It was mixed bag of performances last week in crypto markets with 6 out of 10 assets in the Brave New Coin Market Cap table trading red. Stand out performers that realized Alpha profits last week include Decred, BNB and Stellar.

A volatile week in the crypto markets ended with the bulls back in charge. Following significant price drops last Wednesday, the markets roared back to life on Friday as BTC had one of its strongest 24 hour price jumps ever. The surge appears to have been driven by bullish blockchain comments made by Chinese Premier Xi Jingping and a short squeeze on crypto derivatives markets.

A mixed trading week in crypto markets ended with large caps BTC and ETH red for the week, while the often maligned XRP enjoyed healthy gains. In wider ecosystem news, Bitcoin network analysis helped take down one of the largest ever child pornography rings.

A resilient week for crypto assets saw the market shake off two bearish news events. The SEC took abrupt action against the US$ 1.7 Billion Telegram token and Visa and Ebay joined PayPal in leaving the Libra blockchain consortium. Most assets ended the week in the green.

Following the deep price drops which closed out the month of September, October started with a quiet, middling week of trading activity. In the wider ecosystem, the Bitfinex/Tether group appears to be readying themselves for major lawsuits around claims of market manipulation, while payment processing giant Paypal says it will leave the Libra blockchain consortium.

A brutal week in the crypto markets ended with traders licking their wounds following double-digit losses early in the week. An unfavorable global macro narrative, cascading liquidations on futures platforms, and an underwhelming BAKKT launch were all contributing causes of the price drop.

A mixed trading week for crypto assets ended with Bitcoin down slightly. This contrasted with strong gains for large caps including ETH and XRP. It remains to be seen whether this is the beginning of an alt window, or a simple correction before BTC resumes its position as the market's driving force.

A mixed trading week in crypto markets ended strongly with BTC enjoying strong gains backed by its hash rate hitting a new all time high and ETH rising in value backed by a surge in network gas usage.

New products from Bakkt and the VanEck-SolidX consortium drove a bullish week for the crypto markets.

Bitcoin and Ether suffered significant price pullbacks in a bearish week for the crypto markets.