# Bitway Falls 17.90% as 66 of 90 Crypto Assets Gain on Oct. 21 By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/37842 Published: 2026-10-22T12:27:43.000Z Updated: 2026-10-22T12:27:43.000Z Section: Investing > Bitway ranked 41st by market capitalization in the 8:05 p.m. ET snapshot. Pearl led gainers, while Bitcoin and Ether also advanced. Bitway (BTW) was the weakest performer in an Oct. 21 snapshot of 90 major cryptocurrencies excluding stablecoins, with a 17.90% 24-hour decline even as most assets gained. By 8:05 p.m. ET Oct. 21 (00:05 UTC Oct. 22), BTW traded at $1.66 and ranked 41st by market capitalization. An [earlier Oct. 21 snapshot]() showed the token down 25.09% at $1.43 at 12:05 p.m. ET (16:05 UTC). Pearl (PEARL), ranked 85th, posted the largest gain, rising 14.02% to $2.43. Lighter (LIT), ranked 80th, advanced 11.43% to $3.77, and Ethena (ENA), ranked 40th, added 9.18% to $0.214. XDC Network (XDC) climbed 8.17% to $0.0348 and ranked 94th. NEAR Protocol (NEAR), ranked 19th, gained 7.16% to $5.27, the smallest increase among the five listed advancers. Among other decliners, Aerodrome Finance (AERO) fell 7.83% to $0.817 and ranked 88th. Rain (RAIN), ranked 21st, lost 4.84% to $0.00907. Injective (INJ) dropped 3.52% to $8.61 and ranked 84th, while MemeCore (M), ranked 61st, declined 3.11% to $0.745. The 90-asset group had 66 advancers and 24 decliners. Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $84,138, up 1.48% over 24 hours, while Ether (ETH) stood at $2,475, up 1.20%. ## Links in this article - [earlier Oct. 21 snapshot](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/37477)