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Top 7 weekly crypto performers: QNT, NIGHT, PUMP and WLD lead gains

Several altcoins posted sharp gains this week as capital rotated into tokens backed by protocol developments, institutional partnerships and broader narratives around tokenized finance, privacy and artificial intelligence.

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Oct 3, 2026 at 4:29 AM UTC · 3 min de lecture

Top 7 weekly crypto performers: QNT, NIGHT, PUMP and WLD lead gains
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  • Quant extended its weekly run with a 150% gain as institutional partnerships around tokenized deposits strengthened its rally.
  • Midnight gained 100% after permissionless smart contract deployment went live on mainnet amid recent comparisons with Zcash.
  • Bitway, PUMP, Aave, WLD and SKY make up the other top performers.​

Several altcoins posted sharp gains this week as capital rotated into tokens backed by protocol developments, institutional partnerships and broader narratives around tokenized finance, privacy and artificial intelligence.

Best-performing cryptocurrencies this week: Quant, Midnight, Pumpfun lead crypto rally

Quant, WoW: 154%

Quant led the group of top performers, gaining roughly 154% over the week and trading at $252 as the token extended its positive run to over two weeks. Of

The surge remains linked to Quant’s growing institutional partnerships, with The Clearing House selecting the company to power its On-Chain Money Initiative for US tokenized deposit clearing and settlement. Meanwhile, UK banks completed their first live customer transactions using tokenized sterling deposits on a Quant-built platform under the Great British Tokenized Deposit initiative.

QNT is up 0.1% in the past 24 hours at the time of writing.

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