Current Prices and Market Decline
- *Market Decline*: The cryptocurrency market has taken a hit, with Bitcoin's price dropping 13% and Ethereum falling 16% due to economic uncertainties and recent market events, including a $1.5 billion hack of ether from the Bybit exchange.¹
- *Current Prices*: As of today, Bitcoin is trading around $84,137, Ethereum is at $2,078, and other major cryptocurrencies like BNB, Solana, and XRP are also experiencing significant declines.²
- *Regulatory Updates*: The U.S. SEC has ended its probe into Bored Apes NFTs creator Yuga Labs and announced a new Crypto Task Force amid a policy shift.
- *Other News*: FTX's lost fortune, including a stake in Anthropic worth $5 billion, has been making headlines. Additionally, Aave has expanded its DeFi reach with the launch of v3 on the Sonic mainnet.