Ethereum’s 29.5% weekly gain is the headline number, though Bitcoin’s 22.0% advance did the heavier lifting in dollar terms. The total market cap sits at $2.61 trillion as of 08:07 UTC on 24 August, down 0.88% over the past 24 hours—a modest pullback after a week that saw prices rip higher across nearly every corner of the market.
Seventy-six of the top 100 tokens by market cap finished the week in the green. Only 17 declined, and even the worst performers barely moved. Twenty-four-hour volume came in at $88.6 billion, respectable but not extraordinary given the scale of the weekly moves.
Everything below comes from data pulled 2026-08-24 08:07 UTC — see the live market overview, today’s movers, and the Fear & Greed index for where those numbers stand right now.
Bitcoin: $77,276, +22.0% on the week
Bitcoin touched $78,525 at its weekly high before settling at $77,276, a 22.0% gain over the seven days. The week’s low of $63,264 now looks distant. BTC dominance stands at 59.2%, essentially unchanged despite ETH’s outperformance—large-cap altcoins evidently kept pace rather than eating into Bitcoin’s share.
The $15,000+ intraweek range (low to high) is wide by recent standards, though the current price sits near the top of that band rather than mid-range, suggesting momentum carried through the weekend.
Ethereum: $2,451.34, +29.5% on the week
ETH’s 29.5% weekly gain took price from a low of $1,890.23 to a high of $2,524.34, settling at $2,451.34. That low-to-high move represents more than 33% of upside within the week itself. Ethereum’s dominance reads 11.3%, roughly flat, which means its gains were broadly in line with the rest of the altcoin cohort.
The ETH/BTC ratio, implied from the prices, works out to roughly 0.0317—slightly improved from where a 22% BTC move would leave it if ETH had merely kept pace.
Breadth: 76 up, 17 down
Breadth was emphatic: 76 advancers versus 17 decliners in the top 100. Ethena (ENA) led with a 92.3% gain to $0.161365, followed by Official Trump (TRUMP) at +72.2% to $2.42 and Pump.fun (PUMP) at +66.3% to $0.00491814.
On the losing side, the damage was shallow. JUST (JST) fell 9.2% to $0.099409, the week’s worst performance among top tokens. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) slipped 3.0% to $0.058672, and HTX DAO (HTX) edged down 2.3% to $0.00000176. When your biggest loser is down single digits, the week belonged to buyers.
Sentiment: Greed at 73
The Fear & Greed Index opened Monday the 17th at 31—firmly in Fear territory—and closed this Monday at 73, deep in Greed. The flip happened mid-week: Tuesday’s 41 and Wednesday’s 46 gave way to Thursday’s 62, and the index held above 70 through the weekend. That 42-point swing in eight days is a sharp reversal in crowd psychology, at least as this metric measures it.
What the data does and doesn’t say
The data show a week where nearly everything rose, fear evaporated, and even laggards barely lost ground. What it doesn’t show is why—no external catalysts appear in these numbers, only their aftermath. A 22% BTC move and 29.5% ETH move in seven days will invite questions about sustainability; the data, for now, simply records that it happened.
Sources
- CoinGecko — market caps, prices, volumes, dominance (fetched 2026-08-24 08:07 UTC)
- Alternative.me — Crypto Fear & Greed index series
