Altcoins Drift Lower as BTW Defies the Trend
Bitway posts a 37.50% daily gain while most large-cap altcoins slip and the broader market sheds 2.41% of its value.
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Bitway (BTW) gains 37.50% in 24 hours and 68.60% over seven days, trading at $0.755652.
- •Global market capitalisation falls 2.41% to $2,645,369,934,754 while Bitcoin rises 0.29% to $77,548.
- •Chainlink, Bittensor and Mantle show weekly losses of 12.60%, 13.00% and 11.80% respectively.
- •DeFi total value locked stands at $88,390,671,016, with Ethereum accounting for $50,062,818,186.
- •The Fear and Greed index reads 57 (Greed), down from 61 yesterday.
A Soft Day Beneath a Flat Bitcoin
Bitcoin trades at $77,548, up 0.29% over 24 hours but down 2.50% on the week, and its dominance sits at 58.85%. The wider market has not matched that steadiness: total market capitalisation stands at $2,645,369,934,754, a decline of 2.41% over the day. The Fear and Greed index reads 57, labelled Greed, down from 61 yesterday.
One Outlier, Few Followers
Bitway (BTW) is the clear exception among gainers. The token changes hands at $0.755652, up 37.50% in 24 hours and 68.60% over seven days, on $50.34M of volume and a market capitalisation of $2.05B. Behind it the field is far quieter: NEAR Protocol rises 2.36% to $2.40 on $264.62M of volume, Mantle adds 1.73% to $0.563102, Hedera gains 1.41% to $0.076564, and XRP is up 0.83% at $1.38.
The laggards are more numerous. Rain falls 4.20% to $0.01511745, Cronos drops 3.19% to $0.057886, Canton loses 1.88% to $0.096211, Monero slips 1.71% to $523.36, and Chainlink declines 1.47% to $11.39. Chainlink is down 12.60% on the week, Bittensor 13.00%, and Mantle 11.80% over the same stretch.
Majors and DeFi Hold Their Ground
Ethereum trades at $2,513.86, down 0.41% on the day but up 0.60% over seven days, with a market capitalisation of $306,852,731,763. Solana sits at $101.09, down 0.82% daily and 3.70% weekly, while Zcash prints $1,138.97 after a 1.30% decline.
DeFi total value locked reaches $88,390,671,016. Ethereum leads the chains with $50,062,818,186, ahead of Solana at $5,899,561,228, Base at $5,632,666,100, BSC at $5,618,657,766 and Tron at $5,477,629,702.
On the regulatory side, Senate Republicans have released a final Clarity Act draft, The Block reports, while CoinDesk asks whether Clarity is dead in its State of Crypto column. Robinhood's chief executive told CoinTelegraph that issuers should not have veto over tokenised stocks.
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