Trump-Musk Fallout? These Crypto Tokens Defied the Drama and Pumped Anyway
While political and billionaire Twitter feuds usually send markets into a tailspin, a handful of tokens shrugged off the noise—and rallied hard. Here’s what bucked the trend.
The Unstoppables:
Meme coins, privacy plays, and DeFi blue chips all posted double-digit gains amid the chaos. No one told them there was supposed to be a sell-off.
Why It Matters:
When crypto ignores mainstream drama, it’s either a sign of maturity… or that traders were too busy aping into the next shitcoin to notice. (Probably the latter.)
The Kicker:
Meanwhile, traditional finance pundits are still trying to explain Bitcoin’s ‘risk-on’ status—bless their spreadsheets.
Crypto isn’t heartbroken, these five tokens are rallying
Sectors like Made in China tokens, exchange platform’s native tokens and social coins like TRON rallied in the last seven days, even as billions of dollars in value were wiped from crypto market capitalization and top cryptos like BTC and ethereum (ETH) noted a price decline.
While market participants’ sentiment turned to “fear” from “neutral” in the same time period, speculating the aftermath of the Trump-Elon breakup. The sentiment among traders slowly recovered and reads between 62 and 64, on a scale of 0 to 100, representing “greed.”
Fear & Greed Index | Source: Alternative
These five tokens have rallied in the past seven days, outpacing Bitcoin and other top cryptos, unaffected by the public spat between Trump-Musk. TRON gained nearly 5%, CFX added 7% to its value, OKB rallied nearly 5%, ONT posted nearly 4% gains and SPX6900 observed a double-digit rally, up 30% in the last seven days.
The five tokens belong to different categories like Made in China coins CFX and TRON, exchange’s native token OKB, decentralized identity token ONT and Ethereum-based coin SPX6900.
Does the crypto rally have legs?
As Bitcoin’s market dominance (BTC market cap against the entire crypto market, including altcoins and stablecoins) continues to grow, there is a lower likelihood of an altcoin season. An altcoin season is a period of time where 75% of the cryptos ranked in the top 50 coins by market capitalization outperform bitcoin over a 90-day period.
Bitcoin market cap dominance daily chart | Source: TradingView
Typically, Bitcoin dominance stabilizes or reduces, paving the way for capital rotation and higher gains in altcoins, as seen in previous crypto cycles. The altcoin season index at Blockchaincenter shows it is not altcoin season yet, it is not even Bitcoin season and the index reads 20 on a scale of 0 to 100.
Altcoin Season Index | Source: Blockchaincenter
Commenting on the factors influencing Bitcoin and altcoin prices this week, Bitunix’s market team told FXStreet in a written note that:
“Long-end U.S. bond yields hit new highs due to poor auction yields, market risk appetite will deteriorate sharply, negative for risky assets, especially crypto markets. Bitcoin faces major pressure $106,500, key support is $104,000-103,500, if BTC loses $103,500 support, liquidation strength reaches $1.33 billion.”
Analysts recommend that traders “tightly control risk positions,” and observe the direction of capital flows to the US Dollar before making decisions on derivatives trades in crypto.
