
Talus rallied 23.5% to $0.0550 as altcoins showed mixed moves. Lighter fell 9.1%, the largest decline. Traders eye Bitcoin and U.S. CPI for directional cues next week.
Talus (US) jumped 23.5% to $0.0550 on Thursday, topping the gainers chart in a mixed altcoin session, CoinGecko data show. The project has drawn interest around a planned platform upgrade, though no company-issued announcement accompanied the move.
MemeCore (M) rose 9.8% to $1.09. The meme-theme token continues to trade on community momentum without a specific catalyst, traders said. June's broader altcoin rotation has kept small-cap tokens in play even as Bitcoin holds near $64,000.
Audiera (BEAT) added 9.7% to $4.31. The music-industry blockchain project has posted steady gains this month, with trading volumes rising alongside a string of artist partnerships announced in July.
Pump.fun (PUMP) climbed 7% to $0.002122. The token is part of a broader rotation into low-cap altcoins, as traders shift allocations ahead of the U.S. inflation data due next week, several market participants said.
Hedera (HBAR) gained 3.1% to $0.0700. Enterprise partnerships with major corporations have kept the HBAR token on institutional radar, though volumes were light in the session.
Lighter (LIT) weighed on the losers' list, sliding 9.1% to $2.09. The energy-efficiency token faced selling pressure after a rally earlier this month, with no news directly tied to the move.
Aave (AAVE) fell 6.8% to $93.24. The decline looked like profit-taking after a 12% run over the prior week, traders said. The DeFi lending protocol remains the largest in its sector by total value locked, at $11.2 billion.
Hyperliquid (HYPE) lost 5.8% to $52.57, pulling its market cap to $11.69 billion. The liquidity-provision token has been volatile since a mid-July deposit event, volumes suggest.
Ondo (ONDO) slipped 5.5% to $0.3925. The structured-products token has moved inversely to the broader DeFi index over the past week, on-chain data show, suggesting some capital rotating out of yield-bearing positions.
Rain (RAIN) declined 4.3% to $0.0127. The decentralized-weather-data token followed the broader downturn despite no project-specific news, exchange order-book data showed thin bid support below $0.012.
The session showed a wide performance gap even within the same market-cap cohort. Talus more than doubled Lighter's loss in percentage terms, reflecting a market where micro-cap tokens trade on loose news cycles rather than fundamental drivers.
Traders are watching Bitcoin's price level and next week's U.S. CPI print as potential catalysts that could shift capital flows across the altcoin stack.
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