Crypto gainers and losers: Quant jumps 158%, Lighter sinks
Bitcoin traded near $84,600 on Oct. 3 as Quant and Midnight led the weeks top crypto gainers, rising 158.3% and 96.5%, respectively. Lighter fell 28.7%, while MemeCore, Ethena and Zcash posted double-digit losses. CoinGeckos seven-day top-100 rankings for Oct. 3 placed Bitway and Pump.fun behind Quant and Midnight among the leading gainers. Its separate Bitcoin data showed BTC up about 0.6% over seven days, against a 0.3% decline across the broader crypto market.AssetPriceSeven-day changeQuant (QNT)$261.42+158.3%Midnight (NIGHT)$0.04988+96.5%Bitway (BTW)$1.44+66.7%Pump.fun (PUMP)$0.005462+19.5%Lighter (LIT)$3.49−28.7%MemeCore (M)$1.03−16.7%Ethena (ENA)$0.232−14.7%Zcash (ZEC)$1,313.37−14.4% Prices and weekly changes: CoinGecko, Oct. 3.Quant leads crypto gainers after U.S. payments deal Quant‘s rally followed The Clearing House’s Sep. 24 announcement that it had selected the company to power its On-Chain Money Initiative, a network for clearing and settling tokenized commercial-bank deposits. The payments operator said the network would connect with existing U.S. infrastructure, including RTP and CHIPS. Availability for participating financial institutions is expected in the first half of 2027. Gold analyst Jan Nieuwenhuijs posted on X on Sep. 26 that buying one QNT carried the risk of losing $120 against the potential to earn $10,000. His post did not set a date for that outcome. The comment came before the Oct. 3 price of $261.42 and represents a speculative upside









