PANews February 12 News, according to SoSoValue data, the overall crypto market is trending downward, with Bitcoin (BTC) down 1.97%, falling below $68,000; Ethereum (ETH) down 2.83%, falling below $2,000. Only the NFT, SocialFi, and Layer2 sectors remain relatively resilient, with 24-hour increases of 1.40%, 0.53%, and 0.04% respectively. Within the NFT sector, ApeCoin (APE) rose 1.30%; within SocialFi, Toncoin (TON) increased 0.68%; in the Layer2 sector, zkSync (ZK) rose 4.38%.
In other sectors, Meme experienced a 0.29% decline over 24 hours, but PIPPIN (PIPPIN) surged 33.94%; Layer1 declined 1.35%, with Zcash (ZEC) remaining relatively strong, up 2.41%; CeFi declined 1.46%, with Aster (ASTER) surging 8.90% during trading; DeFi fell 1.71%, but Hyperliquid (HYPE) defied the trend with a 4.08% increase; PayFi declined 1.88%, while eCash (XEC) rose 4.11%.
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