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Ether Outperforms Bitcoin as Token 2049 Concludes, Overall Crypto Market Stays Flat

Ether Outperforms Bitcoin as Token 2049 Concludes, Overall Crypto Market Stays Flat
The Asia trading week began slowly, with Bitcoin (BTC) up 1.2% and Ethereum (ETH) up 2.6%. However, Ether surpassed Bitcoin in daily gains as conferences Token 2049 and Solana's Breakpoint concluded in Singapore. ETH is trading above $2,600, while BTC is trading above $63,700. The market remains stagnant, with the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) up less than 1%. Short positions worth $64.23 million and longs worth $54.42 million were liquidated in the last 12 hours. There is speculation of another interest rate cut, with BTC up 9.5% in the last week and ETH up over 16%. Solana (SOL) remained flat, and Pendle, a company backed by Arthur Hayes' fund Maelstrom, saw a decline of over 6.5%. MOTHER, a memecoin promoted by Iggy Azalea, increased by 4.5% after announcing the development of a companion casino called Motherland. However, regulatory complexities may hinder its listing on major centralized exchanges.

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