Crypto Market Recap Oct 20, 2026: Aerodrome Finance Tops a Green Day

What Moved

A positive but unspectacular session: total market capitalisation closed at $2.87T, +1.7% over 24 hours.

BTC ended the day at $83,114 (+1.7%), moving with the market rather than against it; its share of total capitalisation is 58.3%. Ethereum gained 2.1% to $2,453.

Breadth was strong: 1672 assets advanced against 714 that declined, and 81.0% of the hundred largest closed higher.

Aerodrome Finance (AERO) was the day's strongest mover at +11.7%, ahead of ZEC (+11.1%). At the other end, Arbitrum (ARB) fell 5.5%, with XMR (-2.8%) close behind. Every tracked sector closed higher, led by Zero Knowledge at +9.4%.

Volume and Leverage

Trading volume was ordinary at $55.3B, +8.9% against the previous day. Spot on centralised exchanges accounted for $54.4B, on-chain swaps $2.01B and derivatives $89.0B.

Liquidations were contained at $187M, split between longs ($80.7M) and shorts ($107M). Open interest across the venues we track is $68.7B.

Sentiment

The Coinmico Fear & Greed index sits at 63, in greed, up 5 points from yesterday and 40 a week ago.

Sectors

Rotation was visible at the sector level. Zero Knowledge finished +9.4% while RWA closed +1.8%, a spread of 7.6 points across the 10 sectors we track; all 10 of them rose, with the middle of the pack (DeFi) at +3.7%. RWA lagging a rising market suggests the bid was selective rather than indiscriminate.