Latest Crypto Market News Today, October 3: BTC USD Still The Hottest Pair, But XRP, SOL, ETH Catching Up While BNB Blasts ATH

Today kicks off with the BTC USD pair still dominating news headlines. It’s flying above $120K mark, posting 1% gains in 24 hours. Right behind it, BNB is stealing the spotlight, pushing to $1,111 all-time high(ATH) after a 6.3% rally.

XRP is not far off, trading at 3.06 USD with an almost 4% jump, hinting that the altcoin season is coming. Uptober is simply twisting the fate of crypto.

BNB Fires ATH as BTC Stays Strong

BNB is breaking ATH after ATH for months now. The move reflects deep confidence in the Binance ecosystem. CoinGlass shows $2.38 billion in 24h volume and elevated open interest, while funding rates stay firmly positive. Liquidations are relatively muted as most traders are holding steady.

(source – BNB Volume, Coinglass)

BNB BNB $1,104.02 6.12% BNB BNB Price $1,104.02 6.12% /24h Volume in 24h $3.51B Price 7d Buy with Best Wallet market cap as reported by Coingecko is nearing $150 billion, strong above Solana. Even though BTC USD remains the baseline in most crypto news today, BNB’s surge demands attention. It’s becoming a sleeper chain right now.

(source – BNB Data, CoinGecko)

Meanwhile, BTC USD is not stopping. Its market cap still towers north of $2.4 trillion, just 2x more to Nvidia, and BTC’s role as benchmark remains intact. But the narrative is shifting. Chains like BNB are showing strong capital flows and network vitality, which starts nibbling at Bitcoin BTC $120,152.86 1.11% Bitcoin BTC Price $120,152.86 1.11% /24h Volume in 24h $58.31B Price 7d Buy with Best Wallet exclusive domain.

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XRP, SOL, and ETH Trying to Shrink the Gap Against BTC USD

XRP USD is showing signs of life. CoinGlass reports $6–7 billion in derivatives volume and open interest already in the billions. With exchange supply sliding, XRP XRP $3.05 2.11% XRP XRP Price $3.05 2.11% /24h Volume in 24h $6.92B Price 7d Buy with Best Wallet technicals are heading toward resistance zones. The narrative around RLUSD adoption adds weight to its growth story, too.

not enough people talk about @ripple and RLUSD and the xrp ledger.

in the mainstream media.

so i did.

live on nasdaq tv.

to the billion-dollar institutions that trade on this exchange every day. pic.twitter.com/8RBZWSQjej

— Phil Kwok | EasyA (@kwok_phil) October 2, 2025

Then there’s Solana SOL $231.20 2.62% Solana SOL Price $231.20 2.62% /24h Volume in 24h $9.15B Price 7d Buy with Best Wallet , trading around $232. It’s up by 6%, with volumes touching close to $9.8 billion. DefiLlama indicates Solana’s active address metrics are above past Ethereum’s in certain windows.

(source – SOL Active Addresses, Defillama)

Ethereum ETH $4,464.85 1.78% Ethereum ETH Price $4,464.85 1.78% /24h Volume in 24h $36.57B Price 7d Buy with Best Wallet , meanwhile, trades just under $4,500 with $45 billion in volume. Its TVL remains sturdy, led by staking services like Lido, commanding tens of billions locked. But in recent days, SOL’s on-chain revenue has reportedly outpaced ETH’s by more than 2×. Perhaps, crypto hasn’t yet experienced the ETH on-chain season.

Altseason signals are flicking green, and the altcoin index sits around 66, a number that shows appetite beyond BTC USD. BNB at ATH and XRP rockets add flavor to that shift against the USD. If BTC won the test resistance near 124,000 USD, the next leg could be defined by how alts punch through their own ceilings.

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