Global Crypto Economy Holds Above the $2 Trillion Zone for 5 Consecutive Days

newsbtcPubblicato 2022-03-28Pubblicato ultima volta 2022-03-27

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The crypto economy has managed to remain above the $2 trillion mark during the last five days since March 22.

The crypto economy has managed to remain above the $2 trillion mark during the last five days since March 22. Currently, the global cryptocurrency market capitalization is 1.3% higher during the last 24 hours, as the valuation stands at $2.1 trillion today. Furthermore, the price of bitcoin jumped over the $46K zone on Sunday as well capturing an $870 billion market cap.

Digital Assets Gain This Week, Bitcoin Cracks $46K, TVL in Defi Holds Above $200 Billion

Digital currencies have gained in value during the last seven days and for five consecutive days, the crypto economy’s total value has held above $2 trillion. The last time the crypto economy was above the $2 trillion zone was during the first week of March.

Global Crypto Economy Holds Above the $2 Trillion Zone for 5 Consecutive Days

At 4:45 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, March 27, 2022, the price of bitcoin (BTC) tapped a high of $46,615 per unit.

During the last seven days, bitcoin (BTC) increased by 8.9% and ethereum (ETH) gained 8.5% against the U.S. dollar. Out of the top ten largest crypto market caps, cardano (ADA) saw the biggest seven-day gain with 26.5% this week.

The crypto economy has managed to stay above the $2 trillion mark for five consecutive days. Data from coingecko.com from March 19 to March 26, 2022. Bitcoin rose above the $46K mark at 4:45 p.m. (ET) and at the same time ethereum jumped above the $3,220 region on Sunday.

The 13,421 crypto assets traded on 587 exchanges currently has a market valuation of $2.1 trillion and its risen 1.3% during the last day.

The biggest gainer during the last week was zilliqa (ZIL) jumped 148% this week, convex finance (CVX) spiked 53.2% higher, and vechain (VET) increased by 44.9% over the last seven days.

The top privacy coins by market valuation increased by 3.4% in 24 hours, and the top smart contract platform coins by market capitalization rose in value by 1.7% on Sunday. Furthermore, the top rebase tokens by market capitalization increased by 9% during the last 24 hours against the U.S. dollar.

While the value of the crypto economy is $2.1 trillion on Sunday, over the last day there’s been $78.5 billion in global trade volume on exchanges.

At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) has a market dominance of around 40.3% of the crypto economy’s value and ethereum (ETH) represents 18% of the $2.1 trillion. The stablecoin tether (USDT), which is the third-largest crypto market valuation, has a market dominance today of around 3.84%.

The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) on Sunday is $216 billion as it’s increased by 1.04% during the last 24 hours.

Out of the $78.5 billion in global trade volume on exchanges, $42.7 billion of those trades are swapped with stablecoins. The overall value of the stablecoin economy on Sunday is $188.9 billion.

In addition to the $2.1 trillion crypto economy, $216.58 billion is locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols. The total value locked (TVL) in defi today has increased 1.04% in value during the last 24 hours. The largest defi protocols in terms of TVL include Curve Finance, Makerdao, Lido, Anchor, and Aave.

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