BTC Gains $10K, BNB Sets New ATH, ZEC Soars by 170% as Uptober Begins: Your Weekly Crypto Recap

A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets in the span of just a ￰0￱ though we have said this many times in the past, the narrative proved correct once ￰1￱ that the entire market situation was quite dire at the end of the previous business ￰2￱ had come on the heels of a rally to $118,000 after the US Federal Reserve cut the interest rates for the first time in 2025, but was violently rejected there, and the subsequent correction drove it south ￰3￱ just several days, it lost nearly $10,000 and dipped to a multi-week low of under $109,000. This crucial support held the price on the way south despite being tested on several occasions in ￰4￱ calmed over the weekend, and the bulls finally reemerged at the start of the current business ￰5￱ initiated an impressive rally on Monday that drove BTC north by roughly six grand to $115,000.

After a brief correction to $113,000, they resumed control of the market and pushed the cryptocurrency higher in the following days, which culminated yesterday with a surge to just over $121,000. This became bitcoin’s highest price tag in over seven ￰6￱ it has stopped there, at least for now, BTC still stands above $120,000 as of press ￰7￱ means that it has added more than $10,000 since last Friday and is now inches away from a new all-time ￰8￱ of new records, it’s worth highlighting BNB, which went into uncharted territory earlier today at over $1,100. In terms of weekly gains, though, the past 7 days belong to ￰9￱ privacy token has skyrocketed by 170% to a three-year peak of just over $150.

The chart below will demonstrate many altcoin winners from the past week, including ETH, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, SUI, XLM, and others, all of which have posted double-digit ￰10￱ Data Weekly Market Overview:) | ETH: $4,460 (+12.14%) | XRP: $3.03 (+9.4%) This Week’s Crypto Headlines You Can’t Miss MicroStrategy Announces New Bitcoin Buy, Now Holds Over 640,000 ￰11￱ much of a surprise here as Saylor’s Strategy announced its latest BTC acquisition of 196 units, pushing its total holdings beyond 640,000. Interestingly, Metaplanet made a substantially larger purchase this week of 5,268 BTC, which drove its stash to 30,823. No Reaction From Crypto Markets as US Govt Shuts ￰12￱ so-called ‘Uptober’ (in the crypto community) began with a bang in terms of price reactions, but also with massive news from the US, as the government had to shut down due to Democrats and Republicans failing to reach a deal on several major pieces of ￰13￱ Kiyosaki Says Bitcoin Is the Only Real Hedge as Buffett Turns to ￰14￱ years of bashing gold, Warren Buffett turned the tables and embraced the yellow metal following its significant run in ￰15￱ Kiyosaki said he read between the lines and now expects a major crash in the stock market.

consequently, he believes BTC is the only real ￰16￱ Supply Crisis? Exchanges Can’t Keep Up With Surging ￰17￱ rushed to take their ETH out of exchanges during the most recent run that saw the asset go from $3,800 to $4,500. According to some reports, trading platforms couldn’t keep up with the surging withdrawals at one ￰18￱ Poised for Huge Gains as Gold Correlation Suggests Late November ￰19￱ before the impressive rally to $121,000, popular crypto analyst Ted Pillows outlined a notable correlation between BTC and gold, which, he indicated, could result in a big run in Q4 for the digital asset. Bitcoin’s Bull Run Backed by Growing Long-Term ￰20￱ previous bull runs, which seemed more speculative due to the participation mostly of retail investors, this one is backed by a growing number of long-term holders, as well as institutions, said CryptoQuant’s Avocado_onchain.

Charts This week, we have a chart analysis of Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid – click here for the complete price analysis .