The Cryptex Digital Market Cap Index closes the week at 1,268.58, -1.1% on the week and +26.9% from its 1,000 base.
$BTC -0.5%.
What drove it:
Leaders: $PEPE +17.0%, $BONK +7.6%, $ZEC +7.3%
Laggards: $FIL -14.4%, $APT -11.3%, $AVAX -9.3%
Spot $BTC ETFs took in roughly $1.07B from Monday to Wednesday, then gave back $635.6M on Thursday, the largest daily outflow since June.
Thursday’s trigger was equities. The Nasdaq closed sharply lower on Oct 22 after Tesla cut its spending forecast.
$BTC opened the week near $81,000, was rejected near $85,000 midweek, and ends near $81,500.
Dominance sits at 59.4%.
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The Cryptex Digital Market Cap Index opens the week at 1,278.05, +1.13% on the day and +27.8% from its 1,000 base.
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CDMCI closes the week at 1,281.93, -3.1% on the week and +28.2% from its 1,000 base.
This is the week ending October 16, 2026.
What drove it:
September CPI printed 3.7% against 3.6% expected, core 2.6% against 2.5%.
Crypto lost roughly $98B in 24 hours with more than $1B in leveraged positions liquidated.
Spot $BTC ETFs saw $261M of outflows on the print, $ETH ETFs $130M.
It wasn’t just digital assets. $SPY posted its steepest weekly loss since early June, $QQQ its sharpest since June 22.
Leaders: $INJ +25.0%, $FIL +3.8%, $NEAR +3.4%
Laggards: $DOGE -6.1%, $HYPE -5.8%, $SOL -5.1%
$BTC -1.2%





