Zcash Gains 4.5% as Bitcoin Defends $86,000 With Greed at 78
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Bitcoin slips 0.52% to $86,301, but remains up 13.30% on the week. Zcash leads the session with a +4.53% gain, while XRP climbs 3.32% on $6.46B in volume. Total market cap stands at $3.03T, and the Fear and Greed Index holds at 78 in extreme greed territory.
Bitcoin closes the day slightly in the red. The Bitcoin price stands at $86,301 and is down 0.52% over 24 hours, while total crypto market capitalization reaches $3.03T. This is not a picture of collapse, however. Over seven days, BTC is up 13.30%, Ethereum 13.92%, and Solana 20.52%. Leading the daily table is Zcash with a +4.53% gain and a weekly rally of +33.92%, while XRP adds +3.32% on $6.46B in volume. The Fear and Greed Index sits at 78 and remains in extreme greed territory, though perpetual futures funding rates are near zero and neutral. On-chain data show intense whale activity on Solana, Ethereum and BNB Chain. In parallel, the White House stresses that crypto market structure cannot wait for a post-election push of the Clarity Act, and Andreessen Horowitz together with the DeFi Education Fund file a request with the SEC to exempt decentralized exchanges from registration requirements.
Top Gainers and Losers
Today's session splits the market into two camps. Large-cap layers, namely Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB and Solana, give back some of their weekly gains. On the other side, Zcash, XRP and Figure Heloc close the day in the green. The weekly picture remains bullish for nearly the entire top ten, which points to consolidation after a rally rather than a change of direction.
The strongest daily result in the top ten belongs to Zcash. The token rises 4.53% to $1,518, with a market cap of $25.7B and volume of $1.42B. ZEC's weekly change of +33.92% is the highest among the ten largest projects in the lineup. XRP follows close behind: +3.32% in 24 hours and +21.02% over 7 days at a price of $1.58. Figure Heloc gains 2.53% to $1.038.
| Crypto | Price | 24h | 7d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zcash (ZEC) | $1,518 | +4.53% | +33.92% |
| XRP | $1.58 | +3.32% | +21.02% |
| Figure Heloc | $1.038 | +2.53% | +0.01% |
| Tether (USDT) | $1.00 | +0.01% | +0.06% |
| USDC | $1.00 | +0.00% | +0.03% |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | $86,301 | -0.52% | +13.30% |
| TRON (TRX) | $0.3418 | -0.67% | +2.71% |
| Solana (SOL) | $118.04 | -0.76% | +20.52% |
| Ethereum (ETH) | $2,752 | -0.84% | +13.92% |
| BNB | $785.20 | -2.22% | +9.17% |
On the losers' side of the top ten, BNB fares worst: -2.22% to $785.20. Ethereum drops 0.84%, Solana 0.76%, TRON 0.67%, and Bitcoin 0.52%. None of these moves wipe out the weekly gain. Over 7 days, BNB is 9.17% higher, Bitcoin 13.30%, Ethereum 13.92%, Solana 20.52%.
| Crypto | Cap. | Volume | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | $1.73T | $44.0B | #1 |
| Ethereum | $336B | $16.4B | #2 |
| Tether | $183B | $79.7B | #3 |
| BNB | $105B | $1.33B | #4 |
| XRP | $99.3B | $6.46B | #5 |
| USDC | $74.8B | $20.5B | #6 |
| Solana | $69.4B | $4.78B | #7 |
| TRON | $32.5B | $611M | #8 |
| Zcash | $25.7B | $1.42B | #9 |
| Figure Heloc | $23.8B | $83.4M | #10 |
Beyond the top ten by market cap, market categories show a much wider range. In the Layer 1 UTXO segment, Bitcoin Cash gains 27.77% and Litecoin 0.90%. In DeFi, Uniswap rises 6.46%, Hyperliquid 3.70%, while Aave falls 0.37%. Among oracles and infrastructure, Quant climbs 8.74%, Filecoin 4.98%, and Chainlink loses 0.91%. In gaming and NFTs, Pudgy Penguins jumps 16.52%. The weakest reading in memes is MemeCore: -11.64%.
Bitcoin and Ethereum After the Weekly Rally
Bitcoin remains the market's largest asset with a capitalization of $1.73T and a rank of #1. The $86,301 price sits well below the all-time high of $126,080. There are 20,088,034 BTC in circulation against a maximum supply of 21,000,000. Daily volume is $44.0B, which keeps BTC near the top of the liquidity ranking, though the day's volume record belongs to Tether.
Metrics from the CryptoPulsar market cycle for BTC score 26.6/50. The network is heavily used: more than 1.07 million transactions were executed in 24 hours. RSI sits around 58 and remains in the neutral zone. MACD has a positive histogram, so short-term momentum is shifting back toward the upside. The EMA 9 and EMA 21 averages still slope downward. The Fear and Greed Index stands at 78. Perpetual futures funding is near zero, and leverage sentiment remains neutral.
The data suggest two parallel scenarios, both marked as possibilities, not facts. If the high transaction count and positive MACD hold, on-chain demand may support the price. With extreme greed and a downward average setup, a correction is possible. Historically, such a gap between sentiment and the average structure often means a nervous consolidation rather than a simple continuation.
Ethereum: Exchange Outflows and Whale Activity
Ethereum trades at $2,752 and is down 0.84% over 24 hours. Market cap is $336B, rank #2, volume $16.4B. The all-time high is $4,946. Circulating supply is 122,070,499 ETH. The weekly result of +13.92% remains close to Bitcoin's, so today's decline looks like a cooldown after the same impulse rather than a divergence between the two large assets.
The cycle score for ETH is 25.9/50. Fresh on-chain data show that about 3,900 ETH flowed out of exchanges over 4 hours (netflow), with 153 transfers in each direction. Larger sums are moving to private wallets. If outflows persist, selling pressure may ease. In the last hour, whales executed 77 transfers of at least 250 ETH each, with the largest around 18,600 ETH. MEV risk stands at 43 out of 100, so large capital is on the move and the price may be jittery in the short term.
Ethereum's RSI is in the neutral zone, around 53. MACD remains bullish, but the EMA 9 and EMA 21 setup is bearish. The funding rate is slightly positive and neutral. The Index