Bitcoin Stalls as Ethereum and Zcash Lead the Entire Market
Redakcja CryptoPulsar ·
Bitcoin closed the day at 77147 USD, down just 0.03%, while Ethereum gained 2.48% and Zcash is already up 13.20% on the week. Total crypto market cap stands at 2.73 trillion USD. In the background, Blockstream has rejected a ransom after a theft from Liquid, where nearly 600 BTC remain missing.
Bitcoin finished the last 24 hours virtually unchanged and trades at 77147 USD, on a move of just -0.03%. Over the same stretch, Ethereum is up 2.48% and back above 2500 USD, Solana adds 2.03%, and Zcash posts 2.27% on the day and as much as 13.20% on the week. Total cryptocurrency market capitalization stands at 2.73 trillion USD. This is a classic divergence: the largest crypto is standing still, while capital hunts for movement in altcoins. Two threads from the past few hours overlay that setup. Blockstream is rejecting a ransom after a theft from the Liquid network, where nearly 600 BTC are still missing, and from traditional finance comes a raised Bitmine price target of 63.60 USD from Cantor Fitzgerald plus a high-profile Grok model forecast of 200000 USD for bitcoin by 2027. The review below relies solely on hard market figures, on-chain metrics and published dispatches.
Top Gainers and Losers in the Last 24 Hours
In the top ten by market capitalization, the day's leader is Ethereum at +2.48%. Right behind it are Zcash (+2.27%) and Solana (+2.03%). On the losing side, the weakest is TRON at -0.78%, followed by Figure Heloc (-0.28%) and Bitcoin itself (-0.03%). Stablecoins behave as designed: Tether moves +0.01%, USDC -0.01%.
On a weekly view the picture is sharper. Zcash is at +13.20% over 7 days and clearly stands apart from the rest of the field. Ethereum adds +2.60% over the same horizon, BNB +0.70%, Solana +0.40%. Bitcoin is 3.20% below the weekly line, and XRP is down 3.40%, the weakest among large tokens with a full set of weekly data.
| Crypto | Price | 24h | Cap. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | $77,147 | -0.03% | $1.55T |
| Ethereum | $2,520 | +2.48% | $308B |
| Tether | $0.9998 | +0.01% | $183B |
| BNB | $724 | +1.23% | $96.4B |
| XRP | $1.35 | +0.04% | $85.2B |
| USDC | $0.9999 | -0.01% | $74.3B |
| Solana | $102.03 | +2.03% | $59.9B |
| TRON | $0.3381 | -0.78% | $32.1B |
| Figure Heloc | $1.032 | -0.28% | $23.2B |
| Zcash | $1,166 | +2.27% | $19.8B |
Volumes explain where liquidity is actually turning over. Tether has 71.42 billion USD in 24h turnover and is the largest transaction engine of the session. Bitcoin has 35.35 billion USD, Ethereum 24.73 billion USD, USDC 19.87 billion USD. Solana turns over 4.60 billion USD, XRP 2.81 billion USD, Zcash 1.99 billion USD. BNB has 1.13 billion USD, TRON 415 million USD, Figure Heloc 297 million USD. The ratio of Zcash volume to its 19.77 billion USD market cap is high and fits the weekly momentum of this coin.
| Crypto | 7d | Vol. 24h | ATH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zcash | +13.20% | $1.99B | $3,192 |
| Ethereum | +2.60% | $24.73B | $4,946 |
| TRON | +2.10% | $415M | $0.4313 |
| BNB | +0.70% | $1.13B | $1,370 |
| Solana | +0.40% | $4.60B | $293.31 |
| Bitcoin | -3.20% | $35.35B | $126,080 |
| XRP | -3.40% | $2.81B | $3.65 |
Bitcoin Stands Still, Altcoins Take the Wheel
The price of Bitcoin is 77147 USD, with a market cap of 1.55 trillion USD and the No. 1 position. The daily move of -0.03% means de facto stagnation. Over seven days BTC is down 3.20%. The all-time high in the data is 126080 USD, so the current price corresponds to about 61% of that peak. There are 20082903 BTC in circulation out of a maximum supply of 21000000, meaning more than 95% of the target issuance has already been mined.
Data from the CryptoPulsar market cycle for BTC score 30.8/50. In 24 hours the network processed more than 1.13 million transactions, so bitcoin is actually being transferred, not merely bet on the chart. RSI stands at about 20, which historically is often read as strong short-term oversold. MACD has a histogram of about -96, so selling pressure has not yet receded. Perpetual futures funding rates are almost zero (about 0.005%), and leverage sentiment is described as neutral.
This setup explains why the price is standing still despite a low RSI. Oversold conditions without a MACD reversal have historically been a trap for premature bounces. The data suggest that high on-chain activity may favor an attempt at a rebound, but the negative MACD histogram leaves room for a quick return of short-term weakness. This is an observation from the metrics, not a signal to open a position.
Ethereum is behaving differently. The ETH price is 2519.66 USD, rounded to 2520 USD, with a market cap of 307.5 billion USD and the No. 2 position. The daily gain is 2.48%, the weekly gain 2.60%. Volume of 24.73 billion USD is second after bitcoin among volatile assets and third after USDT. The ATH in the data is 4946.05 USD, so ETH is trading around 51% of its historical peak. Circulating supply is 122038476 ETH.
The cycle indicator for ETH is 28.3/50, lower than for BTC and SOL. Over the last 4 hours, exchanges saw a net inflow of about 7660 ETH, with 184 inflows and 184 outflows. Such a balance may point to profit-taking after the rally. In the last hour, whales executed at least 100 large transfers of 250 ETH or more, with the largest on the order of 11500, 9700 and 8000 ETH. MEV risk on DEX was assessed at 41/100. The network remains active nonetheless: more than 1.3 million transactions per day.
ETH transfer samples from Bitquery from September 10, 2026, 22:21 UTC, confirm continuous movement of large packets. Visible among them are 390 ETH, 366.48 ETH, 666 ETH and series of 401.18 ETH and 333.04 ETH. The addresses themselves do not settle anything, but the volume of native transfers fits a market picture in which ether is being moved intensively while the bitcoin price stands still.
Solana, Zcash and the Rest of the Top Ten
Solana costs 102.03 USD, with a market cap of 59.87 billion USD and the No. 7 position. In 24h SOL gains 2.03%, over 7 days 0.40%. Volume of 4.60 billion USD is high relative to market cap. ATH is 293.31 USD, so the current price is about 35% of the peak. Circulating supply is 586623418 SOL.
In the market cycle, SOL has the highest score among the large networks described: 35.2/50. In the last hour, large whale activity is visible: at least 100 transfers of 5000 SOL or more, and the three largest are almost one million SOL each.