Bitcoin slips below $76,000 as XRP leads a broad sell-off; Zcash the lone gainer

Bitcoin traded at $75,961 as of 12:49 UTC on 16 September 2026, down 1.34142% over the previous 24 hours and down 3.5% over seven days. Its market capitalisation stood at $1,525,115,602,773 on 24-hour volume of $38,638,707,566.

The decline was broad. Of the twelve assets in the snapshot, eleven fell over the 24-hour window. Ether traded at $2,406.97, down 2.9712% on the day and 2.7% on the week, with a market capitalisation of $293,665,606,928. BNB was at $712.88, down 0.90102% over 24 hours and 4.9% over seven days. Solana traded at $97.50, down 3.41045% on the day.

XRP posted the steepest 24-hour fall in the set, down 9.16527% to $1.28, and was down 9% over seven days. Its market capitalisation was $80,661,808,477 on 24-hour volume of $5,864,944,826. Dogecoin fell 4.08917% over 24 hours to $0.079443 and was down 11.7% over the week, the largest seven-day decline recorded here.

Zcash was the exception. It rose 7.78787% over 24 hours to $1,220.11, though it remained down 1.4% over seven days. Its market capitalisation was $20,622,167,876 on 24-hour volume of $1,396,553,612. No other asset in the snapshot gained over the 24-hour period.

The two dollar-pegged stablecoins held close to par. Tether traded at $0.999355, down 0.03389% over 24 hours and flat over seven days, with 24-hour volume of $68,200,682,503 — the highest turnover in the set. USD Coin traded at $0.999703, down 0.01137% on the day and flat on the week.

Among the remaining assets, TRON traded at $0.334732, down 1.08302% over 24 hours and 1.1% over seven days. Hyperliquid's HYPE token was at $78.67, down 1.00285% on the day and 8% over the week. FIGR_HELOC traded at $1.003, down 2.43887% over 24 hours and 3.1% over seven days.

The figures describe a single moment. Bitcoin's seven-day change of 3.5% sits alongside larger weekly falls in XRP, at 9%, and Dogecoin, at 11.7%, while the two stablecoins recorded no seven-day movement. Zcash's 24-hour gain stands apart from every other line in the snapshot. Readers weighing these moves should note that all values are drawn from the same 12:49 UTC reading on 16 September 2026 and capture prices, not the reasons behind them.