Crypto market weakens in Week 47 while select tokens deliver strong gains
This week’s crypto swings highlight which tokens are weathering the storm and which are getting swept up in the market’s sudden turbulence.
It’s been a few weeks of decline, with crypto enthusiasts starting to believe we’re already in the bear cycle. Even with strong earnings and optimistic forecasts from top tech companies like Nvidia, the volatility across crypto and stocks isn’t letting up. And Bitcoin dipping below 86k only makes it more obvious that confidence is starting to thin out.
A quick look at the chart and you can get the full picture. Starknet is among the outliers breaking through the noise at about $0.227 after a sharp 62% jump on more than $653 million in weekly volume. Zcash is pushing in the same direction, trading around $660 and up roughly 36%, with more than $2.2 billion moved this week.
Aster also held its ground, climbing to $1.24 after a 20% rise and close to a billion dollars traded. Even smaller names like MYX at $2.51, Pi at $0.24, and Dash at $68 managed to stay in the green with solid liquidity behind them.
The losses, however, are spread across a much wider part of the market. Canton is down almost 25% and now trades at eight cents, with over $54 million moving through it. Story slipped to $2.50 after a 23% drop, while Internet Computer fell to $4.67, losing more than 22% on nearly $300 million in volume.
Morpho, Pump.fun, Toncoin, and Virtual Protocol all saw weekly declines hovering around 20%, each reflecting the broader risk-off tone. Even the more familiar names like Celestia at $0.713, Cardano at $0.426, and Sui at $1.49 weren’t spared, posting sharp double-digit losses despite strong liquidity.
So, while the overall momentum shows a bearish tilt, with panic and fear hanging over the market, a handful of tokens are breaking away with surprising strength, but a much larger group is slipping deeper into weekly losses. It’s the kind of pattern you usually see when sentiment is stretched thin, and traders are being very selective about where they want exposure.
David Adubiina
