CoinDesk 20 Index Surges 2.7% as AAVE Leads Crypto Rally
AAVE's 10.1% gain did the heavy lifting on a day 18 of 20 constituents finished green, with BCH also standing out among leaders.
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AAVE's 10.1% gain did the heavy lifting on a day 18 of 20 constituents finished green, with BCH also standing out among leaders.
Spot volumes softened to a nine-month low in May while RWA perpetual futures printed a fresh all-time high, a split that says more about where the bid is rotating than the index's muted daily move.
Universal green across the broad index, but APT and AAVE did the heaviest lifting — a thin tape where the leaders define the day.
A rare clean sweep — all 20 assets green — with ICP leading at +5.2% and the worst performer still up 0.7%, the tightest cross-section gap the index has printed in weeks.
All 20 names in the broad-market index closed green — the index added 1.6% in a session where UNI led and even the laggards held positive territory.
As of 15:00 UTC on 20 Aug 2026, CoinMarketCap's top-10 boundary was unchanged from 19 Aug 2026, while the top-100 edge…
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BTC slides under $63K as KOSPI craters and longs get liquidated, yet ICE-OKX and a flood of stablecoin rails keep the institutional bid very much alive.