PANews reported on December 19th that, according to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market continued its decline, with the AI sector leading the drop at 5.34%. Within the AI sector, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) fell 19.81%, while OriginTrail (TRAC) and Kite (KITE) remained relatively resilient, rising 1.18% and 1.96% respectively. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.80%, breaking below $86,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell 0.17%, fluctuating narrowly around $2,800.
In other sectors, the CeFi sector fell 2.05% in the last 24 hours, with Aster (ASTER) down 7.41%; the Layer 1 sector fell 2.75%, with Zcash (ZEC) rising 3.52% intraday; the DeFi sector fell 3.73%, with Beldex (BDX) rising 13.63% within the sector; the PayFi sector fell 3.74%, but Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose 3.33%; the Layer 2 sector fell 4.44%, with Zora (ZORA) falling 12.56%; the Meme sector fell 4.76%, with Pump.fun (PUMP) falling 10.90%.
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