Bitcoin Cash stole the US session, surging 28.14% to $342.33 and lifting its weekly gain to 55.01%. It headlined a split crypto tape where the smaller tokens ran hard and the majors stalled.

Crypto: the tail runs, majors stall

UNI extended its monthly run, up 13.74% to $10.2285 and 136.2% over 30 days. GRT climbed 8.12% to $0.0253, XRP added 2.52% to $1.5737, and Cardano firmed 2.45% to $0.2507. XTZUSD, up just 0.86% on the day, now shows a 55.10% monthly gain.

The large caps lagged. Bitcoin eased 0.41% to $86,237.68, Ethereum slipped 0.92% to $2,749.58, and BNB dropped 1.81% to $783.85. LNKUSD fell 1.78% to $12.938 and Polkadot’s DOTUSD lost 1.33% to $1.186 despite a 32.07% monthly surge. Litecoin (+0.95% to $62.55) and Dogecoin (+0.20% to $0.0999) held modest ground. The dips stay shallow next to the weekly tape β€” Bitcoin +13.27%, Ethereum +13.82% and Solana +19.87%.

Energy: crude the clear drag

Oil was the session’s weak spot. USOil dropped 2.51% to $89.45 and UKOil lost 1.39% to $95.11, extending weekly slides of 7.91% and 6.65%. Both still hold monthly gains near 5.5% and sit far higher year-on-year, USOil +40.41% and UKOil +41.25%.

Dollar, stocks and metals

The greenback was mixed. It fell 0.94% against the South African rand to 16.082 but firmed 0.41% on the Mexican peso to 17.284 and 0.19% on the Canadian dollar to 1.406. EUR/USD eased 0.17% to 1.14438 and GBP/USD slipped 0.22% to 1.33373. The Aussie and Kiwi were quieter, AUD/USD off 0.12% at 0.71081 and NZD/USD up 0.22% at 0.57219.

US equities split. The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.49% to 30,702.71, stretching its weekly gain to 5.34% and its month to 5.80%, while the Dow fell 0.36% to 51,856.34 and the S&P 500 edged 0.10% lower to 7,760.61. London’s FTSE 100 dipped 0.10% to 10,740.54, while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 ended the week 3.45% higher at 67,027.30 and the Hang Seng held a 2.90% weekly gain.

Metals firmed at the margins. Silver added 0.64% to $67.06, leaving it 6.06% higher on the week and 52.62% up on the year; platinum gained 1.10% to $1,841.73. Gold eased 0.23% to $4,358.67 and now sits 6.87% lower on the month, while palladium slipped 0.45% to $1,311.76.

Crude stays the session’s soft patch β€” down for a second week even as it clings to a roughly 40% annual gain.