Crypto Sector Sees Broad Pullback, AI Sector Falls Over 3%, But BTC Briefly Breaks $97,000

Odaily News On January 15th, according to data from SoSoValue, the crypto market sectors experienced a broad pullback. The AI sector fell 3.29% in 24 hours. Within the sector, Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) dropped 6.51%, while Render (RENDER) and Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) fell 7.29% and 8.75% respectively. Notably, Bitcoin (BTC) remained relatively resilient, rising 1.39% against the trend and briefly breaking above $97,000 during the session. Ethereum (ETH) declined 0.05%, holding above $3,300.

In other sectors, the Layer1 sector fell 0.80% in 24 hours, with Zcash (ZEC) rising 4.38% within the sector. The DeFi sector dropped 1.11%, but River (RIVER) gained 15.07%. The CeFi sector declined 1.17%, with Bitget Token (BGB) surging 2.29% during the session. The PayFi sector fell 1.40%, while Dash (DASH) rose 37.95% against the trend. The Meme sector decreased 2.16%, with Pump.fun (PUMP) up 5.28%. The Layer2 sector dropped 2.27%, with Movement (MOVE) surging significantly by 21.31%.

Crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance showed that the ssiAI, ssiNFT, and ssiLayer2 indices fell 3.99%, 3.43%, and 2.77% respectively.