The total cryptocurrency market capitalization has dipped to $2.59 trillion, reflecting a 0.29% decline over the past 24 hours. Trading volumes also contracted by 6.26% to $141.54 billion, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index settled at 58 points, remaining in the upper 'Neutral' zone, indicating cautious sentiment among investors.
Bitcoin ($BTC) fell by 1.47% to trade at $76,921.24, with its market dominance steady at 60.0%. Ethereum ($ETH) experienced a sharper decline of 2.52%, currently changing hands at $2,288.79, and its market dominance rose slightly to 10.7%.
Among the top gainers, Gold Pump Meme ($GPM) surged an extraordinary 2056.39% to $0.01100, followed by Tesla ($TSLA) which rose 437.11% to $33.98, and Hold BTC ($HBTC) which gained 279.36% to $0.0000006023. However, these gains were concentrated in low-cap tokens with limited liquidity.
The DeFi sector saw its total value locked (TVL) fall by 2.23% to $83.327 billion. Lido, the largest DeFi protocol by TVL, dropped 4.61% to $21.399 billion. Meanwhile, the NFT market recorded a 12.45% decline in sales volume to $6,916,875, with leading collection Courtyard falling 5.32% to $842,303.
In other developments, Binance announced the delisting of five margin trading pairs, including $TRX/$ETH. Additionally, Israel approved the launch of a Shekel-pegged stablecoin called $BILS. Solana developers Firedancer and Anza introduced Falcon, a post-quantum solution designed to maintain high-throughput capabilities.
Top-100 crypto assets showed divergent action, with Humanity Protocol (H) leading gainers at 14.53%, surging to $0.1639 amid interest in its privacy-first palm-scan identity Layer 2 solution. MemeCore (M) dropped 9.26% to $3.55 following on-chain reports that over 90% of its supply is held by insiders, echoing liquidity risks similar to RaveDAO's recent 95% crash. Other gainers included Binance Life (+9.11%), Siren (+7.3%), Pi Network (+5.45%), and Tezos (+5.34%). Losers included DeXe (-6.32%), Zebec Network (-6.26%), Zcash (-5.7%), and Chiliz (-5.07%).
Bitcoin remained near $76,500 after failing to break $80,000 resistance, while Ethereum held around $2,260. Bitcoin dominance stayed near 59.98%, and stablecoin market cap reached $317 billion, representing 11.73% of total crypto market cap, underscoring their role as safe havens during volatility.
