Alts Hold Their Ground as Bitcoin Slips Below $77,100
Bitcoin's modest decline masks a steadier session across large-cap altcoins, with Zcash and TRON the only top-ten names in the green over seven days.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Bitcoin trades at $77,058, down 0.25% in 24 hours and 3.20% over seven days, sitting 38.88% below its $126,080 all-time high.
- •Zcash (+0.90%) and TRON (+2.00%) are the only top-ten assets with positive seven-day returns.
- •Cronos leads 24-hour gainers at $0.059008, up 2.87%, while Mantle is the largest decliner at $0.555788, down 3.16%.
- •DeFi total value locked stands at $87.68B, with Ethereum chains holding $49.70B of that total.
- •BTC-USDT perpetual funding on OKX is 0.0033% per eight hours, with open interest of $2.15B.
A Quiet Tape Beneath a Softer Bitcoin
Bitcoin trades at $77,058, down 0.25% over 24 hours and 3.20% over the week. It sits 38.88% below its all-time high of $126,080. The global market cap stands at $2.63 trillion, with BTC dominance at 58.77% and total 24-hour volume of $45.21B.
Altcoins are not following it lower with any conviction. Ethereum changes hands at $2,509.99, off 0.34% on the day but up 0.70% over seven days. Solana is at $101.10, down 0.53% over 24 hours and 3.70% on the week. BNB is the weakest large cap in the session, at $721.75, down 1.33% on the day and 4.80% over seven.
The Fear and Greed index reads 61, labelled Greed, easing from 63 yesterday.
Zcash and TRON Buck the Weekly Trend
Among the top ten, only two names post positive seven-day returns. Zcash trades at $1,133.72, up 0.26% on the day and 0.90% over the week, on $630.18M of volume. TRON is at $0.339769, down 0.12% in 24 hours but up 2.00% across seven days. XRP sits at $1.36, down 0.26% and 3.70% over the same windows.
On the 24-hour leaderboard, Cronos leads at $0.059008, up 2.87% and 5.30% over the week. Rain gains 2.08% to $0.01549464, though it remains down 7.90% on the week. World Liberty Financial adds 1.82% to $0.057032, Aster 1.59% to $0.692276.
Mantle is the session's largest decliner, at $0.555788, down 3.16%. Polkadot falls 2.82% to $1.016 despite a 9.40% weekly gain. Bitcoin Cash loses 2.43% to $224.41 and is down 12.90% over seven days.
DeFi and Derivatives
Total value locked across DeFi stands at $87.68B. Ethereum leads chains with $49.70B, ahead of Solana at $5.83B, BSC at $5.59B, Base at $5.56B and Tron at $5.46B. Bitcoin chains hold $4.15B.
BTC-USDT perpetual funding on OKX prints at 0.0033% per eight hours, a mildly positive reading. Open interest on that venue is $2.15B.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-13T12:30:50.350Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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