The cryptocurrency market is broadly up, with the DeFi sector leading gains of over 5%, while only the AI sector is down

2026-05-15 02:28

Odaily Planet Daily News, May 15th. According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market is showing an overall upward trend. The DeFi sector performed notably, rising 5.15% in 24 hours. Within this sector, TAC (TAC) increased by 30.88%. Influenced by the approval and listing of the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF, Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose by 19.02%. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) increased by 2.20%, returning above the $81,000 mark; Ethereum (ETH) rose by 0.80%, approaching the $2,300 mark.

Notably, MAG7.ssi rose by 2.30%, DEFI.ssi increased by 7.55%, and MEME.ssi was up by 1.64%.

Looking at other sectors, the PayFi sector saw a 24-hour increase of 3.42%, with Telcoin (TEL) up 13.85% within the sector; the Layer1 sector increased by 1.85%, with Canton Network (CC) up 8.05%; the Layer2 sector rose by 1.27%, with ImmutableX (IMX) gaining 8.93%; the CeFi sector was up 1.14%, with FTX (FTT) rising 5.45%; and the Meme sector saw a minor increase of 0.11%, with TROLL (TROLL) surging 18.37%.

Only the AI sector declined by 2.18%, although Billions Network (BILL) within it rose by 7.80%.

Reflecting the historical performance of sectors, the crypto sector indices showed that the ssiDeFi, ssiPayFi, and ssiSocialFi indices rose by 6.60%, 3.73%, and 2.50%, respectively.