# Meme Sector Leads Crypto Gains as AI Sector Falls 6.69% By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/42255 Published: 2026-10-28T02:15:46.000Z Updated: 2026-10-28T02:15:46.000Z Section: Investing > The Meme sector rose 3.78% in a 24-hour snapshot, while Bitcoin and Ether gained at 10:10 p.m. ET Oct. 27 (02:10 UTC Oct. 28). The Meme sector rose 3.78% in an Oct. 28 24-hour snapshot, leading the seven advancing crypto sectors as AI posted the steepest decline among those listed. Seven of the eight sectors advanced: NFT rose 3.32%, PayFi 2.35%, DeFi 2.34%, Layer 1 1.30%, Layer 2 0.61% and CeFi 0.36%. AI declined 6.69%. Within Meme, Pons (PONS) gained 16.90% and MemeCore (M) rose 13.49%. In the NFT sector, Audiera (BEAT) advanced 18.47% and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) gained 4.10%. The AI sector’s drop accompanied declines of 24.81% in Akedo (AKE) and 72.33% in Quack AI (Q). An [Oct. 26 sector snapshot with AI up 7.71% over 24 hours]() preceded the latest reading. Bitcoin (BTC) stood at $80,783, up 1.07% over 24 hours, and Ether (ETH) was $2,351.09, up 1.46%, as of 10:10 p.m. ET Oct. 27 (02:10 UTC Oct. 28). ## Links in this article - [Oct. 26 sector snapshot with AI up 7.71% over 24 hours](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/41542)