[비즈한국] This report summarizes the market status and trends of major cryptocurrencies ranked within the top 300 by market capitalization over the past week. We provide key information covering major assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as crucial issues in the altcoin market and global policy variables. We aim to make the highly volatile cryptocurrency market as easy and fun to understand as watching Netflix.
According to CoinMarketCap, a global cryptocurrency market tracking site, Zcash (ZEC) took the top spot in the cryptocurrency market with a weekly gain of 106.57% between 11:00 AM on September 25 and 11:00 AM on October 2. Zcash is a 'privacy coin' similar to Monero (XMR), which encrypts transaction details to prevent third-party surveillance. Its current price is 168,789 KRW, with a market capitalization of 2.7415 trillion KRW.
Second place went to MYX Finance (MYX), with a weekly gain of 88.66%. MYX Finance is a platform providing financial solutions, aiming for the decentralization of financial services. Its current price was 23,802 KRW, and its market capitalization is 4.6916 trillion KRW.
Third place went to PUMP (PUMP), which recorded a weekly gain of 25.85%. PUMP is a Solana-based decentralized meme coin platform that has attracted many users by allowing anyone to create meme coins with low fees of 0.02 SOL. Its current price is 9.75 KRW, and its market capitalization is 3.4520 trillion KRW.
Dexe (DEXE), ranked 4th, recorded a weekly gain of 18.14%. Dexe is a governance token for operating a decentralized exchange, with the goal of building a fully decentralized system. Its current price was 15,952 KRW, and its market capitalization is 1.3357 trillion KRW.
Fifth place went to Aptos (APT), which recorded a weekly gain of 17.11%. Aptos is a cryptocurrency developed by engineers from Meta's (formerly Facebook) blockchain project. Following support from FTX (pre-bankruptcy) and Binance, it announced on the 1st (local time) that it would collaborate with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the project led by the family of U.S. President Trump. Aptos CEO Avery Ching announced at TOKEN 2049 that, along with this news, the stablecoin 'USD1' would be launched on the Aptos network on October 6 and would be immediately supported by various exchanges and DeFi protocols. The current price of Aptos is 6,850 KRW, and its market capitalization is 4.8191 trillion KRW.
At the same time, Plasma (XPL) ranked 6th with a weekly gain of 17.04%. Sonic SVM (S) came in 7th with a 15.68% gain, and Litecoin (LTC) took 8th with a 15.26% rise. Mantle (MNT) recorded a 12.95% weekly gain to rank 9th, and Quant (QNT) secured 10th place with an 11.79% rise.
The strong rally of Zcash stood out in the cryptocurrency market this week. Experts evaluated, "It showed a significant movement by decisively breaking through a long-standing falling wedge pattern." Expectations that MYX Finance could be listed on Coinbase during the fourth quarter of 2025 have persisted, and after surging from 1 dollar to 19 dollars, it did not return to its original price. MYX, which had been holding in the 9-dollar range, began rising again as of September 27, recording an 88.66% weekly gain. This trend demonstrates that cryptocurrency is growing as it converges with various industries.
※This article was co-written by Bizhankook and MetaVX's generative AI.