{"id":243538,"date":"2026-10-25T11:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=243538"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:40:06","slug":"worst-performing-altcoins-this-week-as-btc-battles-to-hold-80k-weekend-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=243538","title":{"rendered":"Worst-Performing Altcoins This Week as BTC Battles to Hold $80K: Weekend Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend is not going in the typical calm manner as BTC dipped to a 5-week low of $79,100 on Saturday before it staged a notable comeback.<\/p>\n

Most altcoins followed suit, and we will also talk about their weekly movements, as there are some painful declines.<\/p>\n

BTC Recovers From a 5-Week Low<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s safe to say that the past week or so didn\u2019t go quite well for the primary cryptocurrency, aside from a brief uptick on Wednesday. Bitcoin tanked after the CPI and PPI readings from the previous week to just under $80,000 but managed to rebound quickly to $82,600. Another rejection followed, but the bulls managed to keep the asset above $80,500.<\/p>\n

The start of the new business week led to another attempt at $83,000, but BTC was halted again, and it dropped to $81,000. A sudden price pump on Tuesday and an even more profound surge on Wednesday drove the cryptocurrency to almost $85,000 for the first time in approximately two weeks.<\/p>\n

However, the predominantly bearish market sentiment prevailed<\/a> once again, and bitcoin nosedived quickly. It first dipped below $83,000 before it crashed<\/a> to under $81,000. It remained there at the end of the week before it suddenly plunged<\/a> to $79,100 (on most exchanges) on Saturday. Permanent critic Peter Schiff was quick to predict another drop to $75,000, but BTC defied<\/a> him (again) and jumped to $80,900.<\/p>\n

It was stopped there and is currently fighting to stay above $80,000. Its market cap has declined to $1.610 trillion on CMC, while its dominance over the alts remains at 60%.<\/p>\n

<\/a>BTCUSD October 25. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n

Alts in Red (Mostly)<\/h2>\n

The weekly charts are quite painful for most altcoins. Ethereum is down by nearly 4% and now struggles at $2,330. XRP continues to trade below $1.30, while SOL is down to $101 after a 3% drop. Even more violent drops come from the likes of NEAR (-11.4%), RAIN (-12.7%), TAO (-8%), QNT (-8.6%), BTW (-28%), AVAX (-10.5%), DOT (-8.3%), AAVE (-12%), and HBAR (-13.5%).<\/p>\n

In contrast, PEPE has soared by 13%, while M, even though it\u2019s down by 15% in the past 24 hours, has soared by 25% weekly. XMR, ZEC, and BNB are also slightly in the green.<\/p>\n

The total crypto market cap has broken below $2.7 trillion on CMC after another 0.4% decline since yesterday.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview October 25. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n

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The weekend is not going in the typical calm manner as BTC dipped to a 5-week low of $79,100 on Saturday before it staged a notable comeback. Most altcoins followed suit, and we will also talk about their weekly movements, as there are some painful declines. BTC Recovers From a 5-Week Low It\u2019s safe to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=243538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=243538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=243538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=243538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}