Data: The cryptocurrency market has fallen for two consecutive days, with the Layer 2 sector dropping over 6%, and BTC briefly falling below $71,000

By: rootdata|2026/03/19 11:50:25

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector has fallen for two consecutive days, with the Layer2 sector leading the market decline, down 6.09% in 24 hours, among which Mantle (MNT) fell 7.36%, and Optimism (OP) and zkSync (ZK) fell 7.73% and 8.19% respectively.

In addition, btc-42">Bitcoin (BTC) fell 4.05%, briefly dropping below $71,000 during the session; Ethereum (ETH) fell 5.54%, dropping to around $2,200. In other sectors, the CeFi sector fell 2.58% in 24 hours, with Aster (ASTER) down 7.22%; the Layer1 sector fell 3.22%, but Kaspa (KAS) rose 9.07% against the trend; the PayFi sector fell 3.6%, with Dash (DASH) down 7.72%; the DeFi sector fell 3.94%, but River (RIVER) surged 15.32% during the session; the Meme sector fell 4.79%, while Siren (SIREN) remained relatively strong, rising significantly by 13.64%.

The cryptocurrency sector index reflecting the historical market performance shows that the ssiLayer2, ssiAI, and ssiMeme indices fell by 5.97%, 5.23%, and 4.92% respectively.

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