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Altcoin Season Sparks Wild Moves: Cronos Soars 25% as Aave and BGB Fight to Hold Ground

Crypto markets in late August are seeing pockets of rotation rather than broad altcoin rallies . Today’s standout is Cronos (CRO), which has vaulted over 20% in the past 24 ￰1￱ and Bitget Token show steadier moves, but attention centers on Cronos for its sharp move during this altcoin ￰2￱ (CRO): Exchange Token Surges, Driven by Usage and Derivatives Cronos is trading near $0.20 today—a roughly 25% gain over the past ￰3￱ cap stands at $6.52 billion, with a circulating supply of ~33.6 billion tokens and a max supply of 100 ￰4￱ jump stems from multiple factors. First, Cronos just announced its 2025-2026 roadmap to target “compliant, AI-accessible primitives for tokenization.” Our 2025 – 2026 Roadmap is now live: The Golden Age of On-Chain ￰5￱ roadmap: ￰0￱ Our vision is clearer than ever: turn global finance into open, programmable rails that ANYONE can use – newbies, DeFi degens, creators, builders,… ￰6￱ — Cronos (@cronos_chain) August 26, 2025 Second, Canary Capital’s staked CRO ETF filing indicated institutional interest in token staking products.

Third, Cronos’s July POS v6 upgrade—adding Cosmos SDK, IBC support, and a network “circuit breaker”—has boosted developer and on-chain activity, with gas usage rising 14%, and contract deployment up 33%. These developments together explain today’s price action: increased derivatives access, ETF speculation, and infrastructure improvement have converged into sudden ￰7￱ has drawn attention through both structural upgrades and trader ￰8￱ (AAVE): DeFi Backbone Holds Steady Aave is trading near $334, with a daily trading volume around $800 million and a live market cap near $5.05 ￰9￱ data shows that August’s price has moved from the low $260s early in the month to over $330 ￰10￱ Price () Aave remains central to DeFi lending and borrowing, with steady usage across ￰11￱ price action has been less sharp than that of Cronos, suggesting lower volatility and reliance on continued platform ￰12￱ gives AAVE a more muted role in today’s altseason momentum—still important, but not the ￰13￱ Token (BGB): Utility with Deflationary Structure BGB is trading near $4.6 , with a market cap of $5.2 ￰14￱ ecosystem role spans fee discounts, staking, Launchpad access, and travel/dining ￰15￱ April, Bitget introduced a gas-linked burn ￰16￱ Q2, it burned ~30 million tokens (~2.5% of the supply), indicating commitment to ￰17￱ days show technical resistance: BGB was rejected near the ~$4.84 Fibonacci level, and lower momentum indicators appeared in RSI and ￰18￱ has declined, suggesting cautious sentiment.

Still, its utility across centralized and on-chain services and ongoing burns gives it structural ￰19￱ Tokens with Underestimated Potential in Altcoin Season Altcoin season today shows more fragmentation than past ￰20￱ of uniform rallies, strength emerges in a few tokens tied to specific ￰21￱ creates pockets of turnover without changing Bitcoin’s dominance, which still shapes most asset ￰22￱ common factor among current movers is ￰23￱ that sit inside exchange ecosystems, DeFi protocols, or established trading platforms have liquidity that can absorb large ￰24￱ demonstrates how infrastructure upgrades and new derivative pairs can spark sharp ￰25￱ shows steady demand from users who borrow and lend regardless of price ￰26￱ Token maintains flows through its exchange-linked features and token ￰27￱ participation would require stronger volume across categories, a flattening of funding rate extremes, and tighter correlations across sector ￰28￱ then, rallies remain concentrated, rewarding tokens with existing depth and clear functions rather than thinly traded names.

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