On Friday, the continued bearish momentum has pushed the crypto industry significantly downward. Hence, the crypto market capitalization has dipped by 1.22% to hit $3.13T. In addition to this, the 24-hour crypto volume has also seen a 17.08% drop, reaching $127.2B.
Concurrently, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index indicates “Fear” among crypto bros at 25 points, and serves as a warner for a further downturn amid the uncertain ontology of the market.
Particularly, the leading crypto asset, Bitcoin ($BTC), has witnessed a 2.61% dip over the past 24 hours. As a result, its current price accounts for $89,683.02 while the market dominance stands at 58.7%.
Additionally, the top altcoin, Ethereum ($ETH), accounts for a 4.25% decrease in price while hovering around $3,036.49. In the meantime, its market dominance stands at 12.2%.
Apart from that, Book of Meme 3.0 ($BOME), HARRIS DOGS ($DOGS), and Beers ($BEER) dominate the crypto gainers of the day. Specifically, $BOME has seen a staggering 689.83% rise, hitting $0.004332.
Subsequently, $DOGS shows a 495.68% increase while trading at $0.004332. Following that, $BEER’s current price is $0.002699, highlighting a 467.14% surge.
On the other hand, the DeFi TVL has dropped by 1.06%, claiming the $120.742B mark. However, the top DeFi project, Aave, has witnessed a slight 0.94% increase, to reach the $33.45B spot.
Additionally, in the case of 1-day TVL change, JioSwap is the top DeFi project, accounting for a stunning 3758% spike over twenty-four hours.
Contrarily, the NFT sales volume has plunged by 9.18%, attaining the $9,446,680 mark. Nevertheless, the top-selling NFT collection, Panini America, has jumped by a huge 1826.59%, hitting $1,833,040.
Moving on, the crypto market has also gone through several other key developments over 24 hours. In this respect, Circle has expanded its supply of $USDC by 2B amid heightened demand.
Moreover, Upbit, a popular crypto exchange in South Korea, is experiencing a sheer rise in revenue and trading activity after a shocking $36M hack. Furthermore, according to Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, the low-profile tax shift of the U.K. is clearing the path for broader DeFi adoption.

Legal experts are concerned that transforming ESMA into the “European SEC” may hinder the licensing of crypto and fintech in the region. The European Commission’s proposal to expand the powers of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is raising concerns about the centralization of the bloc’s licensing regime, despite signaling deeper institutional ambitions for its capital markets structure.On Thursday, the Commission published a package proposing to “direct supervisory competences” for key pieces of market infrastructure, including crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), trading venues and central counterparties to ESMA, Cointelegraph reported.Concerningly, the ESMA’s jurisdiction would extend to both the supervision and licensing of all European crypto and financial technology (fintech) firms, potentially leading to slower licensing regimes and hindering startup development, according to Faustine Fleuret, head of public affairs at decentralized lending protocol Morpho.Read more

