Latest Cryptocurrency Trading market Updates Today, October 3: Bitcoin USD Remains The Most Popular Pair, However, XRP, SOL, ETH Are Gaining Ground As BNB Surges To New All-Time Highs
Today kicks off with the BTC USD pair still dominating news headlines. It’s flying above $120K mark, posting 1% gains in 24 hours. Right behind it, BNB is stealing the spotlight, pushing to $1,111 all-time high(ATH) after a 6.3% rally.
XRP is not far off, trading at 3.06 USD with an almost 4% jump, hinting that the altcoin season is coming. Uptober is simply twisting the fate of crypto.
BNB Fires ATH as BTC Stays Strong
BNB is breaking ATH after ATH for months now. The move reflects deep confidence in the Binance ecosystem. CoinGlass shows $2.38 billion in 24h volume and elevated open interest, while funding rates stay firmly positive. Liquidations are relatively muted as most traders are holding steady.
(source – BNB Volume, Coinglass)
BNB
6.93%
BNB
BNB
Price
$1,122.43
6.93% /24h
Volume in 24h
$3.44B
Price 7d
market cap as reported by Coingecko is nearing $150 billion, strong above Solana. Even though BTC USD remains the baseline in most crypto news today, BNB’s surge demands attention. It’s becoming a sleeper chain right now.
(source – BNB Data, CoinGecko)
Meanwhile, BTC USD is not stopping. Its market cap still towers north of $2.4 trillion, just 2x more to Nvidia, and BTC’s role as benchmark remains intact. But the narrative is shifting. Chains like BNB are showing strong capital flows and network vitality, which starts nibbling at
Bitcoin
0.78%
Bitcoin
BTC
Price
$120,188.16
0.78% /24h
Volume in 24h
$61.44B
Price 7d
exclusive domain.
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XRP, SOL, and ETH Trying to Shrink the Gap Against BTC USD
XRP USD is showing signs of life. CoinGlass reports $6–7 billion in derivatives volume and open interest already in the billions. With exchange supply sliding,
XRP
1.37%
XRP
XRP
Price
$3.02
1.37% /24h
Volume in 24h
$6.83B
Price 7d
technicals are heading toward resistance zones. The narrative around RLUSD adoption adds weight to its growth story, too.
not enough people talk about @ripple and RLUSD and the xrp ledger.
in the mainstream media.
so i did.
live on nasdaq tv.
to the billion-dollar institutions that trade on this exchange every day. pic.twitter.com/8RBZWSQjej
— Phil Kwok | EasyA (@kwok_phil) October 2, 2025
Then there’s
Solana
1.19%
Solana
SOL
Price
$228.04
1.19% /24h
Volume in 24h
$9.07B
Price 7d
, trading around $232. It’s up by 6%, with volumes touching close to $9.8 billion. DefiLlama indicates Solana’s active address metrics are above past Ethereum’s in certain windows.
(source – SOL Active Addresses, Defillama)
Ethereum
1.13%
Ethereum
ETH
Price
$4,452.11
1.13% /24h
Volume in 24h
$34.46B
Price 7d
, meanwhile, trades just under $4,500 with $45 billion in volume. Its TVL remains sturdy, led by staking services like Lido, commanding tens of billions locked. But in recent days, SOL’s on-chain revenue has reportedly outpaced ETH’s by more than 2×. Perhaps, crypto hasn’t yet experienced the ETH on-chain season.
Altseason signals are flicking green, and the altcoin index sits around 66, a number that shows appetite beyond BTC USD. BNB at ATH and XRP rockets add flavor to that shift against the USD. If BTC won the test resistance near 124,000 USD, the next leg could be defined by how alts punch through their own ceilings.
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Crypto Whales Are Dropping Millions on BTC Layer 2 Presale: Is Hot Bitcoin DeFi Coin Best New Crypto to Buy?
Bitcoin has just smashed past $120,000, leading to more euphoria across the market as ‘Uptober’ kicks into full swing. A byproduct of BTC’s bullish price action has seen whales dumping six figures into the Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) presale. It is fast becoming the must-have token for Q4, leading many to question whether HYPER is the best new crypto on the market right now.
HYPER is a Layer 2 solution for Bitcoin that utilizes the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) and rollup technology, aiming to integrate DeFi, Perp DEXs, NFTs, and GameFi into Bitcoin’s core layer.
The BNB Smart Chain (BSC) is printing literaly millionaires daily right now, with
BNB
6.93%
BNB
BNB
Price
$1,122.43
6.93% /24h
Volume in 24h
$3.44B
Price 7d
hitting fresh highs and meme coins such as 4 and GIGGLES running hard, so it comes as no surprise that BSC whales are aping six figures into the HYPER presale, marking it as the next rotation play.
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Polymarket Predicts BTC USD Falls Under $100K by 2026: Is This the End?
A ‘Will Bitcoin dip below $100k before 2026’ market on Prediction platform Polymarket has surged 10% overnight, and is now flashing a 57% chance of ‘Yes’. It comes as BTC USD continues to struggle in its attempt to reclaim $110,000, highlighting its weak short-term price action.
All eyes are currently on the monthly close for Bitcoin. If it enters October above $108,000, its high-timeframe bullish structure will remain intact. However, if it falls under $108,000, Q4 could get ugly for the leading digital asset and, by proxy, the broader altcoin market.
(SOURCE: Polymarket)
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New Wall St. Bitcoin Price Prediction: Can BTC Push Toward $231K?
Citigroup has laid out three scenarios for
Bitcoin
0.78%
Bitcoin
BTC
Price
$120,188.16
0.78% /24h
Volume in 24h
$61.44B
Price 7d
over the next 12 months. Their base case predicts a 50% rally to $181,000, while the bull case projects a surge to $231,000, representing a 93% increase from current levels.
“The premium grows as institutional demand expands while supply shrinks on exchanges,” Citi wrote in its note to clients.
Citi introduces new 12-month price targets for digital assets:
Bear Base Bull
BTC $82k $181k $231k
ETH $2k $5.4k $7.3k pic.twitter.com/AlpWPaK2YW— matthew sigel, recovering CFA (@matthew_sigel) October 2, 2025
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BlackRock has gone even further, suggesting Bitcoin could eventually reach $700,000 in the long run. Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood reiterated her call for BTC above $2.4M, citing its role as a disruptive monetary technology.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have attracted more than $54Bn this year, while Glassnode indicates that exchange balances are at their lowest point since 2017. Supply is shrinking just as institutional demand keeps rising.
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CAKE Crypto Skyrocketing +25%: PancakeSwap Finally Moving as BNB Hitting ATH
CAKE crypto has surged roughly 25% over the last 24 hours, riding a tidal wave from BNB breaking a new all-time high(ATH). BNB ATH has injected vitality into the Binance chain, and CAKE crypto happens to be one coin riding the surge. As the ATH draws attention, CAKE crypto is gaining momentum with CZ criming the chain.
As right now, PancakeSwap’s total value locked (TVL) sits around $2.5 billion, a level few anticipated entering this cycle. The inflow coincides with the BNB environment, where more and more users are using the chain.
(source – BSC TVL, Defillama)
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ETHFI, EIGEN and ETH USD Price Predictions and Hottest New Crypto to Buy
Looks like this year, OctoBEAR was saved in the last second, and BULLtober is swinging with full force. Since we stepped into Q4 2025, the total crypto market jumped from a little under $4T to $4.245T. Most of those $245Bn in capitalization, of course, was sucked from Bitcoin, Ethereum, and major altcoins like ETHFI and EIGEN.
Just under three days, they managed to make a full V-shaped reversal and another breakout of long-standing resistance, showing the market’s strength. However, things are far from over, so let’s try to determine what we can expect from now on and what the best new cryptocurrency to buy is.
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