Crypto market this week

In the 7 days to 21 October 2026, Bitcoin rose 1.5% to $82,791 and Ethereum rose 1.1%. Of the 322 coins we price in CoinGecko's top 500, leaving out stablecoins, 150 rose and 170 fell; the middle one moved 0.0%. Janction (JCT) rose most, +79.7%.

Daily closes (UTC), 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

Bitcoin closed at $81,562 on 14 October 2026 and $82,791 on 21 October 2026. Its highest close of the week was $82,941 and its lowest $81,382. Ethereum's closes sit beside it; a missing day is a gap in our feed.

Daily closes (UTC) from Yahoo Finance, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

In the 7 days to 21 October 2026, the biggest risers were Janction (+79.7%), Impossible Cloud Network Token (+74.3%) and AltLayer (+61.5%). 31 coins rose 10% or more. A big week often follows news or a new listing; this page does not say why.

1. Janction (JCT): +79.7% in 7 days $0.003777 · −19.4% on the last day
2. Impossible Cloud Network Token (ICNT): +74.3% in 7 days $0.1903 · −7.7% on the last day
3. AltLayer (ALT): +61.5% in 7 days $0.01302 · +29.8% on the last day
4. Anvil (ANVL): +59.6% in 7 days $0.001813 · −8.0% on the last day
5. Kinetiq (KNTQ): +35.8% in 7 days $0.415 · +18.2% on the last day
6. FOLKS: +28.8% in 7 days $2.46 · +0.3% on the last day
7. Convex Finance (CVX): +27.0% in 7 days $2.39 · −0.4% on the last day
8. Amp: +22.8% in 7 days $0.000823 · −4.9% on the last day
9. Magma Finance (MAGMA): +21.7% in 7 days $0.2815 · +0.7% on the last day
10. PHALA: +20.9% in 7 days $0.0612 · +5.5% on the last day

Close to close, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

In the 7 days to 21 October 2026, the biggest fallers were Qubic (−56.5%), Walrus (−32.6%) and Starknet (−25.6%). 19 coins fell 10% or more, while Bitcoin rose 1.5%. Stablecoins are left out, and a price we could not trust is dropped.

1. Qubic: −56.5% in 7 days $0.000000434685 · no data on the last day
2. Walrus (WAL): −32.6% in 7 days $0.03939 · −0.6% on the last day
3. Starknet (STRK): −25.6% in 7 days $0.05737 · +1.1% on the last day
4. Berachain (BERA): −25.3% in 7 days $0.179 · +7.0% on the last day
5. Bending Spoons xStock (BSPX): −19.0% in 7 days $43.26 · −4.7% on the last day
6. HTX DAO: −17.3% in 7 days $0.000001654 · −17.3% on the last day
7. ZIGChain: −15.7% in 7 days $0.04831 · −0.7% on the last day
8. XPR Network: −15.7% in 7 days $0.001886 · −2.2% on the last day
9. Nexpace (NXPC): −15.4% in 7 days $0.1689 · +3.3% on the last day
10. Zano: −15.3% in 7 days $4.27 · +1.4% on the last day

Close to close, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

In the 7 days to 21 October 2026, the list whose middle coin did best was Top 10 by market cap (+0.6%), and the weakest was AI coins (−2.6%). Across the top 100, 56 coins rose. Each row links the full list.

7-day close-to-close change of each list's members, to 21 Oct 2026

On 21 October 2026, 137 coins were ahead of Bitcoin over 90 days, against 133 a week earlier, out of the 322 coins we price in CoinGecko's top 500, leaving out stablecoins. 15 moved ahead this week, led by AltLayer (ALT) and Worldcoin (WLD), and 11 fell behind.

Moved ahead of Bitcoin

1. AltLayer (ALT): +81.4 points vs Bitcoin
2. Worldcoin (WLD): +28.7 points vs Bitcoin
3. Geodnet (GEOD): +18.5 points vs Bitcoin
4. Nockchain (NOCK): +17.8 points vs Bitcoin
5. Akash Network (AKT): +15.5 points vs Bitcoin
6. Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL): +12.8 points vs Bitcoin
7. Threshold Network: +6.8 points vs Bitcoin
8. Bitcoin Cash (BCH): +6.8 points vs Bitcoin
9. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU): +6.4 points vs Bitcoin
10. Decentraland (MANA): +4.5 points vs Bitcoin

Fell behind Bitcoin

1. Berachain (BERA): −31.6 points vs Bitcoin
2. Velo: −18.4 points vs Bitcoin
3. 1INCH: −16.5 points vs Bitcoin
4. Chutes (SN64): −10.3 points vs Bitcoin
5. ZIGChain: −9.4 points vs Bitcoin
6. Espresso (ESP): −4.7 points vs Bitcoin
7. GMX: −4.3 points vs Bitcoin
8. Qtum: −3.2 points vs Bitcoin
9. Immutable (IMX): −2.9 points vs Bitcoin
10. Render: −1.9 points vs Bitcoin

90-day returns, 21 Oct 2026 against 14 Oct 2026

On 21 October 2026, 185 of 268 big coins closed above their 200-day average price, against 191 a week earlier. 7 moved above it this week and 13 dropped below. Bitcoin was above its own. A coin above it has mostly risen over the last 200 days.

Moved above the 200-day average

1. Gnosis (GNO): +0.2% in 7 days
2. BTSE Token: +6.8% in 7 days
3. The Sandbox (SAND): +4.1% in 7 days
4. Chutes (SN64): +0.2% in 7 days
5. CoW Protocol (COW): +2.1% in 7 days
6. Babylon (BABY): +10.9% in 7 days
7. Janction (JCT): +79.7% in 7 days

200-day average of daily closes, 21 Oct 2026 against 14 Oct 2026

None of the coins we track got their first daily price in our data in the 7 days to 21 October 2026. The newest coins of the year are on the new coins page. Over the last 12 months, 128 did. We hold no calendar of coming launches.

First daily close in our data, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

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