ChainCatcher News, March 4th: According to SoSoValue data, the overall crypto market sector is trending downward. Only Layer2, SocialFi, and RWA sectors remain relatively resilient, with 24-hour increases of 1.35%, 1.57%, and 0.12%, respectively. Within the Layer2 sector, Mantle (MNT) rose 3.42%. In the SocialFi sector, Chiliz (CHZ) increased by 5.69%. In the RWA sector, Sky (SKY) went up 1.42%. Meanwhile, the GameFi sector declined 12.34%, but Four (FORM) rose 20.40%, and WEMIX (WEMIX) increased 4.30%.
Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.93%, dropping below $69,000; Ethereum (ETH) decreased 2.41%, falling below $2,000.
In other sectors, CeFi declined 0.58%; Layer1 decreased 0.78%, with XDC Network (XDC) up 9.41%; PayFi dropped 1.42%, but SafePal (SFP) rose 1.93%; DeFi declined 1.42%, while River (RIVER) defied the trend with a 22.30% increase; Meme sector fell 3.36%; AI sector decreased 3.49%, but Kite (KITE) rose 10.67%.
The crypto sector indices reflecting sector historical performance show that the ssiLayer2, ssiSocialFi, and ssiRWA indices increased by 1.93%, 1.68%, and 1.34%, respectively.
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