Cryptocurrency News Today: Nasdaq Bets $100M on Kraken as Pepeto Presale Tops $11M

Nasdaq Ventures has put $100 million into Payward, the parent of Kraken, on September 11—an investment positioned to enable stock trading “on chain” by mid-2027, according to Investing News Network. In parallel, CoinDesk reported on September 9 that the Zcash ETF surpassed $500 million in assets just two weeks after listing. The broader crypto market added 3% to reach $2.77 trillion on September 15, per CoinGabbar. The article also spotlights Pepeto, whose $11 million presale is live at $0.0000001894 per token, with a flat-zero trading fee on PepetoSwap and a staking pool offering 163% APY.