PANews reported on March 17th that, according to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market continued its upward trend, rising for the third consecutive day. The PayFi sector performed strongly, leading the gains with a 7.22% increase in the past 24 hours. Among them, XRP (XRP) rose 8.29%, and Stellar (XLM) rose 6.19%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 4.12%, reaching $76,000 intraday; Ethereum (ETH) rose 8.32%, breaking through $2,300.
Other sectors that performed well include: RWA (Real-Time Software) sector, which rose 6.25% in the last 24 hours, and Ondo Finance (ONDO), which rose 6.90%; and NFT (Non-Software) sector, which rose 6.16%, and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU), which rose 8.08%.
In other sectors, Layer 2 rose 6.08%, with Mantle (MNT) up 8.29%; Meme rose 5.82%, with Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) up 26.19%; DeFi rose 4.86%, with Hyperliquid (HYPE) up 8.71%; Layer 1 rose 3.20%, with Zcash (ZEC) up 19.24%; and CeFi rose 1.86%, with Cronos (CRO) up 4.86%.
