- Quant surged more than 50%, while HBAR jumped over 30% as Bitcoin and the broader crypto market traded lower.
- PUMP, SEI and XDC also posted strong gains, supported by token buybacks, ETF developments and enterprise blockchain activity.
Bitcoin is trading lower today, with the broader crypto market also pulling back as major assets such as Ethereum and XRP remain in the red. Bitcoin was around $83,200, down about 1.5% over 24 hours, while total crypto market capitalization fell roughly 1.5% to $2.86 trillion. Despite the broader weakness, several altcoins are moving sharply higher, led by Quant (QNT), while Pump.fun (PUMP), Sei (SEI), XDC Network (XDC) and Hedera (HBAR) are also posting gains.
1. Quant (QNT)
Quant is leading the gainers list, securing the #1 spot by a wide margin. At the time of writing, QNT was trading around $260, up more than 50% over 24 hours, with an intraday high of $357. The altcoins market cap climbed above $3 billion, while trading volume surged about $1.5 billion, showing how much activity has entered the token during the latest move.
The biggest catalyst for QNT remains its recent selection by The Clearing House for the organization’s On-Chain Money Initiative. Quant will provide the interoperability, orchestration and transaction-management layers for a new network designed to allow financial institutions to clear and settle tokenized deposit transactions.
The network is expected to become available to participating institutions in the first half of 2027. The Clearing House says its existing payment networks process more than $2 trillion each day.
Quant is also benefiting from the recent UK tokenized-deposit milestone, where seven banks completed live customer transactions on the GBTD platform built by Quant.
2. Hedera (HBAR)
Hedera has stolen the #2 spot. HBAR is trading above $0.1245, up more than 30% over 24 hours. HBAR has not traded at this level since July 2026, while its trading volume has seen a huge gain of more than 800%. The token has remained relatively resilient despite weakness in Bitcoin.
HBAR price increased primarily due to continued market reaction to the IBM and The Hashgraph Group partnership which listed the Hedera-based IDTrust identity platform on the IBM Cloud Catalog. IDTrust is focused on verifiable identity for AI agents.
The inclusion of IDTrust in the IBM Cloud Catalog boosted enterprise adoption confidence and rerated Hedera’s utility in AI governance and digital identity. HBAR has also benefited from broader rotation into enterprise-focused blockchain projects.
4. Pump.fun (PUMP)
#3 PUMP is trading near $0.0051, up roughly 17% in 24 hours, with daily trading volume approaching $377 million and a market cap of about $2.4 billion. The token remains below its $0.008819 all-time high.
The latest catalyst is Pump.fun’s continued buyback-and-burn activity. On September 26, the platform burned 320.4 million PUMP, using 11,900 SOL worth about $1.46 million. The burn represented 52.04% of that day’s protocol revenue. Pump.fun has also reported 869,500 daily active wallets on Solana as of September 26.
4. Sei (SEI)
The #4 gainer is SEI. Right now, the altcoin is trading around $0.083, with the token up sharply 18% over the past 24 hours. Binance historical data shows, SEI gained 10.11% on Sep. 27 after rising 19.72% on Sep. 25. The current trading volume surges more than 122%, reaching about $274.7 million.
The rally has followed attention around Canary Capital’s proposed Staked SEI ETF. An amended SEC filing proposes staking 90% of the fund’s SEI, with BitGo serving as custodian. If approved, this would severely contract the available circulating supply of SEI on the open market while compounding yields back into the fund.
The upcoming Giga upgrade is another part of the current narrative. Recent testing reportedly reached 63,000 requests per second, adding to interest around Sei’s performance improvements.
5. XDC Network (XDC)
The #5 spot goes to XDC Network. XDC is trading around $0.034, up nearly 13% over the past 24 hours, with daily trading volume jumping 250% to about $35 million and a market capitalization of nearly $732 million.
XDC’s move comes as attention remains focused on its use in trade finance and real-world asset infrastructure. The network is designed for enterprise applications and international trade, while Singapore’s TradeTrust platform uses XDC Network for document authentication under the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records framework.
