​​📊 Stablecoin Daily Users by Chain in 2026

Tron leads stablecoin activity by a wide margin, reflecting its heavy use for everyday transfers.

Polygon follows in second, backed by growing use across payment-focused apps.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/stablecoin

📉 Market Overview

Bitcoin fell below $84,500 on Thursday as rising U.S. Treasury yields pressured risk assets.

Bitcoin: $84,385 -2.05%
Ethereum: $2,687 -2.03%

Market Cap: $2.96T
BTC Dominance: 57.2%
Fear & Greed Index: 71 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 50/100

👉 Latest News

• Vitalik Buterin Endorses Trueo as Prediction Market Moves to Ethereum
• Circle launches 24/7 stablecoin FX engine as it chases a slice of the $10 trillion currency market
• Trump Has a New Crypto Plan to Reduce America’s $40 Trillion Debt

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Aleo +87%
Electroneum +83.2%
Gno.land +49%
World Mobile Token +47.2%
Bsquared Network +43.8%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Infinifi $3M Seed round led by Electric Capital
- Crest M&A round backed by Citrea
- North capital $60M M&A round backed by MoonPay

​​📈 RWA Perp DEX Volume Reaches $365B in Q3

RWA trading volume across perpetual DEXs reached $365B in Q3 2026, up 32% QoQ, despite monthly volumes declining in August and September.

Public equities dominated activity with $175B, accounting for nearly 48% of total Perp Dex RWA Trading Volume in Q3.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/rwa

​​📊 Crypto payments funding grew nearly 6x since 2024

Payments is one of the fastest-growing categories in crypto, climbing in both capital and deals count, even though the overall investor activity has slowed since 2025. Crypto rails are being increasingly expanding into the real-world payments.

🔍 In Q3 2026, payments raised $621M and led all categories in activity with 27 rounds.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/funding-analytics

​​📊 Crypto Cycles Follow a Consistent Timeline

Despite major changes in the crypto market over the past decade, the time from cycle bottom to peak has remained remarkably stable.

On average, the journey from cycle bottom to peak took around 1,060 days, with just an 18-day difference between the longest and shortest cycles.

If the same pattern repeats from Bitcoin’s 2026 low, the next cycle peak would fall around May 25, 2029.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin

​​📉 Market Overview

Bitcoin steadied near $84,000 on Friday as the selloff in U.S. Treasuries paused.

Bitcoin: $84,095 -0.52%
Ethereum: $2,676 -0.71%

Market Cap: $2.96T
BTC Dominance: 57%
Fear & Greed Index: 71 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 61/100

👉 Latest News

• Fed Proposes Tougher Stablecoin Rules as US Payment Framework Takes Shape
• Bitget’s $351.6 million hack pushes September crypto losses to 2026 high
• Ondo Launches Intelligent Portfolios Powered by BlackRock

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Agrippa +133.1%
BENQI +100.3%
MUSHROOM +65.3%
Tread.fi +50.3%
Tung Tung Tung Sahur +49.6%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Hifi $37M Series A round led by Left Lane Capital
- Forward industries $25M Post-IPO round backed by unknown
- Infinifi $3M Seed round led by Electric Capital

​​📈 Stablecoin Supply Growth by Chain in 2026

Stablecoin liquidity has continued to expand across multiple networks this year, with Tron leading in absolute growth at +$8.35B.

HyperEVM stands out in percentage terms, with supply up 753%, while newer ecosystems have also attracted meaningful stablecoin liquidity.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/stablecoin

​​TOKEN2049 is coming to Singapore 🇸🇬

The world's largest crypto event returns to Marina Bay Sands on October 7–8, and CryptoRank is an official media partner.

Expect 25,000 attendees from 7,000+ companies across 160 countries, with speakers like Shayne Coplan, Jeff Yan, Eric Trump, and others.

🎟️ Get a 10% discount on your TOKEN2049 ticket with promo code CRYPTORANK at checkout: https://tickets.token2049.com/token2049-singapore-2026/?promo=CRYPTORANK

​​📈 Prediction Markets Recorded Over Billion Trades in Q3

The number of trades across prediction markets exceeded 1B in Q3 2026, setting a new all-time high and more than doubling from the start of the year.

The biggest driver of growth in Q3 was Kalshi, which accounted for the majority of the increase and significantly widened its lead in trade count.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/prediction-markets

​​📈 US Bitcoin Spot ETF Inflows Hit a 2026 High

Weekly net inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs reached $2.25B, marking the strongest result of 2026. The move follows several weeks of uneven flows, including just $6M in net inflows last week.

The sharp rebound suggests that institutional demand has returned quickly, with the latest inflows even surpassing the previous 2026 peak of $1.92B recorded in late August.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin

​​📢 CryptoRank Expands Into Tokenized Real-World Assets Data

Tokenized RWAs are one of the fastest-growing corners of crypto, now worth over $40B, and you can follow the whole market on CryptoRank.

Explore tokenized RWAs: 👉 cryptorank.io/rwa

The same stock or commodity often gets tokenized by several issuers, and now you can compare every version against the real asset in one place.

📌 Full guide on what CryptoRank RWA covers and how to use it: https://cryptorank.io/insights/blog/cryptorank-expands-into-tokenized-real-world-assets-data

​​🔥 Most Visited Tokens on CryptoRank This Week

Another green week — BTC pushed to $84,9K and dragged most of the Most Visited list higher.

Top movers:

• SUI +53%
• NEAR +49.1%
• ONDO +33.5%

👉 https://cryptorank.io/listings

​​📉 Market Overview

Bitcoin extended weekend losses on Monday as surging Treasury yields and stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks weighed on risk appetite.

Bitcoin: $82,999 -2.12%
Ethereum: $2,646 -2.64%

Market Cap: $2.94T
BTC Dominance: 56.8%
Fear & Greed Index: 74 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 62/100

👉 Latest News

• SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to Step Down on October 2
• Bitget to Resume Withdrawals in Phases Starting September 28
• TOKEN2049 Singapore Returns as the Largest Industry Gathering of the Year

👉 Small Cap Gainers

KAIO +114.6%
Chintai +60%
Rhea Finance +39.3%
Arcblock +23.9%
ShopinX (shopinx.io) +23.1%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Limited $11.5M Extended Seed round led by Third Prime
- Coinglass M&A round backed by CoinMarketCap
- Functionspace $1.7M Pre-Seed round led by Maven 11 Capital

​​📈 Top Large-Cap Gainers Over the Past Week

QNT +326%
TREAD +183%
BTW +87%
GRASS +73%
SOON +67%
MARSCOIN +46%
SEI +45%

The week was strongly risk-on, with several large-cap tokens posting outsized gains and speculative momentum remaining elevated across the market.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/gainers

​​📈 DEX Spot Trading Volume Up 6% in Q3

DEX spot trading volume reached $465B in Q3 2026, up roughly $28B QoQ and marking the first quarterly gain this year.

The recovery was driven by launch of Robinhood chain, which added $53B of volume this quarter.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/exchanges/dex/spot

​​🔜 Most Anticipated Upcoming TGEs

• Variational — TGE expected in Q4 2026
• Hibachi — TGE expected in Q4 2026
• Jumper — public sale starts on Sep 29, with TGE expected in Q4 2026
• Teneo — TGE expected in Q4 2026
• INK — token confirmed, date TBA

You can follow these projects and upcoming airdrops in the Drop Hunting section on CryptoRank website.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/drophunting

​​🔓 Major Token Unlocks in October

The following tokens with the largest unlock value are scheduled to unlock in October:

• BTW — $137.70M
• 2Z — $105.54M
• AKE — $66.93M
• ADI — $58.03M
• ZRO — $40.58M
• PUMP — $35.95M
• FF — $25.93M

2Z has the largest unlock relative to size at 46.8% of market cap, as its Jump Crypto, Malbec Labs, Institutions, Team, Contributors and Builders allocations open for the first time after the cliff.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock

​​📈 Market Overview

Bitcoin held above $83,900 on Tuesday despite continued macro pressure.

Bitcoin: $83,968 +1.27%
Ethereum: $2,713 +2.63%

Market Cap: $2.97T
BTC Dominance: 56.8%
Fear & Greed Index: 73 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 64/100

👉 Latest News

• Bitget CEO Gracy Chen Addresses Recent Security Incident in New Update
• Tether Freezes Nearly $550M in Iran-Linked USDT in 2026 as US Crackdown Expands
• Belarus Moves to Launch First Crypto Banks as Digital Asset Rules Advance

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Nakamoto Games +64.7%
NeuralAI +48.8%
Bundle Cat +47.8%
蝴蝶人生 (Butterfly Life) +38.4%
Not in Employment, Education, or Training +29.9%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Limited $11.5M Extended Seed round led by Third Prime
- Coinglass M&A round backed by CoinMarketCap
- Functionspace $1.7M Pre-Seed round led by Maven 11 Capital

​​📈 Tokenized Commodities Continue to Expand

The market capitalization of tokenized commodities reached $8.0B in Q3 2026, up about 10% QoQ.

Despite Ethereum remaining the largest network, XRP Ledger has driven much of the sector’s expansion this year, growing from $736M to $2.2B YTD.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/rwa

​​🚀 DeFi TVL Recovered 38% in Q3 2026

After three quarters of decline from its 2025 peak, DeFi TVL turned back up. Total TVL rose to $95B, its first quarterly gain since the top.

Monad's TVL grew 183% to break into the top chains by TVL, and Robinhood Chain, live only since July, already crossed $1B.

📌 And it's not a one-off. Within Q3, DeFi TVL grew three months straight: +7%, +15%, +11%.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/blockchains