Bitcoin closed the Sunday morning session at $77,857, up 0.41% over 24 hours, while total market capitalisation slipped to $2.61 trillion and Bitcoin dominance climbed to 59.9% — the highest reading of the week.
Ether added 0.96% to $2,268, overall 24-hour turnover reached $75.4 billion, and the number of active cryptocurrencies rose to 22,671. It reads like a quiet weekend — and it is, if only the top of the board is checked. Underneath, something closer to the quiet scene before a bar fight is playing out: the median change across the 500 largest coins is 0.04%, the statistical equivalent of a man standing in a lift pretending to press a button for a different floor.
Macro: the index stands still while the legs move
Breadth actually looks better than the headline: 67 of the top 100 coins finished green, and the average move inside the top 100 sits at 0.58%. Bitcoin dominance at 59.9% explains the rest of the equation — capital is consolidating into the largest asset while the middle layer quietly evaporates. Stablecoins hold a 10.1% share of total capitalisation, still a thick cushion for a market sitting far below its highs.
The context, without varnish: Bitcoin trades 38.2% below its all-time high of $126,080, Ether 54.1% below $4,946, Solana 67.5% below $293.31 and Dogecoin a full 89.6% below its peak. Cardano sits 93.7% under its ATH, Avalanche 93.9%. This is not a market in euphoria; it is a market that has learned to live in exile and is now calculating how long the sentence runs.
Lisk: the hero who forgot to bring his form
Yesterday’s biggest gainer handed almost everything back. Lisk fell 19.04% to $0.2183 on $123.9 million of turnover — two and a half times its $48.1 million market cap. That ratio means exactly one thing: short-term capital walked in, had a good time and left, and the price stayed behind holding the jacket. The weekly ledger is still positive at +38.36%, but an ATH of $34.92 and a 99.4% drawdown from that level tell the longer story — this is a coin whose red-carpet premiere happened years ago.
Infinity Ground: 624% in a week and still climbing
While most of the market sleeps, Infinity Ground (AIN) keeps extending: +26.08% in 24 hours to $0.2788 and a startling +623.96% across seven days. Market cap of $51.6 million against $20.3 million of turnover, with the price just 3.7% below its all-time high of $0.2896. In sporting terms this is the lucky loser from qualifying who somehow reached the final — the market has not yet decided whether it is talent or a temporary glitch, but the crowd is already on its feet.
Lighter shines, and not only by name
Lighter (LIT) rose 19.51% to $3.26 on an $814.8 million market cap and $117.3 million of turnover. It is the 82nd largest asset, still 58.5% below its $7.86 ATH — a rally from a low base rather than a breakout to new highs. Uniswap added 4.01%, Avalanche 3.98%, Aave 2.93% and Pump.fun 2.9%. DeFi and infrastructure collected the morning’s sympathy vote, usually a sign that the market wants a story with cash flow attached rather than a meme with a logo.
Losers: three floors down, no lift
UnifAI Network (UAI) shed 28.51% to $0.2053 on a $49.1 million market cap and $13.7 million of volume. Akedo (AKE) continued its slide, down 19.68% to $0.009304, with a weekly balance of −68.11% that points to structure rather than one bad session; $44.8 million of turnover against a $212.1 million cap says the exit is still in progress.
Bitway (BTW) is the special case: −11.07% to $1.07, a $1.61 billion capitalisation and just $5.1 million of turnover. The ratio is thin enough that a single large order can move the price — a caravan with a bicycle engine. Plasma (−10.37%), Cap (−10.34%) and THORChain (−9.1%) joined the queue, and MemeCore lost exactly 10.00%.
Gold ate the Sunday liquidity
The most interesting number of the day is not crypto at all. Tether Gold (XAUT) trades at $3,871.31 an ounce on a market cap of just $3.13 billion — but with $35.37 billion of turnover in 24 hours. That is more than eleven times its own capitalisation and nearly eight times Ethereum’s $4.54 billion. Gold is the 33rd asset by size and simultaneously the second most traded behind Bitcoin. PAX Gold sits at $3,896.23, 30.7% below its $5,619 peak, which confirms bullion has corrected too — just not its appeal.
Large caps: Zcash holds the top ten, TRON under pressure
Zcash (ZEC) kept tenth place at $1,242.19 despite a 2.97% decline, with a $21.14 billion market cap and $467.7 million of turnover. Two years ago ZEC was fighting to stay inside the top 100; this is a comeback nobody scripted, and privacy is suddenly a tradeable commodity again. Hyperliquid (HYPE) stands at $87.85, +0.5% daily and +16.19% weekly, 10.3% below its ATH on a $21.03 billion cap. TRON slipped 3.16% to $0.3106 on $1.38 billion of turnover — the second heaviest among non-stable majors — while BNB gained 1.21% to $713.32.
What the numbers say about sentiment
Sunday is traditionally the day the market does its bookkeeping, and this ledger is short: $75.4 billion of turnover against $2.61 trillion of capitalisation means liquidity is retreating while the gap between winners and losers widens. When 22,671 active cryptocurrencies divide $75 billion of volume, most of them get less attention than a traffic light on a side street. In that environment a 20% gain and a 20% loss last equally long, and the only difference between an investor and a gambler is who has an exit plan.
The distribution is clear: capital is pooling in Bitcoin, stablecoins and a handful of narratives with visible catalysts — privacy, perpetual futures, tokenised gold — while the rest of the market rusts in silence. Rotation of this kind usually precedes either a deeper correction or a new cycle, and history is consistent on one point: Sunday never reveals which one.
Market data
- Bitcoin (BTC): $77,857 | 24h +0.41% | 7d −2.92% | MCap $1.57T | 24h vol $49.34B | Supply 20,105,365 BTC | ATH $126,080 (−38.2%) | ATL $67.81
- Ethereum (ETH): $2,268.33 | 24h +0.96% | 7d −2.38% | MCap $277.14B | 24h vol $4.54B | Supply 122.18M ETH | ATH $4,946.05 (−54.1%) | ATL $0.43
- Total market cap: $2.61T | 24h volume $75.41B | Dominance BTC 59.9%, ETH 10.59% | Stablecoins 10.1% of cap | Active cryptocurrencies 22,671
- Lisk (LSK): $0.2183 | 24h −19.04% | 7d +38.36% | MCap $48.1M | 24h vol $123.9M | ATH $34.92 (−99.4%) | ATL $0.0703
- Infinity Ground (AIN): $0.2788 | 24h +26.08% | 7d +623.96% | MCap $51.6M | 24h vol $20.3M | ATH $0.2896 (−3.7%) | ATL $0.0124
- Lighter (LIT): $3.26 | 24h +19.51% | 7d +2.35% | MCap $814.8M | 24h vol $117.3M | ATH $7.86 (−58.5%) | ATL $0.7794
- UnifAI Network (UAI): $0.2053 | 24h −28.51% | 7d −18.18% | MCap $49.1M | 24h vol $13.7M | ATH $0.8365 (−75.5%) | ATL $0.0600
- Akedo (AKE): $0.009304 | 24h −19.68% | 7d −68.11% | MCap $212.1M | 24h vol $44.8M | ATH $0.1467 (−93.7%) | ATL $0.000174
- Bitway (BTW): $1.07 | 24h −11.07% | 7d −37.44% | MCap $1.61B | 24h vol $5.1M | ATH $2.77 (−61.3%) | ATL $0.0091
- Tether Gold (XAUT): $3,871.31 | 24h −0.11% | 7d −2.91% | MCap $3.13B | 24h vol $35.37B | ATH $5,504.62 (−29.7%) | ATL $1,448.85
- Zcash (ZEC): $1,242.19 | 24h −2.97% | 7d +4.81% | MCap $21.14B | 24h vol $467.7M | ATH $3,191.93 (−61.1%) | ATL $16.08
- Hyperliquid (HYPE): $87.85 | 24h +0.50% | 7d +16.19% | MCap $21.03B | 24h vol $1.37B | Supply 239.4M | ATH $97.96 (−10.3%) | ATL $3.81
Data: CoinGecko, top 500 by market capitalisation, November 1, 2026 at 12:00 UTC. This content is informational and does not constitute investment advice. Crypto assets carry high risk and independent risk assessment is mandatory.
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