📈 Ethereum Futures Open Interest Booms. ETH futures open interest has surged to a new high of $20.8 billion, with positive funding rates and record leverage ratios indicating traders are heavily betting on rising ETH prices.
🚀 Solana Hits Record High Over $260. Two years after plunging to $8 during the FTX collapse, SOL has soared to a new all-time high above $260 following a 386% year-over-year surge.
❎ Polymarket Blocks French Traders. The predictions marketplace has restricted access for French users following an investigation by France’s national gaming authority, the ANJ, over compliance with gambling laws.
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Alt L1s Pump
📸 Daily Market Snapshot: Is it 2021 again? Last cycle's retail favorites— including XRP, EOS, Stellar, Cardano, and Sologenic—litter the top gainers board today. Meanwhile, BTC is sitting just under $100k, and Jim Cramer finally flipped bullish after urging investors to exit at the pico-bottom. It's beginning to look like the next big bull run might just be getting started.
Prices as of 1pm ET
24hr
7d
Crypto $3.3t
↗ 1.2%
↗ 11.5%
BTC $98,999
↗ 0.7%
↗ 10.3%
ETH $3,297
↘ 1.6%
↗ 8.6%
MORPHO $0.93
↘ 21.7%
↘ 45.4%
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