Altcoins Take the Lead While Bitcoin Eases Back
Bitcoin sits at $85,584 as the broader market cools, but NEAR, OKB, Monero and Avalanche post solid 24-hour gains.
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:30:50 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Bitcoin trades at $85,584, down 0.20% in 24 hours and 32.12% below its all-time high of $126,080.
- •NEAR Protocol leads large-cap gainers, up 4.75% to $5.24 and 12.82% over seven days.
- •Bitway is the top 24-hour gainer at 13.60%, while Hedera is the weakest seven-day name, down 15.15%.
- •Total DeFi TVL stands at $96.72B, with Ethereum at $54.26B and Solana at $6.78B.
- •The Fear and Greed index reads 73, in Greed, up from 70 yesterday.
Bitcoin Sets the Tone
Bitcoin trades at $85,584, down 0.20% over 24 hours but up 3.06% on the week, having run from $77,297 to $85,584 over the past 552 hours, a gain of 10.72%, according to the desk data. The asset remains 32.12% below its all-time high of $126,080. With BTC dominance at 58.70%, the total crypto market is valued at $2.92T, and the aggregate market cap has slipped 1.84% in the past day. Volume across all assets stands at $82.20B.
Movers Outside the Majors
Away from Bitcoin, NEAR Protocol leads the larger-cap gainers, up 4.75% in 24 hours to $5.24 and 12.82% over seven days. OKB adds 4.60% to $130.44, extending a seven-day gain of 11.17%, while Monero rises 4.44% to $560.70 and Avalanche climbs 3.83% to $11.34. Bitway tops the 24-hour board with a 13.60% move to $1.16. On the losing side, MemeCore falls 3.55% to $1.021 and Pump.fun sheds 3.05%, though it remains up 32.15% on the week. Hedera is the weakest seven-day performer among the tracked names, down 15.15% to $0.10071.
DeFi and Sentiment
Total value locked across DeFi protocols stands at $96.72B, with Ethereum accounting for $54.26B, followed by Solana at $6.78B, Base at $6.46B, BSC at $5.80B and Tron at $5.71B. The Fear and Greed index reads 73, in Greed territory and up from 70 yesterday, while the desk sentiment gauge sits at 58. BTC perpetual funding on OKX's BTC-USDT swap is 0.0045% per eight hours, and open interest stands at $2.56B.
Regulatory Headlines
CoinDesk reports that U.S. authorities have scrapped a proposed $10,000 reporting rule for crypto sent to private wallets, while FinCEN has withdrawn a proposed crypto mixing rule over legitimate activity concerns, per CoinTelegraph. CoinDesk also notes that Ethereum's Glamsterdam test received a last-minute fix ahead of a major capacity jump, and that the Solana Foundation unveiled a program to settle institutional trades in seconds, with input from JPMorgan.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-10-06T12:30:50.311Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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