The leading cryptocurrency is on the rise again, as Bitcoin rose above the $71,000 mark on Tuesday, according to But some of the biggest fungible tokens minted on the Bitcoin blockchain via the BRC-20 and Runes token standards are seeing much larger gains of late—including ORDI, a token that had cooled off in recent months.ORDI, which was the first token minted last year via the Now ORDI has marked a 33% jump in the last week alone, reaffirming its status as the largest Bitcoin-based fungible token by market cap at $1.13 billion. It’s the 92nd largest cryptocurrency overall by that mark, per CoinGecko.Other BRC-20 tokens are up much larger this week as well, including PUPS (up 121%) and Bitcoin Wizards (WZRD, up 136%). Meanwhile, the top Runes token has posted similar gains—and could be gunning for ORDI’s spot as the leading Bitcoin meme coin.That newcomer is DOG is now up 11% on the day, and has more than doubled in price over the last week, up by 120% in seven days. At a current price above $0.0095, DOG has a $960 million market cap. It’s down about 2% from an all-time high price set earlier Tuesday, but doesn’t appear to have lost momentum as the price is rising once more.The token accounts for a sizable portion of the broader Runes protocol market cap, which sits at just above $2.4 billion per data from None of the larger dog-themed meme coins by market cap have fared nearly as well of late. DisclaimerThe views and opinions expressed by the author are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or other advice.
