The cryptocurrency market showed modest gains in the latest trading session, with Bitcoin maintaining its position as the largest digital asset by market capitalization.
Bitcoin traded at $68,490.62, up 0.53%, giving it a market capitalization of approximately $1.37 trillion. The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, rose 0.76% to $1,994.09, with a market cap of about $240.54 billion.
Stablecoin Tether held steady at $1.00, maintaining a market capitalization of $183.97 billion. Meanwhile, BNB traded at $629.45, up 0.33%, with a market cap of $85.8 billion.
Payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP gained 0.73% to $1.3735, bringing its market capitalization to $84.15 billion. Another major stablecoin, USD Coin, remained stable at $1.00, with a market cap of $77.34 billion.
In decentralized finance (DeFi), Aave topped the total value locked (TVL) rankings with $44.21 billion locked across its protocol, while its token traded at $111.34, up 0.32%.
Liquid staking protocol Lido DAO followed with $19.22 billion in TVL, with its token priced at $0.29733, showing a marginal 0.03% increase.
Other notable DeFi platforms included Ethena, with $6.8 billion in TVL despite a 0.75% price decline, and Babylon, which recorded $3.51 billion in locked assets.
DeFi lending protocol JUST reported $3.34 billion in TVL with its token gaining 0.14%, while decentralized exchange Uniswap held $3.17 billion in TVL and saw its token rise 0.40%.
