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Altcoin Report: Rain and Pump.fun Lead Gains as Bitway Craters

Greed reads 65 while the broader market sheds 2.15% in 24 hours and Zcash's weekly slide dominates large-cap action.

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds

Key points

  • •Rain leads 24-hour gainers at 27.67%, trading at $0.01280353 with a $9.08B market cap.
  • •Bitway falls 34.92% to $0.932668, the worst 24-hour move among tracked assets.
  • •Zcash trades at $1,331.79, up 1.27% daily but down 19.60% over seven days.
  • •Quant posts a 55.02% weekly gain and a 4.87% daily rise to $266.75.
  • •Total market cap is $2.91T, down 2.15% in 24 hours, with Bitcoin dominance at 58.58%.

A Mixed Tape Beneath a Flat Bitcoin

Bitcoin is context here, and the context is quiet: $84,890, up 0.32% over 24 hours and 0.50% over seven days, with Bitcoin dominance at 58.58%. Beneath that placid surface, the total market cap across all assets sits at $2.91T, down 2.15% in 24 hours, and the desk sentiment gauge reads 53, labelled Neutral, against a Fear and Greed reading of 65, or Greed.

Rain and Pump.fun Top the Board

The 24-hour gainers list is led by Rain, up 27.67% to $0.01280353 on $14.97M of volume against a $9.08B market cap. Pump.fun follows with a 17.49% daily rise and a 45.87% weekly gain at $0.00645948. Sky adds 9.83%, extending its seven-day move to 21.31%, while Bittensor rises 5.38% and Quant climbs 4.87%. Quant's weekly figure is the standout on the board at 55.02%, even as its 24-hour gain is the more modest one. Canton, Ethena and NEAR Protocol round out the advancers between 3.16% and 3.86%.

Bitway's Steep Fall and Zcash's Weekly Retreat

The sharpest decline belongs to Bitway, down 34.92% to $0.932668, a move that also leaves it 11.60% lower across the week. Uniswap slips 1.88%, Cardano 0.82% and LEO Token 0.77%. Among the largest assets, Zcash is the notable divergence: it trades at $1,331.79, up 1.27% on the day and 0.79% in the last hour, yet down 19.60% over seven days. Solana, at $120.90, manages a 1.24% daily gain with a weekly move of just 0.03%, while XRP sits 1.62% lower across the week despite a 0.34% daily rise. BNB is among the steadier large caps, up 2.59% on the day and 1.72% over seven.

DeFi and Leverage in the Background

Total value locked across DeFi stands at $96.09B, with Ethereum accounting for $53.83B of that, ahead of Solana at $6.72B and Base at $6.40B. Funding on the OKX BTC-USDT perpetual swap reads 0.0007% per eight hours, a near-neutral print, with open interest of $2.42B. Market participants typically watch funding and open interest together for signs of crowding; on this reading, leverage is not stretched in either direction.

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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-10-04T12:30:50.389Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.

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