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DeFi tokens lead crypto lower as bitcoin (BTC) price gives up Wednesday’s surge

DeFi tokens lead crypto lower as bitcoin (BTC) price gives up Wednesday’s surge

Bitcoin slid by the most in two weeks, losing as much as 2.9% since midnight UTC to below $82,000 after mixed earnings reports from Tesla and Meta Platforms revived doubts over AI spending and sent equities lower in Asia.

Chinese stocks entered a bear market, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell more 3%, South Korea’s Kospi lost 3.5% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 2.7%. Nasdaq 100 index futures dropped 1.32% and S&P 500 futures 0.66%.

Altcoins fell even harder than bitcoin, with the CoinDesk 80 (CD80) recently down 3.2% compared with 2.5% for the CoinDesk 5 (CD5). Ether lost 2.6% to near $2,400. DeFi bore the brunt, with the sector index (DFX) sliding 5.6%.

Spot bitcoin ETFs took in more than $1…

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