Trump, ZEC, and POL Outperform BTC and ETH
OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
newsable.asianetnews.com reported that Trump, ZEC, and POL left Bitcoin and Ethereum in the dust. Official Trump surged nearly 94% over the week, briefly reaching a 100% gain before descending back to around $2.55. Polygon's token POL jumped nearly 50%, breaking above its prior resistance of $0.09.
Grayscale's proposed ZCash ETF also pushed ZEC's price upwards near the $800 range. TRUMP was the clear outperformer, peaking at nearly 100% before giving back much of those gains. It settled in around 55% higher on Saturday after a quick break above $2.50 and a subsequent spike above $3.
POL staged a strong breakout, rising nearly 50% to $0.11 from $0.075. Zcash surged from around $510 to above $840 before pulling back to $791.03. The growing optimism around Grayscale's proposed ZCash ETF helped the token rally. The latest SEC filing showed potential interest from DCG International Investments in buying exposure to roughly 200,000 ZEC worth approximately $158.2 million.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for TRUMP, measured when this story was written up on 26 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows TRUMP trading at $2.32 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 50.1%. The 1-hour buy ratio stands at 51.3%, while the 4-hour ratio is slightly lower at 48.9%. Volume delta for the last hour is positive at +$50,530, contrasting with a negative -$39,511 over the past 4 hours. This indicates that immediate buying pressure is building in the short term but has faded over the last four hours. The buy ratio represents the proportion of trades that are buys versus sells. A positive volume delta means more money flowed into buys than sells during that period.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.0% sits at the 60th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.4% - ordinary for this coin.
Twenty-four hours later
What TRUMP did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for TRUMP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 49.8%, compared to today's 24-hour ratio of 50.1%. This shows a marginal increase of 0.3 points in buying sentiment compared to the weekly average. Spot volume for the last 24 hours was $29,812,055, which is 0.35 times the average volume. This indicates that trading activity is significantly lower than usual for this coin. The price change over eight days was +29.6%, with a total volume delta of +$9,205,971. Only 3 of the 7 days showed net buying, suggesting this is an unusual day for sustained accumulation.