Altcoins Outrun Bitcoin as Zcash and Bitcoin Cash Lead
Bitcoin dominance sits at 58.71% while XRP, Zcash and Bitcoin Cash post double-digit weekly gains.
Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Zcash trades at $1,616.26, up 7.08% in 24 hours and 41.69% over seven days.
- •Bitcoin Cash leads gainers at $339.29, up 28.22% on the day and 53.87% on the week.
- •XRP rises 7.60% to $1.62 and is up 26.51% over seven days.
- •Bitcoin dominance stands at 58.71%, with total market capitalisation at $2.96T.
- •Fear and Greed reads 71 (Greed), down from 78 yesterday; OKX BTC-USDT swap funding is 0.01% per eight hours.
Bitcoin Sets the Backdrop
Bitcoin trades at $86,796, up 1.64% over 24 hours and 15.03% over seven days, roughly 31.16% below its all-time high of $126,080. Its dominance stands at 58.71% of a $2.96T total market capitalisation. The wider market slipped 1.00% in the past 24 hours even as Bitcoin held firm, a sign that capital is rotating rather than leaving.
Zcash and Bitcoin Cash Lead the Board
The sharpest moves are outside the top five. Zcash changes hands at $1,616.26, up 7.08% on the day and 41.69% over seven days after CoinTelegraph reported a first European ETP following its US ETF launch. Bitcoin Cash sits at $339.29, up 28.22% in 24 hours and 53.87% on the week, the largest gainer among tracked assets.
Uniswap rose 17.64% to $10.57, extending its weekly advance to 64.61%. XRP added 7.60% to $1.62 and is up 26.51% over seven days. Cardano gained 5.94% to $0.258681, Hedera 8.08% to $0.099586, and Mantle 8.23% to $0.692004.
Solana traded at $119.01, up 2.09% on the day and 22.99% over the week, as CoinDesk reported the network began testing an upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. Ethereum at $2,769.07 rose 1.34% and 15.83% respectively.
Laggards, Sentiment and Derivatives
Only a handful of names declined. Rain fell 4.03%, MemeCore 3.79%, and Canton 1.65%. TRON slipped 1.43% to $0.343962.
The Fear and Greed index reads 71, labelled Greed, down from 78 yesterday. The desk sentiment gauge stands at 66, also Greed. On OKX, the BTC-USDT swap funding rate is 0.01% per eight hours with open interest of $2.65B — a flat print that suggests leveraged positioning is not stretched. DeFi TVL totals $96.23B, with Ethereum at $54.22B and Solana at $6.50B.
Among headlines, CoinTelegraph reported that a malicious iOS app, FomoPeek, was linked to $580K in crypto theft, while BlackRock said AI's potential to drive crypto demand remains underappreciated.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-23T12:30:50.400Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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