Altcoins: Quant Surges 75% as Zcash and Solana Lead Large Caps
Quant, Bitway, and Zcash pace a mixed 24 hours while the broader market cap slips 2.10% and Bitcoin holds above $84,000.
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Quant (QNT) rose 75.34% in 24 hours to $176.05 and 189.06% over seven days.
- •Zcash (ZEC) gained 7.22% to $1,648.44 and Solana (SOL) rose 0.33% to $121.14 on the day.
- •The global crypto market cap stands at $2.91T, down 2.10% in 24 hours, with BTC dominance at 58.30%.
- •Funding on OKX's BTC-USDT perpetual swap is -0.0008% per 8 hours, with open interest of $2.38B.
- •The Fear & Greed Index reads 70 (Greed), down from 74 yesterday.
Quant Leads a Sharp Divergence
The past 24 hours split the altcoin market cleanly. Quant (QNT) sits at the top of the gainers table, up 75.34% on the day at $176.05 and 189.06% over the week, with a market cap of $2.56B and $449M in daily volume. Bitway (BTW) added 17.31% to trade at $1.052, while Rain (RAIN) rose 10.29% to $0.01270527 and Gram (prev. Toncoin) gained 9.99% to $1.60.
Against that, the largest caps were mostly flat to lower. Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $84,520, up 0.69% on the day and 4.78% over seven days. XRP fell 2.22% to $1.52, TRON slipped 1.26% to $0.333204, and Cardano lost 1.12% to $0.252923. The global market cap stands at $2.91T, down 2.10% over 24 hours, with BTC dominance at 58.30%.
Zcash and Solana Gain Ground
Among the top ten, Zcash (ZEC) was the standout: it trades at $1,648.44, up 7.22% on the day and 12.14% on the week, with a market cap of $27.95B. Solana (SOL) sits at $121.14, up 0.33% for the day and 10.35% over seven days, holding a $71.20B market cap. Ethereum (ETH) changed hands at $2,704.30, up 0.58% and 4.07% across the same windows. NEAR Protocol rose 5.47% to $5.19, extending its weekly gain to 44.23%.
The downside was led by ONDO at $0.534253, down 1.83%, followed by Dogecoin (DOGE) at $0.096229, down 1.52%, Stellar (XLM) at $0.215109, down 1.45%, and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) at $331.89, down 1.43%.
Sentiment and DeFi Backdrop
The Fear & Greed Index reads 70, labelled Greed, down from 74 yesterday. Our desk sentiment sits at 57, also Greed. On the derivatives side, the funding rate on OKX's BTC-USDT perpetual swap is -0.0008% per 8 hours, with open interest of $2.38B.
In DeFi, total value locked across tracked chains is $96.25B. Ethereum leads with $53.91B, followed by Solana at $6.73B, Base at $6.31B, BSC at $5.88B, and Tron at $5.66B.
In headlines, CoinDesk reported that Kraken's parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure and that a Binance deal gives Circle a boost in the stablecoin race with Tether; the same outlet reported the Bitget hacker moving $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze. CoinTelegraph reported SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce will leave her post on October 2.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-27T12:30:50.807Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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