Crypto Market Overview: Ether Gains, Solana Leads Weekly Losses

Chang.K·Nov 6, 2026·3 min read

Ether rises 0.87% over seven days as Bitcoin falls 1.32% and Solana loses 4.80%. Market capitalization slips ahead of the U.S. jobs report.

Rootstone weekly crypto overview: market cap $2.54T, down 2.48% over seven days at the latest completed UTC daily close; Bitcoin dominance 60.0% and Ether dominance 10.7%. Seven-day asset returns: Bitcoin $75,960.00, -1.32%; Ether $2,233.04, +0.87%; BNB $692.84, -0.26%; XRP $1.22, -0.56%; Solana $89.94, -4.80%.

Ether gained 0.87% over the trailing seven days to $2,233.04, while Bitcoin fell 1.32% to $75,960.00. The two largest cryptocurrencies moved in different directions over the weekly observation window.

Solana recorded the largest percentage decline among the five tracked assets, falling 4.80% to $89.94. BNB traded at $692.84, down 0.26% over seven days, while XRP traded at $1.22. Ether's relative strength did not extend uniformly across the group.

At the latest completed UTC daily close, total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.54 trillion, down 2.48% from the daily close seven days earlier. Bitcoin represented 60.0% of that total and Ether 10.7%.

U.S. initial jobless claims fell to a seasonally adjusted 189,000 in the latest reported week, down 6,000 from the previous week's revised 195,000. The U.S. Employment Situation report is scheduled for later today. Payroll growth, unemployment and wage growth are the next labor-market figures to watch alongside the uneven weekly performance in crypto.

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