COTI (COTI) plunged 18.1% to take the inglorious top spot among daily losers, while Starknet (STRK) and Pendle (PENDLE) proved that a green market does not mean everyone is swimming — some are very clearly sinking. While Bitcoin celebrates its break above $86,000, this trio got its own version of “Titanic”: the band plays on, but the ship is still taking water.
COTI (COTI) — the credit card that declined the transaction
What is COTI?
COTI is a network built around privacy and payments. Its main selling point is a DAG architecture that allows fast, cheap transactions, and the project spent years quietly forging plans for its own stablecoin and on-chain data-protection tools. Picture a banker who learned to code — ambitious, but juggling plenty of open fronts.
Why is it falling?
An 18.1% loss dragged the price to $0.0149, on volume of $52.7 million against a $44.4 million market cap. That is turnover larger than the value of the entire project — a textbook sign of panic, not calm selling. When market cap falls below daily volume, the market is usually telling you that confidence is on trial. The token sits 97.8% under its all-time high of $0.6686, making this the story of a project that lost the battle for attention, not just for price.
Starknet (STRK) — the steamroller stuck on its own ramp
What is Starknet?
Starknet is a layer-2 network on Ethereum that uses ZK technology to scale. The mission is noble: speed up Ethereum and cut costs without trading away security. In practice it is a Rolls-Royce that all too often sits in traffic — first-class engineering, but the speed depends on the road.
Why is it falling?
STRK shed 9.8% to $0.0438, on daily volume of $92.0 million and a market cap of $321.8 million. What hurts is the height of the debt the project carries: the token is 99% below its all-time high of $4.41. When the biggest ZK name trades at almost token-level pennies, it is no longer a correction — it is a verdict on results. Today Starknet is, unfortunately, proof that technology alone does not guarantee a price.
Pendle (PENDLE) — a yield exchange with no yield
What is Pendle?
Pendle is a protocol for trading future yield. On-chain tokens are split into a principal portion and an interest portion, and each piece is bought and sold separately. Think of taking an ordinary bond, splitting it into a chocolate half and a vanilla half, and selling them as separate products — brilliant, as long as both halves find a buyer.
Why is it falling?
PENDLE weakened 7.3% to $2.51, on volume of $91.0 million and a market cap of $436.4 million — the largest on today’s losers board. When such a large and serious project drops on a day when the whole market climbs, it is a clear signal of sector rotation: money is flowing out of profitable financial gadgets back into the big caps. Not necessarily the end of the story, but today Pendle paid the price of popularity.
The wider market
The irony is complete. Bitcoin added 6.7% to $86,566, Ethereum rose 5% to $2,774, and Dogecoin and Sui both posted double-digit gains. The market is therefore green almost everywhere — except for these names, which for their own reasons chose to head downhill. That split is the best illustration that in crypto there is no single “market,” but a web of small worlds with different rules. While some light candles, others put out fires.
📊 Financial data
COTI (COTI): price $0.0149 | 24h -18.1% | MCap $44.4M | 24h vol $52.7M | circulating supply 2.98B | total supply 2.98B | ATH $0.6686 | ATL $0.00556
Starknet (STRK): price $0.0438 | 24h -9.8% | MCap $321.8M | 24h vol $92.0M | circulating supply 7.35B | total supply 10.0B | ATH $4.41 | ATL $0.0222
Pendle (PENDLE): price $2.51 | 24h -7.3% | MCap $436.4M | 24h vol $91.0M | circulating supply 173.6M | total supply 281.5M | ATH $7.50 | ATL $0.0338
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and investing may result in a total loss of funds. Data was collected from the CoinGecko API at the time of publication and can change within seconds.
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