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Avalanche (AVAXUSD) climbed to $9.17 amidst positive investor sentiment, modestly trailing a broader market rally, primarily driven by Bitcoin’s 2.69% gain on positive macro sentiment.
Bitcoin (BTC) price rose by 3% to $78,490 outpacing a broader market that rose 1.77%, primarily driven by renewed institutional demand amid spot ETF inflows.
Ripple (XRP) price climbed 2% to $1.40, modestly outperforming a flat broader altcoin market, primarily driven by momentum from its flagship conference.
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The United States has seized nearly $500 million in cryptocurrency assets linked to Iran as part of a sanctions campaign that heavily focuses on freezing stablecoins.
XRP is up 0.78% to $1.38 over the past 24h, modestly rising alongside a broader market rally but underperforming Bitcoin’s 2.02% gain ahead of Las Vegas conference.
The crypto market capitalisation declined 1.01% to $2.55 trillion over the past 24h, primarily driven by macro-inflation concerns amid a surge in the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Index.
Global markets remained under pressure as oil prices surged on escalating Middle East tensions and persistent inflation concerns. Wall Street ended mixed, with the S&P 500 marginally down 0.04%, the Dow Jones closing 0.57% lower.