# Compound’s COMP Gains 27% as Protocol Value Locked Trails Late September By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/36329 Published: 2026-10-21T04:25:08.000Z Updated: 2026-10-21T04:25:08.000Z Section: Investing > COMP also outperformed Bitcoin and Ether over seven- and 28-day periods. A separate market check recorded an 11.48% one-hour gain. Compound’s COMP token gained 27% and outperformed Bitcoin and Ether, while the value of assets locked in the lending protocol remained below its late-September level. COMP also outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) over seven- and 28-day periods. The comparison puts the governance token ahead of both assets across each of those time frames. Total value locked (TVL) measures the value of assets locked in a protocol. COMP is used in Compound governance voting, so its market performance and the protocol’s TVL describe different measures. In a separate [earlier market check](), COMP stood at $27 after an 11.48% one-hour rise. That check recorded a 25.23% 24-hour gain, a 24-hour low of $21.02 and trading volume of about $5.19 million. ## Links in this article - [earlier market check](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/36304)