Crypto market sees broad gains, DeFi sector up over 3%, BTC breaks $80,000

Odaily News, August 28: According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market saw broad gains across sectors, with the DeFi sector performing notably well, rising 3.50% in 24 hours. Among the top performers, Ethena (ENA) surged 24.66%, Jupiter (JUP) rose 10.28%, and Lighter (LIT) climbed 8.45%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) increased 2.22%, briefly breaking through $81,000 during trading; Ethereum (ETH) rose 0.56%, moving above the $2,500 mark.

Notably, MAG7.ssi rose 2.55%, DEFI.ssi gained 5.72%, and MEME.ssi climbed 3.11%.

In other sectors, the PayFi sector rose 3.03% in 24 hours, with Monero (XMR) up 5.33%; the Layer1 sector gained 2.76%, with Solana (SOL) rising 6.19%; the Meme sector climbed 2.29%, with OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) surging 21.43%; the Layer2 sector rose 2.12%, with Polygon(ex-MATIC) (POL) up 2.76%; and the CeFi sector gained 1.73%, with Bitget Token (BGB) rising 4.24%.

The crypto sector indices, which track historical sector performance, show that the ssiDeFi, ssiGameFi, and ssiPayFi indices rose 4.42%, 3.41%, and 3.11%, respectively.