The cryptocurrency market returned strong from the Easter holidays with Terra LUNA leading major coins with an 18.5% rebound to trade at US$91.43, on Tuesday morning Asia time.

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Fast facts

  • Terra reached its all-time high of US$119 in early April.
  • Terra’s dollar-pegged algorithmic stablecoin UST maintained steady growth in market cap to US$17.7 billion, a billion away from the 12th largest cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
  • Dogecoin investors are hunting a spot on the crypto top 10 ahead of April 20 “Doge Day.”
  • With a market cap of US$18.6 billion, the world-leading memecoin was trading at US$.014.03 at press time.
  • Elsewhere, the Web 3.0 application STEPN (GMT), which incorporates gamification of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), rose over 30% in a day to reach a new high of US$3.36.
  • Bitcoin has recovered past US$41,000 as the World Bank announced a US$170 billion relief package while chopping its 2022 global growth forecast to 3.2% from 4.1%. 

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