Daily Market Summary

Crypto market recap
16 September 2026

Market cap change[1]+0.54%
Total market cap[1]$3.81T
24h volume[1]$187.5B
BTC dominance[1]40.0%

AI led with +5.60%[2]. Infrastructure was the weakest at -0.46%[2].

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Sector performance

Market-cap weighted average 24h change for each sector[1]. Coins are grouped using CoinGecko category data[2].

1🤖AI116 coins
+5.60%
2⬡Layer 266 coins
+4.80%
3🏛️RWA38 coins
+2.45%
4⬡Layer 1172 coins
+1.08%
5😂Memes109 coins
+1.03%
6🎮Gaming128 coins
+0.58%
7📈DeFi119 coins
+0.46%
8🖥️Infrastructure124 coins
-0.46%

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Top gainers (≥ $1B market cap)

Coins with a market cap above $1B[1], ranked by 24h price change[1].

ZcashZEC$21.8B+20.58%
NEAR ProtocolNEAR$3.4B+14.45%
PolkadotDOT$1.6B+9.15%
DotDOT$1.6B+9.15%
EthenaENA$1.0B+8.76%
OndoONDO$1.1B+6.84%
UniswapUNI$4.3B+5.99%
StellarXLM$6.0B+5.38%
AsterASTER$1.2B+4.26%
SuiSUI$2.6B+3.85%

Biggest declines (≥ $1B market cap)

Coins with a market cap above $1B[1], ranked by 24h decline[1].

Wrapped stETHWSTETH$9.3B-3.49%
AaveAAVE$1.8B-1.51%
MoneroXMR$9.2B-1.13%
HederaHBAR$3.1B-0.80%
Zeus NetworkZEUS$1.02T-0.49%
HieSwap Bridged USDT (FONChain)USDT$183.1B-0.05%
TetherUSDT$183.1B-0.05%
BFUSDBFUSD$1.7B-0.01%
PAX GoldPAXG$1.2B-0.01%
USDCUSDC$74.0B0.00%

References

  1. CoinLore — Live cryptocurrency prices, market capitalisation, 24-hour trading volume, and percentage price changes. All price metrics are sourced from CoinLore and reflect a point-in-time snapshot captured at Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:37:46 GMT. coinlore.com
  2. CoinGecko category data — Coins are assigned to market sectors (AI, DeFi, Layer 2, Memes, Gaming, RWA, Layer 1, Infrastructure) based on CoinGecko's category taxonomy. Sector performance is the market-cap weighted average of all coins in that category which have live price data. coingecko.com
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