What is the crypto market doing today?

How far it moved, how many coins joined in, what is pushing it, and what would change the picture. The answer comes first.

Prices checked20 Oct 2026 · 13:00 UTC

Today’s market state

Broad retreatsimilar size across coins

33 of 42 large coins also fell; stablecoin supply is shrinking; on-chain trading is quieter than last week.

Does the headline hold?

The market fell 0.92% in 24 hours. 79% of tracked large coins fell, while the typical coin moved -0.92%. The direction was broad enough to matter. The typical coin moved by a similar amount.

Money over the weekFewer digital dollars

Stablecoin supply fell 0.77% this week, and on-chain trading fell 14.16% from last week. These are weekly numbers, so they cannot explain one day's move.

What traders pay for protectionTraders expect what they see

The swing option prices expect is close to the swing Bitcoin has made.

How many coins joined in33 fell, 7 rose

2 tracked coins were almost unchanged.

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Total market value$2.75TAll coins tracked

Market move, 24h-0.92%7 of 42 large coins rose

Trading, 24h$66.96BAll buying and selling recorded

Stablecoin supply$303.76B-0.77% this week

Bitcoin share59.5%Share of total market value

Biggest single partBitcoin -1.1%

About 75.9% of the fall in the basket came from this coin.

Tracked basket-1.02%

20 large coins (not counting stablecoins), weighted by market value.

Without that coin-0.72%

The same coins without Bitcoin.

1. Which parts of the market moved?

A sector can rise because many assets gained, or because one strange number distorted the total. This compares the move with the amount traded relative to the sector’s size.

AnswerLiquid staking leads the sectors we can confirm at +2.0%. Liquid staking has the most trading for its size at 15.5%. Prediction markets is the weak spot at -4.1%, with trading equal to 0.4% of its sector value.

Liquid staking leads the sectors we can confirm at +2.0%. Liquid staking has the most trading for its size at 15.5%. Prediction markets is the weak spot at -4.1%, with trading equal to 0.4% of its sector value. The interactive chart appears when JavaScript is available.

How to read the chartRight means a larger rise. Higher means more trading for the sector’s size. Circle size shows sector size.

See every sector figure

Liquid staking+2.0%15.5%

Gaming+1.0%10.2%

Meme coins+0.6%4.9%

Exchange tokens-0.1%1.5%

Privacy-0.2%4.0%

Physical infrastructure-0.3%6.2%

Real-world assets-0.3%2.7%

DeFi-1.2%5.3%

AI tokens-1.7%7.6%

Layer 2-1.8%9.1%

Prediction markets-4.1%0.4%

2. Are borrowed bets making it fragile?

Futures let traders bet more than the cash they put down. When a bet goes wrong, the exchange closes it by force, which can push the price further. This shows what those bets cost to keep open and how many were forced shut.

AnswerExpensive futures bets are widespread. High-cost contracts make up 70.15% of tracked open contract value; forced closures were 0.03% of that open value; 74% of closures hit bets on a rise. This shows where traders were hurt; it does not prove futures caused the price move.

Expensive futures bets are widespread. High-cost contracts make up 70.15% of tracked open contract value; forced closures were 0.03% of that open value; 74% of closures hit bets on a rise. This shows where traders were hurt; it does not prove futures caused the price move. The interactive chart appears when JavaScript is available.

How to read the chartRight means rise bets are paying. Left means fall bets are paying. Bigger circles mean more contract value remains open. The rate can change every few hours.

3. Is new money arriving?

Stablecoins are digital dollars, the cash of crypto. More of them means more cash is ready to spend. It does not prove anyone spent it.

AnswerFewer digital dollars: Stablecoin supply fell 0.77% this week, and on-chain trading fell 14.16% from last week. These are weekly numbers, so they cannot explain one day's move. Stablecoin supply changed -0.77% this week and +0.08% this month. On-chain trading changed -14.2% from last week. The three largest networks hold 69.1% of value kept in on-chain apps.

Stablecoin supply is $303.76B, -0.77% over seven days.

Digital-dollar supplyMore supply means more digital dollars exist. The vertical scale follows the recent range rather than starting at zero.

The three largest networks hold 69.1% of value kept in on-chain apps.

Where app value sitsThis is value held in on-chain apps, not the total value of each network.

4. Are traders ready for a big swing?

Options are insurance against big price moves. Their price shows how big a move traders expect. We compare that with how much Bitcoin has actually been moving. If it has moved more than traders expect, they may be too relaxed.

AnswerTraders expect what they see: The swing option prices expect is close to the swing Bitcoin has made.

Swing traders expect30.5%

Swing actually seen31.5%

Traders expect what they see: The swing option prices expect is close to the swing Bitcoin has made.

How to read the chartThe horizontal line is Bitcoin’s recent movement. Points above it price a larger future move.

5. Coin by coin

Each large coin’s move, how busy its trading was, and what futures traders pay to keep their bets open.

4 of 20 tracked large coins (not counting stablecoins) rose over 24 hours.

#	Asset	Price	24-hour move	Trading vs size	Yearly cost of a futures bet	What it shows
13	MoneroXMR	$608.03	+2.3%	1.5%	Not available	Up, but trading is light
10	ZcashZEC	$1,150.78	+0.8%	3.1%	Not available	Today reversed the week
4	BNBBNB	$730.83	+0.4%	0.7%	+0.0%	Today reversed the week
9	Figure HelocFIGR_HELOC	$1.02	+0.1%	0.1%	Not available	Today reversed the week
8	TRONTRX	$0.3312	-0.2%	1.0%	Not available	Today reversed the week
17	LEO TokenLEO	$9.03	-0.2%	0.0%	Not available	Today reversed the week
20	StellarXLM	$0.1763	-0.5%	1.6%	Not available	No strong pattern
12	DogecoinDOGE	$0.0793	-0.6%	2.7%	+6.1%	No strong pattern
7	SolanaSOL	$104.39	-0.7%	3.6%	+9.7%	No strong pattern
5	XRPXRP	$1.30	-0.8%	1.5%	+11.0%	No strong pattern
16	ChainlinkLINK	$11.98	-1.0%	2.4%	Not available	No strong pattern
2	EthereumETH	$2,393.85	-1.1%	3.1%	+8.8%	No strong pattern
1	BitcoinBTC	$81,550.00	-1.1%	1.4%	+11.0%	No strong pattern
15	WhiteBIT CoinWBT	$79.62	-1.2%	1.0%	Not available	No strong pattern
18	CardanoADA	$0.2168	-1.3%	2.7%	+11.0%	No strong pattern
11	HyperliquidHYPE	$78.44	-1.3%	3.2%	Not available	No strong pattern
22	Bitcoin CashBCH	$273.33	-2.1%	2.3%	Not available	Today reversed the week
24	LitecoinLTC	$58.81	-2.3%	4.7%	Not available	No strong pattern
19	RainRAIN	$0.008805	-3.9%	0.3%	Not available	No strong pattern
21	NEAR ProtocolNEAR	$4.69	-6.1%	11.6%	Not available	Sharp fall

What would change the answer?

The warning strengthens if more large coins fall, the typical loss deepens, and forced closures grow together. It weakens if the typical coin turns positive and more than half of large coins rise. One signal alone should not change the view.