📈 Bitcoin has recovered to above $96.6K today, and altcoins are surging once again as a result. Here are the top 10 coins (among $500M+ market caps) seeing crowd sentiment rises compared to the week prior:

🥳 1) Chainlink $LINK
🪩 2) Sui $SUI
🍾 3) USD Coin $USDC
🎉 4) Toncoin $TON
🪅 5) dYdX $DYDX
🥂 6) Avalanche $AVAX
🎊 7) EOS
🪇 8) Bitcoin Gold $BTG
😃 9) Popcat $POPCAT
🙌 10) Gnosisdao $GNO

🗣️ Altcoin euphoria continues with crypto ending its week with speculative large caps seeing major rises in discussion rates. The top trending projects driving markets are:

🪙 Toncoin $TON - Association with the cryptocurrency The Open Network (TON) in the context of the Hamster Kombat airdrop.

🪙 Shiba Inu $SHIB - Discussions around its cryptocurrency and associated projects like Shibarium. The community is optimistic about a 33,000% increase in the burn rate, contributing to a 23% price rise recently.

🪙 Pepe $PEPE - Users are debating its potential for a bull run, comparing it to other memecoins like Shiba Inu. There is a sentiment that 'pepe' has not yet experienced significant growth, but many believe it could perform well in upcoming market cycles.

🐳 The decline in overall whale activity across most crypto assets has become more and more noticeable. Peak 2024 $100K+ transaction weeks for BTC & ETH compared to recently:

Bitcoin:
March 13-19: 115.1K Whale Transactions
August 21-27: 60.2K Whale Transactions

Ethereum:
March 13-19: 115.1K Whale Transactions
August 21-27: 31.8K Whale Transactions

Be mindful that a decline in whale activity doesn't necessarily mean they are dumping or prices are likely to drop as a result. Top addresses notoriously become most active during times when volatility is at its highest.

Overall, among activity that is happening from whales, Santiment data still indicates a steady flow of accumulation despite less overall transactions.

📈 Solana has made history today surpassing Binance Coin to move into the #4 spot in crypto for the 1st time in its 4+ years of trading. Expect the two assets to be in close proximity to one another, but SOL's +35% growth vs. BNB's +10% the past 2 weeks gives SOL the momentum.