Asset management giant T. Rowe Price has filed an amended application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to include Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) in a new cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). The filing, submitted in March 2026, outlines custody and potential staking strategies for the meme coins. This move by a firm with $1.6 trillion in assets under management represents a significant step toward institutional adoption for the meme coin sector.
Concurrently, the presale for a new project called Pepeto is rapidly filling, having raised over $8.8 million. The project, led by a co-founder of the original Pepe (PEPE) meme coin, has confirmed an upcoming listing on the Binance exchange. Pepeto is marketing itself as a full-featured trading platform offering zero-fee swaps via PepetoSwap, a cross-chain bridge, and a contract risk scanner. Its smart contracts have been audited by SolidProof.
Market data shows DOGE trading near $0.09, having recently broken out of a descending channel pattern. Analysts cited in the reports suggest potential targets of $0.135, $0.153, and even $0.20 by late 2026 if bullish momentum continues. However, the reports contrast the percentage-based returns expected from large-cap assets like DOGE with the potential for exponential gains from early-stage presales like Pepeto.
In related news, Ripple recently hosted the XRP Tokyo 2026 summit, attracting 3,000 attendees and highlighting Japan's growing tokenized asset market. Following a regulatory classification of XRP as a digital commodity, spot XRP ETFs now hold nearly $1 billion in assets. Despite this, price predictions for XRP, currently near $1.30, are framed as more gradual compared to the high-multiple potential of presale projects.
