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The crypto market has slipped into green today, with Bitcoin trading around $75,900, up over 2% in the last 24 hours. The total market cap has climbed to roughly $2.5 trillion.
Despite the upside, the market is still in a “Bitcoin season,” with the Altcoin Season Index sitting below 40, meaning most altcoins are still lagging behind BTC’s performance.
Amid this, analysts at Our Crypto Talk dropped a solid watchlist this week:
Kaspa — Event Buzz + Upgrade Catalyst
Kaspa is front and centre at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival this week. KEF is serving as a VIP Lounge Sponsor and featured speaker, while Junny Ho joins the tokenisation panel. On the tech side, the Toccata testnet restart is expected imminently following a recent feature freeze, a critical step toward bringing Kaspa’s Covenants++ upgrade to mainnet.
- Fair launch (no presale/pre-mine), fully community-driven
- ~$940M market cap, still ~84% below ATH
Render Network — AI Demand Surging
Render’s biggest fundamental catalyst in months landed this week. RenderCon 2026 just wrapped in Hollywood (Apr 16–17) with keynotes from NVIDIA, WME, and Stability AI.
- Salad subnet adds ~60K GPUs (RNP-023 approved)
- AI jobs now 35–40% of usage; $210M workload spike
- Token burns up 279% YoY; price testing $1.70 support
Ondo Finance — Leading RWA Narrative
Ondo Finance is a crucial player in the RWA narrative at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival, with Min Lin sharing the stage alongside BlackRock and J.P. Morgan. Even though the token is still 88% below its ATH, its TVL has hit a record $3.6B, with steady growth driven by rising institutional interest.
- Franklin Templeton ETF tokenisation + EU expansion
- Major overhang: 4.67B tokens still locked
Bittensor TAO — Strong Fundamentals, Weak Sentiment
Despite recent selling pressure, Bittensor remains strong. Jacob Steeves is set to speak at Imperial College London on April 24, breaking down decentralized AI, how Bittensor rewards useful work, and how new users can get started.
- 128 subnets generated $43M revenue (Q1 2026)
- 72B parameter AI model trained on the network
- ~20% drop due to developer exit, not fundamentals
LayerZero— Unlock Pressure, Big Institutional Play
LayerZero faces short-term selling but long-term strength. LayerZero faces maximum short-term pressure, a 25.7M token unlock (2.4% of total supply) hit on April 20, released to core contributors and strategic partners. Price dropped sharply.
- Live on Canton Network (handles $350B daily volume)
- Access to $8T monthly RWAs + 750+ apps
- Backed by major institutions; new “Zero” L1 in works
QUBIC — A feeless Layer 1 focused on AI + compute.
Qubic had a strong week on the tech side. Its QBridge went live on Ethereum, bringing QUBIC to Uniswap v4 as wQUBIC with real trading volume already. At the same time, DOGE mining Phase 2 is ramping up with record hashrate, and the network is now ranked #3 globally by 7-day TPS.
- QBridge ETH live volume — Ethereum bridge recording strong early transactions
- DOGE mining Phase 2 ramping — record hashrate (15.81 TH/s peak on Apr 16)
Home3 — High-Risk Micro-Cap
Home3 is a blockchain-based real estate platform focused on making property deals more transparent and efficient. This month, it’s rolling out Home3 2.0, featuring an AI-powered realtor experience called Prop3.
- Qatar regulatory progress + cross-chain expansion
- ~$370K market cap, very low liquidity
- Down 96% from ATH → highly volatile
SUI — A high-speed Layer 1 is getting serious institutional traction.
SUI is gaining strong institutional traction this week. CME Group plans to launch SUI futures on May 4, while the 21Shares SUI ETF is already live on Nasdaq, giving institutions two ways to gain exposure.
- $1T+ stablecoin volume (March), $585M+ TVL
- Token unlocks ongoing; ~82% below ATH
