# Celestia Leads Crypto Gainers With 16.59% Rise as 59 Assets Fall By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/33886 Published: 2026-10-17T09:25:05.000Z Updated: 2026-10-17T09:25:05.000Z Section: Investing > Celestia reached $0.688 by 8 p.m. ET Oct. 16 (00:00 UTC Oct. 17). Bitcoin and Ether also fell over the same 24-hour period. Celestia (TIA) gained 16.59% to $0.688 in the 24 hours through 8 p.m. ET Oct. 16 (00:00 UTC Oct. 17), leading the listed crypto movers as 59 of the 90 largest cryptocurrencies excluding stablecoins declined. Celestia ranked 99th by market capitalization. Earlier on Oct. 16, it had risen 30.32% to $0.696 in a [morning market update](). Bitway (BTW), ranked 38th by market capitalization, rose 6.62% to $1.93. Lighter (LIT), ranked 90th, gained 4.97% to $3.18. Polkadot (DOT), ranked 50th, advanced 3.04% to $1.18, while JUST (JST), ranked 72nd, added 3.01% to $0.135. Stacks (STX) had the steepest listed decline, falling 9.47% to $0.389. Venice Token (VVV) lost 7.93% to $22.80, and Rain (RAIN) fell 7.69% to $0.00894. Pyth Network (PYTH) declined 6.73% to $0.0869, while Akedo (AKE) dropped 6.67% to $0.0305. Across the 90-asset group, 31 advanced and 59 declined. Bitcoin (BTC) stood at $81,533, down 0.76%, and Ether (ETH) was $2,421, down 0.82%. ## Links in this article - [morning market update](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/33488)