Bitway Leads Crypto Gainers With 37.11% Rise as 63 of 90 Fall

Bitway (BTW) rose 37.11% to $2.64, the largest gain among the 90 largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization as of 4 p.m. ET (20:00 UTC) Oct. 17. Stablecoins were excluded. Bitway ranked 31st by market capitalization and again led the gainers after an earlier session.\n\nThe broader comparison was lower: 63 assets fell and 27 rose. Pump.fun (PUMP), ranked 49th by market capitalization, gained 2.93% to $0.00447. Hedera (HBAR), ranked 33rd, rose 2.68% to $0.0850.\n\nPancakeSwap (CAKE) advanced 2.43% to $2.21 and ranked 92nd by market capitalization. Morpho (MORPHO), ranked 60th, added 1.73% to $2.38.\n\nLayerZero (ZRO) had the steepest decline, dropping 7.10% to $1.90 and ranking 90th by market capitalization. Arbitrum (ARB), Stacks (STX), Filecoin (FIL) and Ethena (ENA) also posted the five largest losses, with declines ranging from 3.30% to 5.05%.\n\nBitcoin (BTC) traded at $81,544, up 0.03%, while Ether (ETH) stood at $2,417, up 0.26% over the 24-hour period.