a day in testing.
- A bridge that locks tokens on one chain and mints them on another in about 41 seconds without a transfer fee.
- A risk scorer that simulates a buy and a sell on every contract and blocks trades on anything with critical findings.
Supply is fixed at 420 trillion across the presale, held constant across chains by the bridge, while each stage closes on a set date and the price rises afterward, according to the release.
Presale Pricing and Projections
At the current price of $0.0000001902, $400 buys about 2.10 billion PEPETO. The release cites analysts projecting a 30x return, which would turn that into $12,000, and argues the target is grounded because 30x lifts Pepeto's full value to only about $2.4 billion — a fraction of the $11 billion Pepe reached in December 2024.
Backers also point to a cofounder who built the original Pepe coin, a former Binance expert on the dev team, a SolidProof audit with KYC, and staking at 160% APY paid out once the token lists, provided the market holds and an approaching Binance listing arrives.
Risk Remains Central
The release acknowledges that every crypto buy carries risk and that past performance never guarantees future results. It frames Pepeto as among the most closely watched new cryptos of 2026, with each presale stage closing at a higher price than the last.
