Altcoins Outrun Bitcoin as Greed Builds
Bitcoin's 4.63% daily gain sets the tone, but Pepe, Bittensor and Solana lead a broader altcoin advance.
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Pepe leads gainers at $0.00000507, up 26.40% in 24 hours and 45.06% over seven days on $1.49B volume.
- •Bittensor rises 18.63% to $317.60; Sui adds 8.09% and is up 42.07% on the week.
- •Avalanche falls 6.75% to $10.59 despite a 42.87% weekly gain; MemeCore drops 10.78%.
- •Fear and Greed reads 78, Extreme Greed, up from 70 yesterday.
- •Total market capitalisation is $2.90T with Bitcoin dominance at 58.81%; OKX BTC-USDT swap funding is 0.01% per eight hours.
Bitcoin Sets the Tone
The Bitcoin backdrop is firm. BTC trades at $85,358, up 4.63% over 24 hours and 10.02% over seven days, with a 24-hour range of $81,436 to $87,330. It remains 32.30% below its all-time high of $126,080. Bitcoin dominance sits at 58.81%, and the total market capitalisation is $2.90T, up 0.71% in a day.
Memecoins and AI Tokens Lead
Pepe is the stand-out, at $0.00000507, up 26.40% on the day and 45.06% over the week, on $1.49B in 24-hour volume. Bittensor follows at $317.60, up 18.63% and 34.61% over seven days. Dogecoin adds 11.87% to $0.099065, with Shiba Inu up 8.63%. Sui rises 8.09% to $1.01 and is up 42.07% weekly.
Among large caps, Solana gains 4.13% to $116.44 and 14.62% over the week. XRP advances 5.50% to $1.51. Zcash climbs to $1,515.76, a 28.43% weekly move, though it is flat over 24 hours.
Where the Pullback Sits
MemeCore is the sharpest decliner among tracked names, down 10.78% to $1.36 but still up 26.32% on the week. Avalanche falls 6.75% to $10.59, having gained 42.87% over seven days. Monero slips 1.97% to $573.82.
The Fear and Greed index reads 78, "Extreme Greed," up from 70 yesterday, while the desk sentiment gauge reads 64, "Greed." Bitcoin perpetual funding on the OKX BTC-USDT swap is 0.01% per eight hours, with open interest at $2.64B. DeFi total value locked stands at $96.17B, led by Ethereum at $54.32B, Solana at $6.44B and Base at $6.22B.
In headlines, CoinDesk reports Cardano joining Solana and the XRP Ledger in the race to power AI agent payments, while CoinTelegraph notes Kakao Pay and KakaoBank exploring stablecoin opportunities with Fireblocks.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-22T12:30:50.546Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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