Crypto Sectors Surge Across the Board, AI Sector Leads with Over 6% Gain, BTC Breaks $93,000

2026-01-05 02:19

Odaily News On January 5th, according to data from SoSoValue, all sectors in the crypto market experienced gains, with the AI sector performing notably well, rising 6.44% in 24 hours. Within the sector, Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) rose 18.22%, Render (RENDER) rose 15.70%, and Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) rose 11.49%. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 2.37%, breaking above $93,000; Ethereum (ETH) rose 2.04%, surpassing $3,200.

Notably, MAG7.ssi rose 2.64%, DEFI.ssi rose 3.37%, and MEME.ssi rose 6.74%.

Other standout sectors included: the Meme sector, up 6.23% in 24 hours, with Pepe (PEPE) rising 13.67% and Bonk (BONK) surging 21.27%; the NFT sector, up 6.17%, with Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) within the sector rising 13.63%; and the PayFi sector, up 5.16%, with XRP (XRP) rising 6.26% and Trust Wallet (TWT) rising 5.86%.

In other sectors: the Layer2 sector rose 4.32%, with Stacks (STX) up 15.08% and Celestia (TIA) up 8.42%; the DeFi sector rose 3.58%, with Onyxcoin (XCN) soaring 30.13% and Hyperliquid (HYPE) up 7.89%; the Layer1 sector rose 2.53%, with Kaspa (KAS) up 14.43%; and the CeFi sector rose 2.35%, with Aster (ASTER) up 8.89%.

The crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance showed that the ssiAI, ssiNFT, and ssiMeme indices rose 8.37%, 7.58%, and 5.67%, respectively.