🚀 This Week’s Hottest Altcoin Gainers Exposed While BTC Holds Steady at $115K: Your Weekend Crypto Briefing

Bitcoin stabilizes at $115,000 as altcoins erupt—here's who's leading the charge.

Market Movers

While Bitcoin consolidates its massive gains, alternative cryptocurrencies are stealing the spotlight with explosive rallies. Traders pivot toward risk-on assets as stability in the flagship crypto fuels altseason momentum.

Top Performers

Several altcoins posted double-digit surges, outpacing BTC's sideways action. The gains reflect renewed institutional interest and retail FOMO kicking into high gear—because nothing says 'healthy market' like a good old-fashioned pump.

Weekend Outlook

Watch for volatility as weekend trading volumes spike. History suggests calm BTC periods often precede altcoin breakouts—or brutal corrections. Either way, someone's getting rich while everyone else refreshes their portfolios every thirty seconds.

BTC Stalls at $115K

The business week didn’t go all that well for the primary cryptocurrency as its price started to lose traction from Monday. It first dipped to $115,000, and after an unsuccessful bounce, it quickly resumed its downfall with a nosedive to $113,000 by Wednesday and Thursday.

Friday was expected to be an even more volatile trading day and didn’t disappoint. At first, Bitcoin dug a new local low, dropping below $112,000 for the first time since early July. However, as Jerome Powell took the stage to address the nation about the Fed’s upcoming monetary policy changes, the cryptocurrency began to recover lost ground rapidly.

Within an hour, the asset skyrocketed to over $117,000 as Powell hinted about potential rate cuts coming as soon as September.

Nevertheless, BTC’s momentum has cooled off since then, and the asset is just under $115,000 as of press time, which is essentially the same as yesterday. Its market cap has slipped below $2.290 trillion, while its dominance over the alts has taken another hit and is down to 56.3%.

Alts Going Wild

Following Powell’s speech on Friday, many altcoins produced even more impressive gains than BTC. This included ETH, which rocketed to just under $4,900 to set a new all-time high. Although it has retraced slightly since then, it’s still 5% up weekly. SOL has performed even better, gaining nearly 8% since this time last Sunday.

XMR, TRX, LINK, and AVAX have jumped by around 3-5%, while AAVE has soared by 14% weekly to $350. OKB has stolen the show as a 60% pump has driven it to almost $200 as of now.

In contrast, XRP, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, SUI, and XLM have declined by up to 7.5% in the case of Hyperliquid’s native token.

The total crypto market cap has lost over $40 billion since yesterday and is down to $4.060 trillion on CG.