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Solana Shoots Up While Larger Marketcap Bitcoin, Ethereum Drop — What Is The Possible Reason?

Published 25/06/2024, 06:45
Solana Shoots Up While Larger Marketcap Bitcoin, Ethereum Drop — What Is The Possible Reason?
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Benzinga - Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) defied the slump in blue-chip currencies to emerge as the best-performing large-cap cryptocurrency in the last 24 hours.

What Happened: The fifth-largest coin by market valuation jumped more than 8% on a day where Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) bled significantly.

SOL's trading volume surged 156% to $3.5 billion, catapulting it to become the third-most traded cryptocurrency (barring stablecoins) in the last 24 hours. The rally helped to offset losses encountered over the previous week.

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While not conclusive, the uptick could be attributed to the launch of Wrapped Bitcoin (CRYPTO: WBTC) on Solana, as confirmed by Wormhole in an X post.

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