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The weekend is not going in the typical calm manner as BTC dipped to a 5-week low of $79,100 on Saturday before it staged a notable comeback.
Most altcoins followed suit, and we will also talk about their weekly movements, as there are some painful declines.
<h2 id="btc-recovers-from-a-5-week-low">BTC Recovers From a 5-Week Low</h2>
It’s safe to say that the past week or so didn’t go quite well for the primary cryptocurrency, aside from a brief uptick on Wednesday. Bitcoin tanked after the CPI and PPI readings from the previous week to just under $80,000 but managed to rebound quickly to $82,600. Another rejection followed, but the bulls managed to keep the asset above $80,500.
The start of the new business week led to another attempt at $83,000, but BTC was halted again, and it dropped to $81,000. A sudden price pump on Tuesday and an even more profound surge on Wednesday drove the cryptocurrency to almost $85,000 for the first time in approximately two weeks.
However, the predominantly bearish market sentiment <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-rejected-at-85k-as-macro-pressure-mounts-and-fomc-looms-weekly-crypto-recap/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">prevailed</a> once again, and bitcoin nosedived quickly. It first dipped below $83,000 before it <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-btc-tanks-toward-80k-ripple-xrp-loses-key-support-weekend-watch/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">crashed</a> to under $81,000. It remained there at the end of the week before it suddenly <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-price-suddenly-dumps-below-80k-as-liquidations-surge-to-670m/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">plunged</a> to $79,100 (on most exchanges) on Saturday. Permanent critic Peter Schiff was quick to predict another drop to $75,000, but BTC <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-reclaims-80k-immediately-after-peter-schiff-predicted-a-crash-to-75k/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">defied</a> him (again) and jumped to $80,900.
It was stopped there and is currently fighting to stay above $80,000. Its market cap has declined to $1.610 trillion on CMC, while its dominance over the alts remains at 60%.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BTCUSD-October-25.png" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BTCUSD-October-25.png" alt="BTCUSD October 25. Source: TradingView" width="1835" height="917"></a>
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 BTCUSD October 25. Source: TradingView
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<h2 id="alts-in-red-mostly">Alts in Red (Mostly)</h2>
The weekly charts are quite painful for most altcoins. Ethereum is down by nearly 4% and now struggles at $2,330. XRP continues to trade below $1.30, while SOL is down to $101 after a 3% drop. Even more violent drops come from the likes of NEAR (-11.4%), RAIN (-12.7%), TAO (-8%), QNT (-8.6%), BTW (-28%), AVAX (-10.5%), DOT (-8.3%), AAVE (-12%), and HBAR (-13.5%).
In contrast, PEPE has soared by 13%, while M, even though it’s down by 15% in the past 24 hours, has soared by 25% weekly. XMR, ZEC, and BNB are also slightly in the green.
The total crypto market cap has broken below $2.7 trillion on CMC after another 0.4% decline since yesterday.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-25-133708.png" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-25-133708.png" alt="Cryptocurrency Market Overview October 25. Source: QuantifyCrypto" width="1882" height="804"></a>
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 Cryptocurrency Market Overview October 25. Source: QuantifyCrypto
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The post <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/worst-performing-altcoins-this-week-as-btc-battles-to-hold-80k-weekend-watch/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Worst-Performing Altcoins This Week as BTC Battles to Hold $80K: Weekend Watch</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CryptoPotato</a>.

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