Daily Market Summary

Crypto market recap
18 September 2026

Market cap change[1]+4.02%
Total market cap[1]$3.98T
24h volume[1]$264.8B
BTC dominance[1]40.7%

AI led with +18.70%[2]. Infrastructure was the weakest at -0.30%[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🤖AI117 coins
+18.70%
2⬡Layer 264 coins
+13.02%
3😂Memes109 coins
+7.44%
4⬡Layer 1173 coins
+6.53%
5🏛️RWA38 coins
+6.38%
6🎮Gaming131 coins
+5.81%
7📈DeFi120 coins
+2.84%
8🖥️Infrastructure125 coins
-0.30%

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Top gainers (≥ $1B market cap)

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

AkedoAKE$1.1B+121.15%
ArbitrumARB$1.2B+25.53%
NEAR ProtocolNEAR$4.7B+20.91%
UniswapUNI$5.6B+15.53%
KaspaKAS$1.0B+12.94%
CardanoADA$8.1B+12.09%
SolanaSOL$61.4B+11.85%
Binance Staked SOLBNSOL$1.5B+11.74%
SuiSUI$2.9B+11.57%
AaveAAVE$2.2B+11.23%

Biggest declines (≥ $1B market cap)

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

JUSTJST$1.1B-0.75%
Zeus NetworkZEUS$1.02T-0.49%
HieSwap Bridged USDT (FONChain)USDT$182.8B-0.17%
TetherUSDT$182.8B-0.17%
USDCUSDC$74.0B-0.05%
BFUSDBFUSD$1.7B-0.02%
PayPal USDPYUSD$1.4B-0.01%
Ethena USDeUSDE$14.1B0.00%
DaiDAI$5.4B+0.01%
Aster USDFUSDF$1.9B+0.01%

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 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:37:48 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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