Moonbirds (BIRB) Surges 185% to Top Upbit Gainers as Trading Volume Hits $626 Million
Published October 24, 2026, 10:00 AM PKT. Based on CoinGecko market data (primary source), and reporting by Coinotag, OKX, CryptoCompass, KuCoin and AInvest (secondary sources).
Moonbirds (BIRB) traded near $0.176 on October 24, 2026, up about 185% in 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data captured at 04:52 UTC, with 24-hour trading volume above $626 million against a market value of roughly $50.2 million. The token ranked first on CoinGecko's trending list, and hours earlier it had topped the daily gainers board on South Korean exchange Upbit, where its won pair gained 92.23% to 198 won, according to Coinotag's October 24 report on the Upbit session. The two percentages describe different pairs at different times, and the gap between them is itself part of the story: the rally was still accelerating through the morning, with OKX's price page showing BIRB near $0.101 and up about 94% in 24 hours at 00:36 Singapore time, before CoinGecko's later snapshot put it near $0.176.
The Upbit session: BIRB tops a 298-token board
Coinotag reports that at 12:00 KST on October 24, BIRB stood at the top of Upbit's daily gainers ranking with its 92.23% rise to 198 won on turnover of 299.7 billion won, making it one of the venue's most actively traded tokens despite a unit price of just 198 won. Bitcoin, by contrast, barely moved on the same board, printing 108.62 million won, down 0.24% on the previous close. The rest of the top of the board was also small-cap: Superform (UP2) ranked second, up 32.44% to 129 won, and Irys (IRYS) ranked third, up 29.13% to 133 won. Across all 298 Upbit-listed tokens, 120 rose and 146 fell, so decliners outnumbered advancers even under a board led by a near-triple-digit gainer. None of the top ten carried an investment-warning designation, the caution flag Upbit attaches to tokens it deems higher risk, so every name on the list traded without restrictions, according to Coinotag. The shape of the session, a hot gainers column over a negative breadth line, marks it as rotation into small caps rather than a market-wide rally.
The numbers: volume more than twelve times market value
The headline figures are extreme even by small-cap standards. CoinGecko's snapshot put 24-hour volume at about $626.4 million against a market value of about $50.2 million, meaning the token turned over more than twelve times its own market value in a single day. OKX's price page, updated October 24, put circulating supply at 285 million BIRB out of a fixed maximum of 1 billion, with 15,570 holders and liquidity of about $1.42 million on its venue. The speed of the move matters for anyone reading the percentages: CryptoCompass reported on October 21 that BIRB had already surged 36% in 24 hours, with a market value near $18 million at the time, so the token's market value has roughly tripled in about three days. A volume-to-market-value ratio this high, combined with thin venue liquidity relative to turnover, is a classic signature of a fast, exchange-driven spike, and it cuts both ways: the same conditions that carried the price up can reverse it just as quickly.
What BIRB is: from Ethereum owls to a Solana utility token
BIRB is the official ecosystem utility token for the Moonbirds NFT brand, designed to power rewards and incentives on Solana, according to CoinGecko's project description. Moonbirds began as an Ethereum NFT collection, and its intellectual property is now operated by Orange Cap Games, a consumer-focused Web3 studio, according to an overview published by XT.com and cited by CryptoCompass. BIRB launched on Solana on January 28, 2026, with a fixed total supply of 1 billion tokens, according to KuCoin, and Phemex, citing CoinGecko data, reported that the token jumped nearly 70% shortly after launch. The tokenomics allocate 65% of supply to community purposes, including 27% for NFT holder rewards, 12% for ecosystem partners and 10% for value chain incentives, according to AInvest's launch coverage. The distribution runs through Nesting 2.0, a protocol that lets holders lock their Moonbirds, Mythics or Oddities NFTs for 24 months in exchange for monthly BIRB rewards, distributed on the 28th of each month, according to KuCoin. AInvest also reports backing from 1kx, Yuga Labs and Multicoin Capital, and notes that Orange Cap Games generated $8 million in revenue in its second year from its physical collectibles business.
What is still unclear: no fresh catalyst in the record
One honesty note matters for readers weighing this rally. The reporting reviewed for this article contains no fresh Moonbirds protocol announcement, listing notice or product launch dated in the last 48 hours that would explain the spike as a fundamental event. The documented drivers are market-based: a top trending ranking, a top Upbit gainers slot, and turnover far above the token's market value, all consistent with momentum and exchange-led rotation rather than a dated catalyst. That does not rule out a trigger elsewhere in the market, but it means the surge should be read as a trading event first, not as confirmation of a new development in the Moonbirds project. Until a dated announcement surfaces, the verified core of this story is the price, volume and exchange data, and the token's small market value and thin liquidity argue for treating any continuation as unproven.
This article is news reporting and is not investment advice.
Sources
- CoinGecko, Trending coins and BIRB market snapshot, October 24, 2026 (04:52 UTC), primary source
- Coinotag, Bitcoin (BTC) Lags as Moonbird Jumps 92% on Upbit (October 24, 2026), secondary source
- OKX, Moonbirds Price Today (BIRB live price, supply and holders) (October 24, 2026), secondary source
- CryptoCompass, Moonbirds Token Rallies as Solana Memecoins Gain Momentum (October 21, 2026), secondary source
- KuCoin, Moonbirds Launches Nesting 2.0: BIRB Token Rewards for NFT Holders (January 28, 2026), secondary source
- AInvest, Moonbirds Launches BIRB Token on Solana with 24-Month Incentive Plan (January 2026), secondary source
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