Lighter Leads Crypto Gainers With 21.02% Rise on Oct. 21

Lighter (LIT) posted the strongest gain among the 90 largest cryptocurrencies, excluding stablecoins, at 4:05 p.m. ET (20:05 UTC) Oct. 21. It rose 21.02% over 24 hours to $3.91 and ranked 80th by market capitalization. Across the group, 77 assets advanced and 13 declined.

Ethena (ENA), ranked 40th, gained 12.53% to $0.217. Zcash (ZEC), ranked 10th, climbed 12.27% to $1,356, while Pearl (PEARL), ranked 88th, rose 10.40% to $2.32. XDC Network (XDC) added 9.56% to $0.0352.

Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) had the steepest decline, falling 3.80% to $1.01 and ranking ninth. Worldcoin (WLD) dropped 2.43% to $0.569, while Aerodrome Finance (AERO) slipped 1.72% to $0.843. Bitway (BTW) lost 1.61% to $1.68, and MemeCore (M) fell 1.41% to $0.750, the smallest decline among the five listed losers.

Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $84,468, up 2.36%. Ether (ETH) stood at $2,492, up 2.34%; both gains were smaller than LIT's.