# Crypto market this week > In the 7 days to 21 October 2026, Bitcoin rose 1.5%, and 150 of the 320 biggest coins we price rose (stablecoins left out). Below: Bitcoin and Ethereum day by day, the top gainers and losers, and what changed in each of our crypto lists. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week About this page: By Sector Alpha · Updated 21 October 2026 · 7 days to 21 Oct 2026 · How the numbers are worked out Full list as CSV: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week.csv ## Questions this page answers ### How did the crypto market do 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) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#week ### Bitcoin and Ethereum price this week, day by day 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) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#by-day ### Top crypto gainers this week 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. (Close to close, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#gainers ### Top crypto losers this week 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. (Close to close, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#losers ### What changed in each crypto list this week 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) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#lists ### Coins that started or stopped beating Bitcoin this week 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. (90-day returns, 21 Oct 2026 against 14 Oct 2026) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#beating ### How many coins are above their 200-day average? 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. (200-day average of daily closes, 21 Oct 2026 against 14 Oct 2026) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#above-200 ### New crypto coins this week 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) Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/crypto-market-this-week#new-this-week ### Questions people ask about the crypto market this week - Did Bitcoin go up or down this week? Bitcoin rose 1.5% in the 7 days to 21 October 2026, closing at $82,791. - Which crypto rose the most this week? Janction (JCT), +79.7%, among the 322 coins we price in CoinGecko's top 500, leaving out stablecoins. - When does the crypto week end? Crypto trades every day. This page counts the 7 days to the newest daily close we hold in full, 21 October 2026, with each day closing at midnight UTC (5:30 am in India). - Does this page predict next week? No. It reports what changed in the past 7 days. Sector Alpha gives no forecasts, price targets, ratings or tips. Disclosure: Sector Alpha is not a SEBI-registered research analyst. This page is information and education only, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any crypto asset. No price targets, ratings or forecasts are given. Crypto prices can move a lot in a day and a coin can lose all its value. Data: daily closes from Yahoo Finance and Binance; market caps, ranks and categories from CoinGecko; the rupee rate from Yahoo Finance.