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<p>Since the last market update, the cryptocurrency market cap saw net outflows of more than $30 billion and currently stands at $1.16 trillion — down 2.72% from $1.19 trillion.</p>
<p>Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin (<a href="http://www.cryptoslate.com/coins/bitcoin">BTC</a>) and Ethereum&#8217;s (<a href="http://www.cryptoslate.com/coins/ethereum">ETH</a>) market cap fell 3.1% and 2.35% to $541.42 billion and $223.85 billion, respectively.</p>
<p>The top 10 cryptocurrencies recorded losses over the last 24 hours, shedding more than 2%, respectively.</p>
<p>The biggest losers were Bitcoin, XRP, Cardano, Polygon, Solana, and Polkadot, which lost more than 3%.</p>
<figure id="attachment_323322" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323322" style="width: 1200px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-323322" src="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wMarket-top10-landscape-69.jpg" alt="CryptoSlate wMarket update" width="1200" height="750" srcset="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wMarket-top10-landscape-69.jpg 1200w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wMarket-top10-landscape-69-300x188.jpg 300w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wMarket-top10-landscape-69-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wMarket-top10-landscape-69-768x480.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323322" class="wp-caption-text">Source: CryptoSlate</figcaption></figure>
<p>The market caps of Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) grew to $82.18 billion and $30.39 billion, respectively. In contrast, Binance USD (BUSD) fell to $5.97 billion.</p>
<h2 id="bitcoin">Bitcoin</h2>
<p>In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin fell 3.18% to trade at $27,942 as of 07:00 ET. Its market dominance declined to 46.9%.</p>
<p>Over the weekend, BTC saw a spike in unprocessed transactions due to network congestion. This forced Binance to pause withdrawals twice within 24 hours as the exchange, citing high gas fees.</p>
<p>Glassnode noted an &#8220;extremely high demand for blockspace&#8221; caused by BRC-20 tokens.</p>
<figure id="attachment_323324" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323324" style="width: 1477px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-323324" src="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BTCUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-06.png" alt="CryptoSlate wMarket update" width="1477" height="875" srcset="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BTCUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-06.png 1477w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BTCUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-06-300x178.png 300w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BTCUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-06-1024x607.png 1024w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BTCUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-06-768x455.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323324" class="wp-caption-text">Source: Tradingview</figcaption></figure>
<h2 id="ethereum">Ethereum</h2>
<p>Over the last 24 hours, Ethereum declined 2.43% to trade at $1,858 as of 07:00 ET. Its market dominance rose to 19.4%.</p>
<p>Over the weekend, ETH deposits on exchanges soared to an 18-month high as PEPE investors converted their profits into the digital asset. Like BTC, the blockchain network has also seen its gas fees rise to new highs amid the recent memecoin craze.</p>
<figure id="attachment_323323" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323323" style="width: 1477px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-323323" src="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ETHUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-27.png" alt="CryptoSlate wMarket update" width="1477" height="875" srcset="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ETHUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-27.png 1477w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ETHUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-27-300x178.png 300w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ETHUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-27-1024x607.png 1024w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ETHUSDT_2023-05-08_19-00-27-768x455.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323323" class="wp-caption-text">Source: Tradingview</figcaption></figure>
<h2 id="top-5-gainers">Top 5 Gainers</h2>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-uma-rsk-infrastructure-framework-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/uma/">RSK Infrastructure Framework</a></h3>
<p>RIF is the day&#8217;s biggest gainer, growing 40.08% over the last 24 hours to $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">0.17221 </span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">as of press time. A third layer built on top of Bitcoin has garnered interest due to the network congestion battling the flagship digital asset. Its market cap stood at $165.33 million.</span></p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-tominet-tominet-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/tominet/">tomiNET</a></h3>
<p>TOMI grew 11.26% over the last 24 hours to $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">3.56926 </span>as of press time. Its market cap stood at $141.49 million.</p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-stacks-stacks-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/stacks/">Stacks</a></h3>
<p>STX rose 10.62% to $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">0.77470 </span>as of press time. Thanks to the growing demand for Ordinals, the BTC layer2 network has seen its market cap reclaim the $1 billion mark. Its market cap stood at $1.07 billion.</p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-radicle-radicle-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/radicle/">Radicle</a></h3>
<p>RAD gained 10.53% to trade at $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">3.11719 </span>at<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd"> the time of writing. The token continues its positive run, growing 64% in the last 30 days. Its market cap stood at $155.33 million.</span></p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-mx-token-mx-token-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/mx-token/">MX Token</a></h3>
<p>MX gained 5.82% to $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">2.92006 </span>over the last 24 hours<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">. Its market cap stood at $292.01 million.</span></p>
<h2 id="top-5-losers">Top 5 Losers</h2>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-bitgert-bitgert-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/bitgert/">Bitgert</a></h3>
<p>BRISE is the day&#8217;s biggest loser, falling 12.9% to trade at $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">0.13080 </span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">at the time of writing. The exchange token has experienced minimal sell-off over the past week, down 13%. </span>I<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">ts market cap stood at $130.37 million.</span></p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-uma-uma-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/uma/">Uma</a></h3>
<p>UMA dropped 12.88 % to trade at $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">0.87442</span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">. Despite today&#8217;s drawdown, the decentralized financial contract platform has increased more than 30% over the past week. I</span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">ts market cap stood at $191.31 million.</span></p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-core-core-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/core/">Core</a></h3>
<p>CORE lost 12.45% to $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">1.03664 </span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">over the reporting period. The EVM-Compatible blockchain has shed over 30% in the last 30 days. I</span>ts market cap stood at $115.52 million.</p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-sui-span-style-color-383838-sui-span-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/sui/"><span style="color: #383838;">SUI</span></a></h3>
<p><span style="color: #383838; font-size: 16px;">SUI plunged 11.7% to trade at $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">1.14938 </span></span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd" style="color: #383838; font-size: 16px;">as of press time</span><span class="tw-text-gray-900 dark:tw-text-white tw-text-3xl" style="color: #383838; font-size: 16px;"><span class="no-wrap" data-price-btc="0.0000000000160760720046888" data-coin-id="17388" data-coin-symbol="brise" data-target="price.price" data-price-previous="4.395526198711534e-7">. </span></span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd" style="color: #383838; font-size: 16px;">The layer1 blockchain has experienced heavy volatility since its mainnet launch, down more than 70%. Its m</span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd" style="color: #383838; font-size: 16px;">arket cap stood at $607.19 million.</span></p>
<h3 id="a-href-https-cryptoslate-com-coins-defichain-defichain-a"><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/coins/defichain/">DeFiChain</a></h3>
<p>DFI fell 10.99% to $<span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">0.40535 </span><span class="holepunch holepunch-coin_price_usd">over the reporting period. I</span>ts market cap stood at $282.55 million.</p>
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