Crypto market rises for three consecutive days, PayFi sector leads gains exceeding 7%, BTC touches $76,000

SmartContractAuditor · 2026-03-17T02:22:04+00:00

The crypto market continues to rise, with the PayFi sector performing strongly. XRP and ETH have increased by 8.29% and 8.32% respectively. Multiple sectors including DEFI, MEME, NFT and others have achieved significant growth, with overall market sentiment remaining optimistic.

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2026-03-17 02:22:04

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Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market continues to rise, with three consecutive days of gains. The PayFi sector performed strongly, leading the gains with a 7.22% increase over the past 24 hours. Among them, XRP (XRP) rose 8.29%, Stellar (XLM) increased 6.19%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 4.12%, reaching $76,000 during the session; Ethereum (ETH) increased 8.32%, breaking through $2,300.

Notably, MAG7.ssi increased 5.43%, DEFI.ssi rose 8.21%, MEME.ssi gained 7.30%.

Other standout sectors include: RWA sector up 6.25% in 24 hours, Ondo Finance (ONDO) up 6.90%; NFT sector up 6.16%, Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) up 8.08%.

In other sectors, Layer2 increased 6.08%, Mantle (MNT) up 8.29%; Meme sector up 5.82%, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) surged 26.19%; DeFi sector up 4.86%, Hyperliquid (HYPE) up 8.71%; Layer1 sector up 3.20%, Zcash (ZEC) up 19.24%; CeFi sector up 1.86%, Cronos (CRO) up 4.86%.

The crypto sector indices reflecting sector performance show that the ssipayFi, ssilayer2, ssirwa indices increased by 7.82%, 7.53%, and 6.86%, respectively.

BTC1.22%

XRP3.85%

XLM1.7%

ETH3.55%

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