From examining the #crypto market landscape to analyzing Bitcoin and Ethereum, how DeFi is making a recovery and NFT winter, here are 6 highlights you shouldn't miss! 👇
• Crypto's total market cap rallied up to ~$1.2T in August, before falling again to end the quarter at 6.5% higher than at the end of Q2.
• After Q2’s significant drop of 50% QoQ, the market was mainly in consolidation mode in Q3.
2/ A muted quarter for stablecoins 🤫
• The Top 15 stablecoins lost 3% of their market cap (-$4.7B).
• $USDC's market cap fell 16% after OFAC's sanction of Tornado Cash.
• $BUSD grew the most, increasing 18% due to inflows from USDC and @binance's BUSD auto-conversion.
3/ USD reigns supreme, but #Bitcoin comes in at number 2 ✌️
• Bitcoin managed to outperform other asset classes except for the US Dollar Index (DXY).
• However from a YTD perspective, Bitcoin still experienced the largest loss of -58% among all other asset classes.
• #Ethereum finally saw a rally in early Q3 which peaked at $1,982 in mid-August before tumbling back down.
• A combination of high CPI and anticipation of FOMC hike resulted in a selloff days before the Merge.
• DeFi enjoyed a decent rebound with a market cap growth of ~31% QoQ.
• All sectors saw an uplift in market cap except for asset management.
• The liquid staking sector nearly tripled its market cap to $1.54B in Q3.
• Top 5 NFT market places saw a 71% fall in QoQ trading volume.
• With its recent foray into #Ethereum and headline-grabbing launch of @y00tsNFT, @MagicEden was the only NFT marketplace that saw growth in September, doubling its MoM volume.
7/ ...and that’s all we're sharing here on Twitter! 🤫
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