Two Ethereum-based meme coin presales are attracting capital while crypto markets absorb a broad regulatory shift and renewed risk appetite. Apeing has raised more than $102,000, sold over 463 million tokens, and burned 200,667,450 tokens during its 33-stage presale. In Stage 4, called Banana Hoarders, $APEING is priced at $0.0005 against a planned $0.01 listing price, creating a 20-times gap. The project has a fixed supply of 16.75 billion tokens, with 40% allocated to the presale and a referral program offering 10% in additional tokens to buyers and 10% to referrers.
Pepeto has raised more than $11 million at $0.0000001896 and reports more than 43,000 holders. Its ecosystem includes PepetoSwap, which advertises a 0.00% swap fee after $50 million in daily volume, a five-chain bridge, and a contract scanner. Staking is offered at 162% APY, and the project has completed a SolidProof audit and KYC. Meanwhile, Bitcoin traded near $85,400, up 4.8% in a day.
The macro backdrop includes a new SEC exemption that allows tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on-chain for five years on platforms meeting SEC rules, with holders keeping dividend and voting rights. The decision came days after the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate on September 15 and the Federal Reserve delivered its first rate hike since 2023. The CFTC also filed crypto rulemaking, and Hyperliquid’s HYPE hit a record $96 on September 21.
Shiba Inu rose 0.5% to $0.000005507, with average exchange inflows of 818.3 million SHIB, total inflows of 287.59 billion SHIB, and a positive net flow of 112.71 billion SHIB. MemeCore pulled back 1.51% to $1.50 after touching a two-month high near $1.77, with open interest up 44% to $25.7 million and derivatives volume up 91% to $39 million. Render traded at $1.83, up 3.84% in 24 hours, while NEAR traded at $4.36, up 2.27%, after an 80% weekly gain.
