Altcoins mixed as TIA, ZK and EIGEN lead weekly gains

Most altcoins spent the week drifting lower. According to Delphi Digital’s sector dashboard, only 34% of tracked tokens posted gains as of October 16, 2026. A handful of names ignored the gloom. Celestia (TIA), ZKsync (ZK), EigenLayer (EIGEN), Kamino (KMNO) and Pyth Network (PYTH) topped the leaderboard. The scoreboard: one breakout, one strong runner-up, three steady climbers TIA led the pack with a +45.0% weekly move. ZK came second with a +23.7% gain. EIGEN, KMNO and PYTH followed, each landing in a range between +13.6% and +14.4%. Market breadth measures how many assets take part in a move, not only how far the leaders run. The 34% breadth figure means that while five tokens posted double-digit gains, roughly two-thirds of the dashboard lost ground. The divergence happened while major crypto assets were cooling, according to the research findings. Money appears to have rotated toward a few specific stories rather than the market as a whole. Why Celestia and ZKsync caught a bid Celestia (TIA). The token’s run was part of a multi-week rally that peaked at approximately $0.633 on October 11. Per the research findings, that was TIA’s highest price of the year. Network news helped f...