Crypto market shows sideways movement with extreme fear, mixed price action, rising DeFi TVL, and major developments including Mt. Gox transfers.Crypto market shows sideways movement with extreme fear, mixed price action, rising DeFi TVL, and major developments including Mt. Gox transfers.

Crypto Market Records Sideways Movement as Fear Lingers

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The crypto landscape is witnessing a continuation of the bearish moment with a slight optimism. Thus, the total crypto market capitalization has reached $3.1T, showing a 0.23% increase over the past 24 hours. However, the 24-hour crypto volume has plunged by 23.90%, hitting $175.01B. Concurrently, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index stands at 17 points, presenting “Extreme Fear.”

Bitcoin Sees 0.49% Rise While Ethereum Dips by 0.23%

Specifically, the price of the flagship crypto asset, Bitcoin ($BTC) has gone through a 0.49% increase, reaching $90,385.46. In addition to this, its market dominance accounts for 58.3%. On the other hand, Ethereum ($ETH) is changing hands at $2.99.02, presenting a 0.23% dip. In the meantime, the leading altcoin has touched 11.7% of its market dominance.

$CATX, $GROK, and $PEOPLE Lead Crypto Gainers

Simultaneously, the list of top gainers in the crypto market includes CATX ($CATX), SORA GROK ($GROK), and MAGA ($PEOPLE). Particularly, $CATX has jumped by a staggering 2053.72%, touching $0.000003441. Following that, $GROK has seen a 564.90% increase to hit $0.003179. Subsequently, a 514.49% rise has placed the price of $BEER at $0.00983.

DeFi TVL Jumps by 1.20% and NFT Sales Volume Witnesses 16.95% Increase

Apart from that, the DeFi TVL has spiked by 1.20%, attaining the $123.069B spot. Additionally, the top DeFi project in terms of TVL, Aave, stands at $32.038B, accounting for a 3.46% jump. Nevertheless, when it comes to 1-day TVL change, pSTAKE Finance maintains its top position in the DeFi market, claiming a 35186601% increase over the past twenty-four hours.

Along with that, the NFT sales volume is also sitting at $11,781,491, presenting a 16.95% spike. At the same time, the top-selling NFT collection, Algebra Positions NFT-V2, has recorded a 373.81% increase, leading it to $2,334,536.

Mt. Gox Moves $953M Bitcoin, Kraken Secures $800M Backing

Moving on, the crypto market has also experienced many other notable developments over 24 hours. In this respect, Mt. Gox has shifted a huge $953M in $BTC, dumping $16M on Kraken.

Moreover, Cloudflare has pointed toward a database error as the reason leading to the outage that crashed twenty percent of the internet. Furthermore, Citadel Securities has backed Kraken with a $800M in its new funding round.

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