Crypto summary for October 21: a day in the green, Pump.fun +12%

A day in the green: the 10 largest cryptocurrencies are rising, with the top 10 gaining an average of 4,69%.

Market data as of 20:55 (peninsular time) on 21/10. Prices change continuously.

The key points of the day

• Bitcoin and Ethereum: BTC 75.262 € (+ 2,59 %), ETH €2.230 (+ 2,92 %).
• What moved the most: Pump.fun + 11,54 %Near Protocol + 8,74 %.
• The reason for the day: The overall market advanced over the past 24 hours, with widespread gains among major assets and increased activity in several altcoins.

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What has moved the market

Risk assets rebounded, driven by the recovery in Asian tech stocks following results from SpaceX and Super Micro, with Bitcoin and altcoins also rising. View source

The increase in short position liquidations accompanied intraday upward movements in some assets, especially PUMP. View source

Altcoin activity focused on utilities/infrastructure and news about specific tokens (various sources from 2026-10-21).

Pump.fun (PUMP) It goes up 11,54%

Pump.fun goes from €0,00 to €0,00 in 24 hours.

• PUMP rose after liquidations of about $40.000 in short positions on Binance, Bybit and OKX; the news describes it as the immediate factor behind the move.
• PUMP rose 4,33% in one hour to $0,004967 and achieved an 11,77% gain over 24 hours. During that same movement, $50.000 worth of short positions were liquidated on Binance, Bybit, and OKX, while no long positions were liquidated; the news temporarily links the advance to this liquidation event.

Sources: Pluang · TokenPost

Near Protocol (NEAR) It goes up 8,74%

Near Protocol drops from €4,36 to €4,75 in 24 hours.

• NEAR rose as coverage highlighted that NEAR Intents surpassed $33.000 billion in cumulative volume and that the token returned to the top 20 by capitalization; the news also indicated increased trading activity.
• NEAR led the CoinDesk 100 index with a 6% gain during the session. The same report links the altcoin advance to Bitcoin's rebound and the recovery of Asian tech stocks.

Sources: Grounds · CoinDesk

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XRP It goes up 5,30%

XRP drops from €1,18 to €1,24 in 24 hours.

• Evernorth, a Nasdaq-listed XRP treasury, received key SEC approval to raise new capital; the hedge links it to fundamental support for XRP and helps explain the intraday rebound.
• XRP advanced along with the overall market rebound: CoinDesk reported a rise of nearly 3% during the session, while the article attributed the altcoins' movement to the recovery of Asian tech stocks and the advance of Bitcoin.
• Ripple Prime expanded institutional access to swaps across more than 100 markets and allows the use of RLUSD as collateral; the news reinforces the expansion of the institutional infrastructure linked to Ripple, although the source does not explicitly attribute the rise in XRP to this announcement.

Sources: u.today · Crypto · CoinDesk

To understand it better: What is XRP?, at Bit2Me Academy.

Ethereum (ETH) It goes up 2,92%

Ethereum drops from €2.167 to €2.230 in 24 hours.

• Ether advanced along with Bitcoin and the rest of the altcoins during the rebound associated with the recovery of Asian tech companies and the increased appetite for risk.

Sources: CoinDesk

To understand it better: What is Ethereum?, at Bit2Me Academy.

Left (LEFT) It goes up 2,62%

Solana goes from €94,21 to €96,68 in 24 hours.

Possible factor, unconfirmed:

• Solana rose between 1% and 2% during the session amid the altcoin rebound triggered by the recovery of Asian technology stocks and the advance of Bitcoin.
• Solana's Alpenglow update, which was intended to take approximately 150 milliseconds, was scheduled to be activated that day; the news report identifies it as a relevant network event, although it does not state that it directly caused the spike.

Sources: CoinDesk

To understand it better: What is Solana?, at Bit2Me Academy.

Bitcoin (BTC) It goes up 2,59%

Bitcoin drops from €73.362 to €75.262 in 24 hours.

• Bitcoin surged to a one-week high after strong results from SpaceX and Super Micro boosted Asian tech stocks and increased appetite for risk assets.

Sources: CoinDesk

To understand it better: What is Bitcoin?, at Bit2Me Academy.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) It goes up 2,58%

Hyperliquid goes from €71,04 to €72,87 in 24 hours.

• HYPE gained more than 3% during the session amid the overall advance of altcoins, while Bitcoin climbed to one-week highs following a recovery in Asian tech stocks.

Sources: CoinDesk

The rest of the top

Uniswap (+4,38%), Sui (+3,31%) and Litecoin (+2,96%) rose without an identified catalyst.

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