Sector Alpha Week of 2026-09-11
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Bitcoin · alt breadth · functional theme rotation

Crypto market analysis

Is crypto risk-on, Bitcoin-led or in alt season?

Bottom line

BTC LED. Bitcoin is above its 200-day average by 10.2%; the liquid-alt basket has +1.7% over 90 days; 53.2% of 190 liquid alts are above their own 200-day averages; and alts show -19.7% relative strength versus Bitcoin. Stay selective: require sector breadth and native activity to confirm price leadership.

Regime
BTC LED
canonical BTC / alt state
BTC vs 200-DMA
+10%
above trend · 2026-09-11
Alt breadth
53.2%
190 liquid alts
Alts vs BTC · 90d
-20%
relative strength
01 · price and participation together

Is risk spreading beyond Bitcoin?

Yes — most liquid altcoins are participating: 53.2% of 190 liquid alts are above their own 200-day average. Bitcoin is above its 200-day average by 10.2%, and the alt basket's 90-day relative strength versus Bitcoin is -20%. Readings are as of 2026-09-11.

What the numbers say: Bitcoin’s 90-day return is +22%, the alt basket’s is +1.7%, and 53.2% of liquid alts are above their 200-day average.

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BitcoinLiquid alt index

Weekly observations, rebased to 100 over the visible five-year window. The alt index is equal weighted; missing weeks break the line.

02 · current-date functional taxonomy

Which crypto themes are leading Bitcoin?

Liquid Staking ranks first of the 20 functional crypto themes at 85.7/100, with +36% versus Bitcoin over 13 weeks and 71% of its rated members above trend. Leadership /35 + participation /30 + persistence /20 + liquidity /15. It ranks research attention, not portfolio action, and every row prints the exact sum.

1
Liquid Staking
9/12 rated · ETHFI leads
35.0 + 21.4 + 18.9 + 10.4 = 85.7
+36%
13w vs BTC
71%
breadth
+22%
30d median
$134.8M
daily volume
2
Lending
11/14 rated · AAVE leads
17.3 + 30.0 + 16.2 + 10.9 = 74.5
-0.3%
13w vs BTC
100%
breadth
+16%
30d median
$265.2M
daily volume
3
Privacy
24/27 rated · MWC leads
19.6 + 15.7 + 17.7 + 12.6 = 65.6
+3.0%
13w vs BTC
52%
breadth
+19%
30d median
$1.8B
daily volume
4
Oracle
7/8 rated · WIN leads
18.0 + 15.0 + 18.5 + 9.5 = 61.0
+0.7%
13w vs BTC
50%
breadth
+21%
30d median
$49.6M
daily volume
5
DEX
33/48 rated · RAY leads
19.7 + 15.0 + 15.3 + 10.9 = 61.0
+3.1%
13w vs BTC
50%
breadth
+13%
30d median
$266.6M
daily volume
6
Layer 1
64/77 rated · DGB leads
8.7 + 10.0 + 15.8 + 14.8 = 49.3
-13%
13w vs BTC
33%
breadth
+15%
30d median
$22.2B
daily volume
7
Layer 2
34/48 rated · PROM leads
11.2 + 8.4 + 17.0 + 10.6 = 47.2
-9.1%
13w vs BTC
28%
breadth
+18%
30d median
$183.9M
daily volume
8
Exchange Tokens
20/25 rated · WBT leads
6.4 + 13.5 + 14.7 + 12.6 = 47.2
-16%
13w vs BTC
45%
breadth
+12%
30d median
$1.8B
daily volume
9
Wallets
7/10 rated · TWT leads
1.7 + 17.1 + 18.7 + 9.0 = 46.6
-23%
13w vs BTC
57%
breadth
+22%
30d median
$29.3M
daily volume
10
Meme
52/94 rated · PUMP leads
9.0 + 9.6 + 15.7 + 12.4 = 46.5
-12%
13w vs BTC
32%
breadth
+14%
30d median
$1.4B
daily volume
11
AI
83/110 rated · SENTIS leads
5.6 + 11.7 + 15.0 + 12.3 = 44.6
-17%
13w vs BTC
39%
breadth
+13%
30d median
$1.2B
daily volume
12
Gaming
36/43 rated · MPLX leads
6.9 + 8.4 + 15.2 + 10.5 = 41.0
-15%
13w vs BTC
28%
breadth
+13%
30d median
$156.3M
daily volume
13
RWA
32/42 rated · EPIC leads
5.5 + 7.8 + 16.2 + 11.5 = 41.0
-17%
13w vs BTC
26%
breadth
+16%
30d median
$488.3M
daily volume
14
DePIN
21/24 rated · HNT leads
8.0 + 5.7 + 16.5 + 10.5 = 40.7
-14%
13w vs BTC
19%
breadth
+16%
30d median
$158.4M
daily volume
15
DeFi
30/46 rated · ANVL leads
2.7 + 10.4 + 13.4 + 11.8 = 38.3
-21%
13w vs BTC
35%
breadth
+8.5%
30d median
$680.3M
daily volume
16
Interoperability/Bridges
8/11 rated · DBR leads
2.7 + 6.0 + 17.8 + 10.0 = 36.6
-21%
13w vs BTC
20%
breadth
+20%
30d median
$90.5M
daily volume
17
Perps/Derivatives
8/12 rated · GMX leads
0.0 + 5.0 + 13.9 + 9.6 = 28.5
-31%
13w vs BTC
17%
breadth
+9.8%
30d median
$55.7M
daily volume
18
Payments
10/13 rated · AIAT leads
2.1 + 6.0 + 10.6 + 8.7 = 27.5
-22%
13w vs BTC
20%
breadth
+1.5%
30d median
$20.7M
daily volume
19
NFT
6/9 rated · ENS leads
0.0 + 6.0 + 11.7 + 9.4 = 27.1
-25%
13w vs BTC
20%
breadth
+4.2%
30d median
$44.4M
daily volume
20
Infrastructure
6/9 rated · ESP leads
0.0 + 0.0 + 14.9 + 8.5 = 23.3
-41%
13w vs BTC
0%
breadth
+12%
30d median
$15.2M
daily volume

Only sectors with at least five current assets carrying comparable 90-day return data are ranked. No stale sector row is carried forward.

03 · liquid asset-level tape

Where is leadership liquid enough to matter?

Prom leads the crypto tape on Bitcoin-relative strength at +367% over 90 days, top of 507 coins that clear this page's data screen: priced this week, no gap over 30 days in the 95-day window, and some traded volume. This is the tape layer only: native activity belongs on the theme pages, because protocol coverage differs sharply by functional theme.

CoinThemePrice7d30d90d1yRS vs BTC200-DMA30d vol30d median volume
Prom PROMLayer 2$5.20+2.2%+95%+387%-44%+367%Above203%$41.4M
MimbleWimbleCoin MWCPrivacy$10.40-5.8%+1.3%+264%-70%+245%Above83%$1.9K
Zcash ZECPrivacy$1,163.33+14%+138%+177%+2,325%+157%Above150%$1.2B
Raydium RAYDEX$1.67+103%+164%+173%-53%+153%Above147%$14.0M
Mina Protocol MINAPrivacy$0.1054+44%+179%+145%-46%+125%Above99%$8.0M
Uniswap UNIDEX$6.01-2.8%+68%+135%+115%110%$38.3M
Pump.fun PUMPMeme$0.0036-15%+30%+133%-39%+113%Above164%$35.1M
SentismAI SENTISAI$0.2207+4.9%+0.1%+129%+109%Above32%$2.3M
Ether.fi ETHFILiquid Staking$0.6747+21%+79%+113%-54%+93%Above103%$46.0M
WINkLink WINOracle$0.0000+15%+27%+111%-28%+91%Above58%$3.4M
Falcon Finance FFDEX$0.1550+43%+140%+99%+80%131%$3.3M
lium SN51AI$23.28+22%+57%+97%+9.4%+77%Above88%$1.0M
BOOK OF MEME BOMEMeme$0.0009+2.8%+7.7%+97%-59%+77%Above147%$46.2M
Hydration HDXDEX$0.0071-12%-19%+88%-24%+68%Above131%$11.7K
Aave AAVELending$124.87-4.3%+42%+86%-60%+66%Above104%$240.2M
Pieverse PIEVERSEAI$1.23+21%+64%+86%+66%Above135%$21.3M
DigiByte DGBLayer 1$0.0047+0.5%+14%+81%-46%+62%Above99%$2.9M
COTI COTILayer 2$0.0178+24%+43%+78%-66%+58%Above110%$20.1M
Metaplex MPLXGaming$0.0329+1.6%+38%+73%-88%+53%Above75%$979.7K
Ontology Gas ONGLayer 1$0.0828-15%+104%+72%+53%497%$5.5M
Showing 20 of 80 assets

Not rated — and why

183 of the 690 coins tracked here are not rated this week: 140 have no price within 7 days, 43 report no traded volume. The largest are named here; a coin is not rated when its evidence is missing, never when its reading is merely weak.

CoinMarket capReasonDetail
Hyperliquid HYPE$15.8BNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
Rain RAIN$10.2BNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
Canton CC$5.4BNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
LAB LAB$4.1BNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
MemeCore M$1.9BNo traded volume reportedNo traded volume is reported on most of the last 30 days, so it has no liquidity reading.
Sky SKY$1.3BNo traded volume reportedNo traded volume is reported on most of the last 30 days, so it has no liquidity reading.
Pi Network PI$1.3BNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
Audiera BEAT$930.3MNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
​​Stable STABLE$827.6MNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
Jupiter JUP$783.1MNo traded volume reportedNo traded volume is reported on most of the last 30 days, so it has no liquidity reading.
ADI ADI$723.8MNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.
Venice Token VVV$573.2MNo price this weekNo traded price in the 95 days to 2026-09-11.

The 171 smaller coins not shown here are excluded for the same stated reasons.

04 · what is measured and what is not

How should this page be used?

Use this page as a research queue, not an instruction set: it ranks where crypto attention is currently justified by price, participation and liquidity evidence. The regime is context and never a hidden addition to a theme score, each asset carries exactly one canonical functional theme, and 4 named datasets are unavailable rather than inferred. Evidence runs through 2026-09-11.

Market contextBTC trend, alt breadth, alt-vs-BTC relative strength and the liquid-universe count set the regime. The regime is context, not a hidden addition to theme scores.
Theme membershipEach asset receives one canonical functional theme. Pegged, wrapped and receipt tokens are excluded.
FreshnessPrice and regime: 2026-09-11. Market-cap snapshot: 2026-07-04.
Decision useScores rank what deserves research. They are not entry, exit, sizing or leverage instructions.
Unavailable, therefore not inferred: Market-cap data is a dated universe snapshot; historical circulating supply and FDV are not held. Today’s top-1,000 universe and today’s category tags are projected backward, so long history contains survivorship and taxonomy hindsight. Funding, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlocks and developer activity are not available and are not inferred. Network fees and protocol revenue are operating evidence, not automatic token-holder cash flow.
Questions the page should answer directly

Crypto analysis FAQs

These 16 answers cover the questions this page can settle from data it holds — what the category is, how the score is built, what the coverage gaps are, and what would change the read. Every answer below is also present in the page’s FAQ schema and in its plain-text rendition. None of them is a recommendation.

Is crypto risk-on now?

BTC LED as of 2026-09-11. Bitcoin is above its 200-day average; alt breadth is 53.2%; and the liquid-alt basket’s 90-day relative strength versus Bitcoin is -19.7%.

Is this Bitcoin-led or alt season?

BTC LED is the canonical state. Alt season requires Bitcoin risk-on plus broad alt participation; a narrow alt rally with breadth below 50% is not called alt season.

How many liquid altcoins are above the 200-day average?

53.2% of 190 liquid eligible altcoins are above their 200-day averages as of 2026-09-11.

Which crypto theme ranks strongest now?

Liquid Staking ranks first at 85.66/100: 35.0 + 21.4 + 18.9 + 10.4 = 85.7. Its 13-week return versus Bitcoin, on an equal-weight index of its current rated members, is +35.7% with 71.4% breadth.

Why are some crypto coins not rated on this page?

183 of the 690 coins tracked here are not rated this week: 140 have no price within 7 days, 43 report no traded volume. A coin is rated only if it has a traded price within 7 days of 2026-09-11, no hole longer than 30 days inside the 95-day window these readings are measured over, and some traded volume across the last 30 days.

What does alt breadth mean?

Alt breadth is the share of the liquid eligible altcoin universe trading above its own 200-day moving average. It measures participation, not index return.

Why benchmark crypto themes against Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is the opportunity-cost benchmark for crypto risk. A sector can rise in dollars yet destroy relative capital if Bitcoin rises faster.

How is the alt index built?

It is a chain-linked equal-weight index of liquid non-stable altcoins. Equal weighting prevents Bitcoin-sized assets from hiding broad weakness.

Are stablecoins included?

No. Stablecoins, wrapped assets, liquid-staking receipts and tokenized securities are excluded because they do not have independent price discovery.

How are illiquid coins handled?

The regime and public sector ranks require liquid current data. Asset pages still show thin names, but the score labels sub-$5 million median daily volume as research-only.

Why can a sector rise while breadth falls?

A small number of large or fast-rising tokens can lift a sector index while most members remain below their trend. The page therefore reads return and breadth together.

Does Sector Alpha have funding rates or open interest?

Not in the current public research store. Funding, open interest, liquidations and unlock schedules are named as unavailable and are never inferred from spot price.

Does crypto have a P/E or PEG ratio?

No company-style P/E or PEG is used. Crypto pages compare network fees, protocol revenue, token-liquidity and BTC-relative price evidence with explicit token-accrual caveats.

How often is the crypto MLA page updated?

The page is rebuilt every weekday, and the CDN cache is invalidated when that rebuild publishes. Price and regime evidence currently run through 2026-09-11; market-cap metadata is separately dated 2026-07-04.

Why can dates differ across crypto metrics?

Spot prices, derived technicals, market-cap snapshots, protocol activity and chain activity come from separate refresh jobs. The page shows each freshness date rather than pretending they share one as-of date.

Which crypto themes are beating Bitcoin?

4 of the 20 crypto themes tracked here are ahead of Bitcoin over 13 weeks. Liquid Staking leads at +35.7%, followed by DEX at +3.1% and Privacy at +3%.

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