Crypto Market Sees Broad Rally, AI Sector Leads for Second Consecutive Day, BTC Surges Above $87,000

BlockBeats News, April 21st, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market saw a general rise, with the AI sector leading for two consecutive days, up by 6.29% in the past 24 hours. Within the sector, Render (RENDER), Fetch.ai (FET), and Bittensor (TAO) saw increases of 4.29%, 7.30%, and 12.74%, respectively. Furthermore, Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 2.36% in the last 24 hours, breaking through $87,000, while Ethereum (ETH) increased by 0.91%, reclaiming the level above $1,600.

Of note, MAG7.ssi rose by 1.67%, DEFI.ssi by 3.37%, and MEME.ssi by 1.09%.

Looking at other sectors, the DeFi sector rose by 2.42% in the last 24 hours. Within it, Chainlink (LINK) increased by 5.34%; the Layer2 sector rose by 1.97%, with Stacks (STX) surging by 13.80%; the Meme sector increased by 1.51%, with Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) spiking by 8.52%; the PayFi sector grew by 1.37%, Litecoin (LTC) increased by 4.45%; the CeFi sector rose by 1.03%, and the Layer1 sector increased by 0.84%.

Meanwhile, reflecting historical sector performance, the crypto sector index shows that the ssiAI, ssiNFT, and ssiDePIN indices rose by 6.90%, 2.86%, and 2.55%, respectively.