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<h3 id="what-to-know">What to Know</h3>
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 <li>Major coins declined broadly, with Bitcoin falling below $76,000 while XRP recorded the steepest loss among leading cryptocurrencies.</li>
 <li>Zcash resisted the wider market decline, gaining 3.2%, whereas Ethereum, Solana, BNB, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, and TRON posted losses across exchanges.</li>
 <li>Cortex and Synapse led smaller-token gains above 120%, while Lisk recorded the highest trading volume among listed gainers in comparison.</li>
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The cryptocurrency market traded lower as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, BNB, Solana, Hyperliquid, and Dogecoin recorded losses across major exchanges. <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According to CoinGecko</a>, Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 2.2% to $75,768.74 on $39.36 billion in volume, while its market capitalization remained at $1.52 trillion. 
Ethereum (ETH) fell 3.9% to $2,397.60 with $18.76 billion in volume, while BNB (BNB) declined 1.2% to $711.72. XRP (XRP) recorded the largest major-coin loss, dropping 8.1% to $1.29, while its trading volume reached $5.93 billion. 
Additionally, Solana (SOL) declined 4.1% to $97.00, whereas TRON (TRX) showed greater resilience by slipping 0.8% to $0.3348. Zcash (ZEC) gained 3.2% to reach $1,183.34, while Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Dogecoin (DOGE) recorded losses of 3.0% and 3.8%. 
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<h2 id="top-gainers">Top Gainers</h2>
Lower-ranked tokens&nbsp;<a href="https://36crypto.com/crypto-market-holds-steady-as-xrp-and-bitcoin-gain-while-blorb-soars-957-8/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">produced much stronger returns</a>, although their smaller markets may expose traders to greater volatility and thinner liquidity.&nbsp;Cortex (CX) led the gainers with a 124.8% surge to $0.03274, although its $1.81 million volume showed comparatively weaker liquidity. Synapse (SYN) followed, gaining 123.6% to $0.1795 as trading volume reached a stronger $72.40 million. 
Meanwhile, Orbio.so (ORBIO) advanced 107.5% to $0.02606, but its $4.83 million volume remained modest compared with Synapse. Moreover, BLORB (BLORB) climbed 74.6% to $0.1128, supported by approximately $2.30 million in trading volume. 
Akedo (AKE) gained 73.5% to reach $0.02867, while its $88.58 million volume reflected stronger participation among traders. Additionally, ALLINU (ALLINU) increased 59.2% to $0.0209 as trading activity reached $26.25 million. 
Edel (EDEL) rose 45.3% to $0.02627, although its trading volume remained lower at approximately $3.80 million. Elsewhere, Derive (DRV) gained 22.4% to trade at $0.1716, supported by $24.38 million in volume. 
Lisk (LSK) completed the leading gainers with a 20.0% increase, lifting its price to $0.4915. Significantly, Lisk recorded $125.26 million in volume, the highest total among listed gainers during the measured period. Overall, major cryptocurrencies faced broad losses, while smaller tokens attracted strong speculative demand and delivered notable percentage gains. 
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