According to HTX’s hot listings weekly recap for August 10–16, the cryptocurrency market rebounded as broader sentiment stabilized, with capital rotating into several high-performing sectors. The strongest narrative was BTCFi, where BTW surged 64% to top the weekly gainers list. Bitway, an infrastructure project designed to bring Bitcoin liquidity into DeFi markets, recently launched its Core Alpha incentive program to support a multi-chain, non-custodial wallet ecosystem.
DeFi also posted a broad recovery. COW, the native token of CoW Protocol, gained 40% as the decentralized exchange leveraged its intent-based architecture and MEV-protection mechanism. OBT from Orbiter Finance rose 30%, reflecting capital scouting for undervalued opportunities in cross-chain infrastructure powered by zero-knowledge proofs. LINK added a steady 12%, a move interpreted as institutional confidence in DeFi infrastructure.
The AI narrative maintained momentum. NIL from Nillion climbed 31%, supported by its decentralized privacy-preserving computation network and applications in AI model training. GRIFFAIN rose 17% as a platform on Solana for creating and deploying AI agents, indicating that AI-related capital is shifting from pure speculation toward real technology deployment.
GameFi also rebounded, with BIGTIME up 35%. Big Time, a multiplayer online role-playing blockchain game built on Ethereum and the Open Loot ecosystem, is shifting its focus toward richer in-game content in 2026. HTX noted that the weekly gainers list shows clear rotation across BTCFi, active DeFi, GameFi, and AI, while reminding users that short-term price gains do not necessarily reflect long-term value.
