The cryptocurrency market traded lower on August 24, 2026, with Bitcoin declining 0.46% to $77,421 and Ether falling 0.94% to $2,440.88. Despite the daily weakness, major cryptocurrencies recorded strong weekly and monthly gains, with XRP leading the weekly rally at 48.30% and Polygon gaining 42.50%.
Bitcoin: Bitcoin traded at $77,421, down 0.46% on the day. It gained 20.16% over the week and 20.52% over the month, while remaining down 11.42% YTD and 29.66% YoY. Its market capitalisation stood at approximately $1.56 trillion.
Ether: Ether fell 0.94% to $2,440.88, despite gaining 27.82% weekly and 30.51% monthly. It remained down 17.62% YTD and 44.13% YoY, with a market cap of around $388.24 billion.
Binance: Binance gained 0.08% to $700.60, recording weekly and monthly gains of 15.67% and 23.11%, respectively. It remained down 19.00% YTD and 16.42% YoY, with a market cap of $93.22 billion.
Cardano: Cardano declined 2.82% to $0.22077, while gaining 26.87% weekly and 34.08% monthly. It remained down 33.66% YTD and 73.64% YoY, with a market cap of approximately $8.26 billion.
Solana: Solana fell 1.12% to $94.4359, but gained 24.46% over the week and 26.99% over the month. It remained down 24.03% YTD and 49.51% YoY, with a market cap of $55.54 billion.
XRP: XRP declined 2.22% to $1.48797, but recorded the strongest weekly gain among the listed cryptocurrencies at 48.30%. It was also up 35.50% monthly, while remaining down 19.19% YTD and 48.01% YoY. Its market cap stood at approximately $94.89 billion.
Polkadot: Polkadot fell 2.25% to $0.91, despite gaining 19.28% weekly and 11.63% monthly. It remained down 49.21% YTD and 75.72% YoY.
Avalanche: Avalanche declined 1.38% to $7.51, while gaining 18.45% weekly and 11.01% monthly. It remained down 38.94% YTD and 67.84% YoY.
Polygon: Polygon fell 2.28% to $0.11, but gained 42.50% weekly and 39.45% monthly. It was up 6.22% YTD, while remaining down 57.81% YoY.
Cosmos: Cosmos declined 2.27% to $1.57, while gaining 10.72% weekly and 13.36% monthly. It remained down 18.64% YTD and 64.49% YoY.
Dai: Dai remained almost unchanged at $0.99987, recording 0.00% daily, 0.03% weekly and -0.01% monthly movement. It was up 0.02% YTD and down 0.02% YoY, with a market cap of approximately $4.58 billion.
Litecoin: Litecoin declined 0.78% to $51.910, while gaining 16.53% weekly and 11.56% monthly. It remained down 32.39% YTD and 52.61% YoY, with a market cap of approximately $4.03 billion.
Uniswap: Uniswap fell 0.94% to $4.48, but gained 36.76% weekly and 22.60% monthly. It remained down 20.10% YTD and 53.74% YoY, with a market cap of approximately $2.80 billion.
