Top 10 Altcoins in 48 Hours: Meme Coins Lead, Altcoin Market Holds Near $0.9T

The altcoin market (excluding bitcoin) is holding around $0.9-1 trillion, with bitcoin dominance sitting at 56-58% of the total $2.2-2.3 trillion crypto market cap, per SolCard. Over the last 48 hours, meme coins have been the standout movers, while the larger altcoins have traded in a tighter range.

• Ethereum (ETH) — $1,888, +1.72% on the day.
• XRP — $1.09, +0.76% on the day.
• BNB — $571, +1.09% on the day.
• Solana (SOL) — $75, +1.41% on the day.
• Dogecoin (DOGE) — $0.0732, +5.22% on the day — one of the biggest movers among large-cap alts.
• Cardano (ADA) — around $0.165; it's now been overtaken in market cap by Hyperliquid (HYPE) this year, reflecting a shift of interest toward newer projects.

The real winners of the last two days were meme coins: Shiba Inu jumped roughly 25% on trading volume above $624 million, Pepe rose 7.5%, and Pudgy Penguins gained 5.2%, CoinGape reports. Analysts tie the spike to a return of retail speculative interest ahead of an expected CLARITY Act vote.

Over the same period, forced liquidations across the market totaled about $82 million — $43 million in longs and $39 million in shorts, pointing to fairly balanced rather than one-sided trading. We saw a similar pattern in a recent roundup where Lido and Uniswap outpaced Ethereum's own gains — the market keeps rotating between different altcoin niches rather than moving as one block.

None of this should be read as personalized investment advice.