SOL, ETH Rise With Bitcoin as War Continues After Russia, Ukraine Hold Peace Talks

Bitcoin's record-breaking daily gains trickled down to Solana, ether, and other layer-1s as the market factors in a possible end to the war in Ukraine.

AccessTimeIconMar 1, 2022 at 4:21 a.m. UTC
Updated May 11, 2023 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's push past $40,000 with a 15% daily gain, a new record for the world's largest digital asset by market cap, has been felt in ether and other layer 1 protocol tokens as the total crypto market cap inches back toward the $2 trillion mark.

  • Fighting continued after peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ended with no resolution other than to meet again, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
  • By late morning Asia time, bitcoin (BTC) was trading at around $43,000, according to CoinGecko.
  • Macroeconomic strategist Lynn Alden noted on Twitter that "a week into a significant geopolitical/military event, bitcoin is outperforming gold," pointing to Ukraine and Russia's comparatively high crypto adoption. Ukraine is fourth on Chainalysis' crypto adoption index, while Russia is 18th.
  • Solana (SOL) was up 11.4% to $97 at time of writing, per CoinGecko, while ether (ETH) was up to $2,900, or 11% on-day.
  • According to open interest data curated by CoinAlyze, open interest on solana is up 14% to $726 million.
  • Open interest on ether is up 11%.
  • Other tokens also saw double-digit gains. avalanche (AVAX) was up 17% to $86.70 at time of writing, while Cardano's ADA token was up 9.7% to 96 cents. Cosmos' ATOM token posted gains of 16%, bringing its price to $31.75.
  • Glassnode data shows the number of unique tether (USDT) stablecoin transfers hit a monthly high, inferring that traders who had cashed out during the initial uncertainty of the war in Ukraine are moving assets around to prepare for a re-entry into the market.

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