NEAR Protocol's Gravity-Defying Stroll as DOT Performs a Gravity Check: Your Weekly Crypto Circus

The CoinDesk 20 Index is currently lounging at 1907.12, having inched up a barely perceptible 0.3% since Friday. In a move that surprised absolutely no one, the market's idea of a rally was a private soiree—only eight of the index's twenty constituents managed to find the "buy" button.

Topping the charts was NEAR Protocol, which casually moonwalked its way to a 12.4% weekend pump. Solana (SOL) played the reliable wingman, posting a respectable, if less spectacular, 2.1% gain.

Meanwhile, over in the penalty box, Polkadot (DOT) executed a flawless 7.3% faceplant. Not to be outdone in the art of value evaporation, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) generously donated 4.5% of its market cap back to the cosmos.

For those who might confuse an index for a token, the CoinDesk 20 is the broad-market benchmark you can trade in more venues than there are proposed Layer-1 solutions—spanning countless platforms and every region that hasn't outright banned us yet.