{"id":26735,"date":"2026-04-26T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-market-update-pi-outshines-major-altcoins-as-crypto-market-nears-2-7t\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:31:29","slug":"crypto-market-update-pi-outshines-major-altcoins-as-crypto-market-nears-2-7t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-market-update-pi-outshines-major-altcoins-as-crypto-market-nears-2-7t\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto market update: PI outshines major altcoins as crypto market nears $2.7T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>Pi Network\u2019s PI (PI) token recovered over the weekend as several altcoins moved higher. PI rose more than 5% in 24 hours and traded above $0.18.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_7101565489c8d9cb33fc43450a89f884\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PI token gained over 5% in 24 hours, trading above $0.18 during weekend recovery move.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin briefly touched $78,200 before settling near $78,000 after several days of rangebound trading action.<\/li>\n<li>Crypto market cap neared $2.7 trillion as select altcoins gained and Bitcoin dominance topped 58%.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The rebound followed recent weakness in the Pi Network token. STABLE led the daily gainers with a 7% move to $0.034, while PI ranked among the stronger performers.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) also moved higher after a quiet weekend. The asset briefly touched $78,200 before easing back near $78,000, keeping its market value around $1.56 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after Bitcoin traded in a narrow range for several days. It held between about $77,000 and $78,500 after failing to extend an earlier rally toward $79,600.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trump event report adds market attention<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Reports said U.S. President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner after gunfire near the event venue. Authorities later said a 31-year-old California man was taken into custody with multiple weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin rose by about $1,000 within minutes after the report before pulling back. The move kept traders focused on how political and security events may affect short-term crypto prices.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Altcoins show mixed weekend moves<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Several altcoins posted gains alongside PI. XMR and SKY rose more than 4% on the day, while ETH, TRX, and DOGE traded slightly higher.<\/p>\n<p>Other large tokens moved lower. XRP, BNB, SOL, HYPE, and BCH recorded small losses, while RAIN fell 5% in the same period.<\/p>\n<p>The total crypto market value moved back near $2.7 trillion after adding about $40 billion from the previous day\u2019s low. Bitcoin\u2019s market share remained above 58%, showing that traders still focused on BTC during the weekend recovery.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pi Network\u2019s PI (PI) token recovered over the weekend as several altcoins moved higher. PI rose more than 5% in 24 hours and traded above $0.18. Summary PI token gained&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26736,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26735\/revisions\/26736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}