CoinDesk 20 Rises as ICP Leads Gains With 12.1% Jump

The CoinDesk 20 tracks a representative group of major crypto assets and serves as a key gauge of broader market trends and capital rotation. Its latest decline came as constituent tokens posted mixed performances, suggesting that investors were not exiting the market across the board but were adjusting positions based on individual projects’ fundamentals and trading momentum.

On July 20, 2026, the CoinDesk 20 fell 0.5% to 2,062.9. Internet Computer (ICP) dropped 1.6%, making it the biggest drag on the index, while NEAR bucked the trend with a 4.1% gain. The 5.7-percentage-point gap between NEAR and ICP highlighted the divergence across the crypto market that day.

The CoinDesk 20 is a crypto-asset benchmark compiled by CoinDesk Indices. It tracks 20 major assets, including BTC, ETH, Near Protocol (NEAR) and Internet Computer (ICP). Its performance offers a gauge of broader market flows and the divergence between large-cap cryptocurrencies and other tokens.

All 20 constituents rose during a session in which the index gained 2.5% to 2,210.86. NEAR climbed 16% and ICP advanced 10.4%, both markedly outperforming BTC and ETH. A later CoinDesk update showed the index trading flat while NEAR extended its gain to 19.4%. The data did not specify an exact date or monetary amounts.

The CoinDesk 20 is a digital-asset market index compiled by CoinDesk that tracks 20 representative crypto assets as a gauge of the broader market. Every constituent gained in the latest session, indicating that the advance was broad-based rather than driven by a handful of large tokens and signaling stronger investor risk appetite across the crypto market.

CoinDesk’s latest performance report showed the CoinDesk 20 rising 1.3%, with all 20 assets included in the calculation trading higher. Internet Computer (ICP) and Chainlink (LINK) led the gains. The report did not provide a specific trading date, the index level or the individual percentage gains for ICP and LINK.