Pepeto, an Ethereum-based crypto project, says its presale has raised $10.65 million, although the release headline cites $10.85 million. The project claims successive presale rounds are selling out faster, buyers are returning with larger entries and no paid promotion is driving the fundraising. The release connects Pepeto's prospects with a Standard Chartered Ethereum price prediction of $7,500 by late 2026 and a FinanceFeeds projection of $40,000 by 2030. It argues that staking (locking crypto to earn rewards) has reduced the amount of ETH available for sale, while stronger demand could support higher prices. Pepeto is presented as a meme coin with a planned trading ecosystem that includes an exchange, a cross-chain bridge and an AI contract scanner. The release compares its positioning with early Ethereum, Dogecoin and dogwifhat, which it says rose from below one cent in late 2023 to more than $4 by spring 2024 and exceeded a $4 billion market value, according to CoinGecko. The material is promotional and includes a disclaimer that it is not investment, financial or trading advice.