Today kicks off with the BTC USD pair still dominating news headlines. It’s flying above $120K mark, posting 1% gains in 24 hours. Right behind it, BNB is stealing the spotlight, pushing to $1,111 all-time high(ATH) after a 6.3% rally.
XRP is not far off, trading at 3.06 USD with an almost 4% jump, hinting that the altcoin season is coming. Uptober is simply twisting the fate of crypto.
BNB Fires ATH as BTC Stays Strong
BNB is breaking ATH after ATH for months now. The move reflects deep confidence in the Binance ecosystem. CoinGlass shows $2.38 billion in 24h volume and elevated open interest, while funding rates stay firmly positive. Liquidations are relatively muted as most traders are holding steady.
(source – BNB Volume, Coinglass)
BNB
1.71%
BNB
BNB
Price
$729.19
1.71% /24h
Volume in 24h
$495.07M
Price 7d
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market cap as reported by Coingecko is nearing $150 billion, strong above Solana. Even though BTC USD remains the baseline in most crypto news today, BNB’s surge demands attention. It’s becoming a sleeper chain right now.
(source – BNB Data, CoinGecko)
Meanwhile, BTC USD is not stopping. Its market cap still towers north of $2.4 trillion, just 2x more to Nvidia, and BTC’s role as benchmark remains intact. But the narrative is shifting. Chains like BNB are showing strong capital flows and network vitality, which starts nibbling at
Bitcoin
1.81%
Bitcoin
BTC
Price
$81,454.38
1.81% /24h
Volume in 24h
$25.49B
Price 7d
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XRP, SOL, and ETH Trying to Shrink the Gap Against BTC USD
XRP USD is showing signs of life. CoinGlass reports $6–7 billion in derivatives volume and open interest already in the billions. With exchange supply sliding,
XRP
1.23%
XRP
XRP
Price
$1.33
1.23% /24h
Volume in 24h
$1.53B
Price 7d
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technicals are heading toward resistance zones. The narrative around RLUSD adoption adds weight to its growth story, too.
not enough people talk about @ripple and RLUSD and the xrp ledger.
in the mainstream media.
so i did.
live on nasdaq tv.
to the billion-dollar institutions that trade on this exchange every day. pic.twitter.com/8RBZWSQjej
— Phil Kwok | EasyA (@kwok_phil) October 2, 2025
Then there’s
Solana
2.95%
Solana
SOL
Price
$104.35
2.95% /24h
Volume in 24h
$2.06B
Price 7d
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, trading around $232. It’s up by 6%, with volumes touching close to $9.8 billion. DefiLlama indicates Solana’s active address metrics are above past Ethereum’s in certain windows.
(source – SOL Active Addresses, Defillama)
Ethereum
1.96%
Ethereum
ETH
Price
$2,417.15
1.96% /24h
Volume in 24h
$9.92B
Price 7d
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, meanwhile, trades just under $4,500 with $45 billion in volume. Its TVL remains sturdy, led by staking services like Lido, commanding tens of billions locked. But in recent days, SOL’s on-chain revenue has reportedly outpaced ETH’s by more than 2×. Perhaps, crypto hasn’t yet experienced the ETH on-chain season.
Altseason signals are flicking green, and the altcoin index sits around 66, a number that shows appetite beyond BTC USD. BNB at ATH and XRP rockets add flavor to that shift against the USD. If BTC won the test resistance near 124,000 USD, the next leg could be defined by how alts punch through their own ceilings.
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