Major cryptocurrencies were largely positive on August 26, 2026, with Bitcoin at $79,055, up 0.60%, while Ether gained 0.75% to $2,463.22. Bitcoin recorded 14.20% weekly and 24.03% monthly gains, while Ether rose 9.57% weekly and 30.27% monthly. However, both remained negative YTD and YoY at -9.67%/-28.96% for Bitcoin and -17.00%/-45.24% for Ether.
Among other major cryptocurrencies, Binance rose 0.54%, with weekly and monthly gains of 11.35% and 23.19%. Cardano gained 1.37%, up 14.15% weekly and 36.41% monthly. Solana advanced 0.60%, while XRP rose 0.57% and recorded the strongest weekly gain among the listed major assets at 30.76%.
Polkadot gained 0.67%, Avalanche 0.80%, Cosmos 0.87%, Litecoin 1.08%, Uniswap 0.74% and Algorand 0.70%. Polygon was marginally lower by 0.01%, despite strong 49.51% weekly and 57.76% monthly gains. Dai remained almost flat at $1.00011, with 0.00% daily movement.
The market continued to show a mixed longer-term picture, with most cryptocurrencies remaining negative on a YTD and YoY basis despite strong weekly and monthly recoveries.
Market Cap: Bitcoin stood at $1,573,585M, followed by Ether at $385,050M, Binance at $92,170M, XRP at $89,412M and Solana at $56,210M.
