# RWA Sector Rises 5.93% as Bitcoin Tops $83,000 Amid Broad Gains

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-21T12:32:25.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-21T12:32:25.000Z
Section: Investing

> The NFT sector gained 5.69% over 24 hours, while Ether rose 2.64% and moved above $2,400.

The real-world asset (RWA) sector rose 5.93% over 24 hours, the largest gain among the sectors listed, as Bitcoin (BTC) topped $83,000 and Ether (ETH) moved above $2,400.

Bitcoin gained 1.77% over the same period, while Ether rose 2.64%. The non-fungible token (NFT) sector rose 5.69%, followed by the meme sector at 4.89% and decentralized finance (DeFi) at 4.38%.

Several individual tokens posted larger gains than their sectors. Convex Finance (CVX) climbed 22.23% and Compound (COMP) rose 21.82% within DeFi. Sky (SKY) gained 7.74% in the RWA sector, while Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) advanced 5.90% in the NFT sector. Cash Cat (CASHCAT) rose 14.32% in the meme sector.

The PayFi sector gained 3.88%, the layer 1 sector rose 2.85%, the CeFi sector added 1.93% and the layer 2 sector climbed 1.15%. Among tokens in those sectors, Zcash (ZEC) rose 11.17%, Injective (INJ) gained 9.81%, Gate (GT) added 3.65% and Optimism (OP) climbed 5.18%, respectively.