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The S&P 500 fell 0.55% Tuesday, retreating from record highs as Fed caution, AI rally concerns, and profit-taking pressured megacap tech, while Micron rose on strong earnings. Gold held near $3,760 on Wednesday, supported by Fed rate cut expectations and safe-haven demand, while traders await Friday’s US PCE inflation report for direction. The Coindesk Indices, which tracks the broader crypto market, rose 0.14%, with Bitcoin and Ether down 0.46% and 0.21%, respectively in the past 24 hours. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this link.
Today’s top performer is ASTER, up 36.5% after leading perp DEXs with $11B in daily trading volume.
Aster (ASTER) is a decentralized exchange for spot and perpetuals trading that surged over 1,500% after its September 2025 TGE. Formed from the 2024 merger of Astherus and APX Finance, it combines yield and trading into a unified DeFi ecosystem. Aster secured the top spot among perpetual DEXs over the past 24 hours, recording more than $11 billion in trading volume and highlighting its growing dominance in the market.
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Ripple’s $740M RLUSD stablecoin has been integrated into Securitize, allowing fundholders to swap BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL for RLUSD at $1 parity verified by oracles. The move enables instant, regulated on-chain settlement, expands utility for tokenized Treasuries, and will extend to the XRPL for broader DeFi and CeFi composability.
Category | Flow (millions) |
GBTC | 0.0 |
Non-GBTC | (106.3) |
Total | (106.3) |
Yesterday, BTC spot ETFs saw $106.3M in outflows, all from non-GBTC funds, while GBTC recorded no change.
Avantis has unveiled its Season 3 airdrop, the biggest to date, distributing 40M $AVNT tokens valued at over $80M. The season, which runs until February 28, will reward traders with 75% of the pool ($60M) and LPs with 25% ($20M). A points dashboard is set to go live soon, and once the season ends, users can claim their rewards.