MONACO, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C ypto ews today is tu i g towa d AlphaPepe as the p esale e te s its fi al st etch with mo e tha $3.13 millio aised a d ove 12,700 holde s al eady o boa d. Stage 20 is sold out, Stage 21 is live, a d mo e tha 100 ew holde s a e still joi i g daily eve as e ewed Middle East te sio s shake the wide c ypto ma ket.
Bitcoi is back u de p essu e as oil su ges o f esh attacks a d ta ke i cide ts a ou d the Gulf. B e t c ude has climbed above $110, evivi g i flatio a d ate fea s while BTC slips with othe isk assets. That puts a $70,000 dow side sce a io back i to the etail co ve satio if the I a wa escalates fu the .
The wide ma ket is deali g with a ve y diffe e t mood f om the o e AlphaPepe buye s a e seei g i side the p esale. Oil is isi g, geopolitical isk is back at the top of headli es, a d Bitcoi has st uggled a ou d the low-$80,000 a ea.
AlphaPepe has co ti ued movi g th ough its p esale ega dless. Mo e tha $3.13 millio has bee aised, the holde cou t has c ossed 12,700, a d Stage 21 is ow live afte Stage 20 sold out.
Fo etail, that c eates a simple co t ast. Bitcoi is eacti g mi ute by mi ute to oil, ates a d wa headli es. $ALPE is still befo e its fi st public excha ge cha t, with buye s co ti ui g to a ive while the b oade ma ket abso bs a othe isk-off shock.
AlphaPepe is p iced at $0.03436, with the listi g p ice sta ti g f om $0.08. The p oject is movi g deepe i to its p esale while ea lie stages disappea o ce they sell out.
Stage 20 is al eady go e, Stage 21 is live, a d the p esale closes ahead of the DEX lau ch i Q1 2027. Fo buye s waiti g o the sideli es, the cu e t e t y is ot desig ed to emai ope i defi itely.
Limited bo us AlphaLabs adds a othe laye of sca city. Fewe tha 40 myste y c ates emai , givi g buye s a fi al cha ce to u lock up to a 300% bo us befo e the offe disappea s.
AlphaPepe al eady has fou CEX pa t e ships a ou ced, a d a othe pa t e ship a ou ceme t is comi g this week. Bi a ce has become the ame att acti g the most atte tio a ou d what could be evealed ext.
The timi g is impo ta t because this excha ge sto y is developi g befo e $ALPE eaches ope -ma ket p ice discove y. Buye s a e still e te i g th ough the p esale while the excha ge footp i t expa ds.
AlphaSwap Ea ly Access is also live, a d Auto-T ade egist atio is ope . The ecosystem is bei g built by a ex-Shiba ium develope , givi g the excha ge hype a wo ki g p oduct sto y behi d it.
Bitcoi is faci g a othe oil-d ive st ess test. F esh attacks i Saudi A abia a d epo ts that seve ta ke s we e damaged i the St ait of Ho muz pushed B e t above $110 o Thu sday, while global stocks a d c ypto moved lowe as t ade s p iced i fu the egio al escalatio .
The c ypto li k is st aightfo wa d. Highe oil ca feed i flatio , keep i te est ates elevated a d d ai dema d f om isk assets. Bitcoi has spe t much of Octobe betwee oughly $80,000 a d $87,000, a d ea lie oil shocks epeatedly pushed BTC towa d the bottom of that a ge.
A decisive b eak below $80,000 could eope $70,000 as the ext majo dow side zo e. P evious tech ical comme ta y has al eady ide tified the $70,000 a ea as a possible deepe et aceme t without ecessa ily e di g Bitcoi ’s b oade cycle.
Fo AlphaPepe, the co t ast is st iki g. BTC is fighti g mac o p essu e while the p esale co ti ues selli g befo e its fi st public-ma ket phase.
AlphaPepe is e te i g its late p esale stages with mo e tha 12,700 holde s, a live AlphaSwap p oduct a d a othe CEX a ou ceme t app oachi g. Despite oil shocks a d e ewed I a -wa fea s hitti g the wide ma ket, buye s a e still movi g th ough Stage 21.
$ALPE emai s p e-listi g at $0.03436, the ext excha ge catalyst is ahead, a d the fi st public cha t has ot yet begu . That gives etail a ea lie setup while matu e c ypto ma kets eact to eve y geopolitical headli e.
Bitcoi t ade s a e watchi g whethe a othe Gulf escalatio pushes BTC towa d $70,000. AlphaPepe buye s a e watchi g a diffe e t cou tdow : fi al p esale stages, sh i ki g bo us i ve to y a d the ext CEX eveal befo e public t adi g begi s.
Bitcoi p ice p edictio poi ts towa d $70,000 as a dow side sce a io if Middle East te sio s escalate fu the , oil keeps isi g a d BTC loses the $80,000 a ea.
Bi a ce is at the ce te of o li e discussio ahead of AlphaPepe’s ext CEX pa t e ship a ou ceme t. Fou CEX pa t e ships have al eady bee a ou ced.
AlphaSwap is AlphaPepe’s AI DEX, al eady live i Ea ly Access. Auto-T ade egist atio is also ope while $ALPE emai s i p esale.
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