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

The strongest performers among tokens with a market capitalization above $100M were:

ELF +210%
W +104%
BTW +86%
STRK +82%
BAT +55%
Q +51%
S +45%

The week was strongly risk-on, with several large-cap altcoins posting outsized gains and ELF clearly leading the market.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/gainers

​​🔓 Major Token Unlocks of the Week

The following tokens with the largest unlock value are scheduled to unlock this week:

• PUMP — $40.11M
• ARB — $17.96M
• DBR — $13.59M
• STRK — $12.94M
• STBL — $7.46M
• SEI — $6.67M
• PIEVERSE — $6.43M

👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock

​​📊 Perp DEX Weekly Volume Reaches $150B

Perp DEXs generated around $150B in trading volume last week, led by Hyperliquid with $47B. The top five venues combined generated $93.3B, accounting for 62% of total volume.

At the same time, cumulative trading volume across perpetual DEXs has now reached $13T, highlighting how quickly on-chain derivatives have scaled into one of crypto’s largest trading segments.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/exchanges/perpetuals

​​📉 Market Overview

Bitcoin climbed back above $83,800 on Tuesday after briefly dropping below $81,000, recovering despite weakness in Asian tech stocks and Nasdaq futures ahead of Thursday’s U.S. CPI report.

Bitcoin: $83,842 -0.08%
Ethereum: $2,530 -1.24%

Market Cap: $2.92T
BTC Dominance: 57.8%
Fear & Greed Index: 57 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 60/100

👉 Latest News

• Starknet Stumbles Mid-Rally. Can Its 213% Monthly Gain Survive the Unlock?
• NFT marketplace Blur is shutting down after volumes collapse 99%
• Strategy Adds 250 Bitcoin as Weekly Buys Slow, STRC Buybacks Hit $192 Million

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Gitcoin +44.9%
Osmosis +35.2%
Origin Protocol +25.2%
Concrete +21.8%
NEXST +14.6%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Efforce M&A round backed by TROOPS
- Data network $30M Strategic round backed by Sui Foundation
- Orbio.so $1.2M Seed round backed by unknown

​​📈 Prediction Markets Are on a Historic Streak

Prediction markets have now broken their weekly volume record for four straight weeks, with activity reaching $23.9B last week.

Kalshi remains the main driver of growth, with its $4B daily ATH on October 11 showing how much of the sector’s recent expansion is being concentrated on a single venue.

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

​​📈 DEX Fees Hit a 2026 High in September

DEX protocols generated $539M in fees in September, the highest monthly total of the year. Q3 fees reached $1B, broadly matching Q4 2025 levels and rising by 130% from Q2.

Uniswap led with a 24.7% share of Q3 fees, while the top three protocols together accounted for roughly 54% of the total.

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

​​📈 Newer Tokens Are Leading the 2026 Market Growth

Among the current Top 100, tokens listed in 2024–2026 have delivered a +27.5% median YTD return, while every older cohort remains negative on a median basis.

The gap is also visible in market breadth, with 70.8% of newer tokens in profit compared with just 30% of assets listed before 2017.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/public-api/mcp

​​📉 Market Overview

Bitcoin climbed toward $84,400 on Wednesday after Fed official John Williams signaled no further rate hikes are expected in 2027, ahead of the U.S. inflation report.

Bitcoin: $83,441 -0.49%
Ethereum: $2,507 -0.97%

Market Cap: $2.90T
BTC Dominance: 57.9%
Fear & Greed Index: 62 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 59/100

👉 Latest News

• Ledger’s crypto wallet implant scare triggers Trezor reseller crackdown as security fears spread
• Sberbank Moves Closer to Crypto Trading Launch After Bank of Russia Approval
• Ripple Brings Wallet-Based AI Agent Payments to XRP Ledger

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Gains Network +77.7%
Doge Pepe +68.1%
Swarm Network +49.2%
PUMPCADE +32.5%
AVA (Travala) +28.7%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Strive $208M Post-IPO round backed by unknown
- Bluvo M&A round backed by Mesh
- Efy finance Seed round backed by Tether

​​📊 BNB Chain Captures Half of 2026 New Token Value

2026 has seen 732 token launches, with an average market value of $23M.

Tokens launched on BNB Chain in 2026 now hold around $6.4B in combined market value, accounting for 51% of the total.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/public-api/mcp

​​📈 Token Sales Rebound This Autumn

Token sales rebound after the sharp August low of $8.4M, with the first week of October alone recording the highest weekly total since February.

So far in October, around 96% of the rebound has come from Jumper’s sale on Legion, which ended on October 2.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/ico-analytics

​​📉 Market Overview

Bitcoin fell below $81,500 on Thursday as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation revived bets on further Fed rate hikes.

Bitcoin: $81,360 -2.46%
Ethereum: $2,374 -5.22%

Market Cap: $2.81T
BTC Dominance: 58.1%
Fear & Greed Index: 53 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 57/100

👉 Latest News

• USDC Becomes the EU’s First Significant E-Money Token Under MiCA
• Starknet Considers Becoming an L1 to Reach Quantum Resistance by 2027
• CYBERLEEK Token Crashes 40% as GTA 6 Leaker Makes New Threats

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Manadia +346.2%
Puffer Finance +95.7%
zerebro +51.5%
AI Rig Complex +44.2%
Bending Spoons tokenized stock (xStock) +38.9%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Strive $208M Post-IPO round backed by unknown
- Bluvo M&A round backed by Mesh
- Efy finance Seed round backed by Tether

​​📈 Tokenized Stocks Surpassed 4.3M Holders

The number of tokenized stock holders reached 4M in early October and climbed to 4.3M just two weeks later.

NVIDIA leads with 617K holders, followed by SpaceX and Apple. Together, these three assets account for 32% of all tokenized stock holders, highlighting how investor interest remains concentrated in major technology companies.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/rwa/stocks

​​🃏 On-Chain Trading Card Games Revenue Hits $113M in Q3 2026

The trading card game sector generated $113M in net revenue in Q3 2026, up 11.3% QoQ and roughly 3x compared to Q3 2025.

Polygon led with $65.9M in net revenue, followed by Solana with $45.7M. Together, the two networks accounted for approximately 94% of total sector net revenue.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/rwa

​​🏆 Three Protocols Generated for 98% of TCG Revenue in Q3

The TCG (Trading Card Games) market, including Pokémon and One Piece, remains highly concentrated.

Top-3 platforms generated approximately 98% of total sector revenue, with Courtyard alone accounting for nearly 58%.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/insights/analytics/on-chain-trading-card-games-revenue-hits-113m-in-q3-2026

​​📈 Market Overview

Bitcoin climbed back to $82,000 on Friday after briefly dipping below $80,000, while altcoins continued to face pressure amid a sharp sell-off in Asian stocks.

Bitcoin: $82,093 +1.02%
Ethereum: $2,450 +3.20%

Market Cap: $2.86T
BTC Dominance: 57.7%
Fear & Greed Index: 63 (Greed)
Altcoin Index: 67/100

👉 Latest News

• Vitalik Says Ethereum's ZK Speed Race Is Won. What It Means for ETH
• 10-Year Yield Falls and Bitcoin Bounces Back: Correlation or Coincidence?
• MicroStrategy Could Be Removed From Major Global Stock Indexes

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Hive Dollar +207.9%
IGNITION +151.9%
Alaya AI +129.2%
Forta +59.1%
Super Inu +42.4%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Farcaster M&A round backed by Network School
- Multiliquid $8M Seed round led by Polychain Capital
- Fission $10M Series A round led by Pantera Capital

​​📈 RWA Perps Volume Has Surged 75% Since August

Weekly RWA perps volume on DEXs climbed from $22.8B to $39.8B, marking a 74.7% increase from the final week of August.

Variational's market share tripled from 10.6% to 32% since early September, overtaking TradeXYZ with $12.73B in trading volume over the past week.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/exchanges/perpetuals

​​⚡️ RWA Market Map: Сore Projects

The RWA sector keeps developing and has grown significantly this year. The total value of tokenized assets now exceeds $39B, while the number of holders has reached 5.2M, up 730% since the start of 2026, mostly due to tokenized stocks.

Our team has selected the largest projects across the RWA landscape, from blockchains to asset managers.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/rwa

​​📉 Stock Perp Liquidations on DEXs Hit $110M

Over the past 30 days, total liquidations across the top 10 stock perps on DEXs reached $110.3M, with 54% occurring in the last 7 days.

Top 5 most liquidated stock perps:

SKHX $23M
SPCX $19.2M
INTC $13M
SNDK $10.1M
LITE $8.8M

👉 https://cryptorank.io/rwa

​​⚡Tokens That Survived Full VC Vesting

We’ve put together a selection of tokens that have already passed through VC vesting, with investor allocations now fully unlocked.

Three of them completed VC vesting in 2026:👇

• WAL — Mar 27
• DYDX — Jun 1
• STON — Aug 11

👉 Powered by CryptoRank API: https://cryptorank.io/public-api

​​🔥 Most Searched Tokens on CryptoRank This Week

Starknet drew the most attention this week after sharing plans to become an independent post-quantum L1.

Top movers:

• DNA +65.5%
• BTW +59.2%
• TIA +14.9%

👉 https://cryptorank.io/listings