TechFlow news, January 17: According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sectors have risen for three consecutive days. The PayFi sector surged 6.99% over 24 hours, with top projects XRP rising 8.34% and LTC (Litecoin) up 8.57%. Additionally, Layer 1 and DeFi sectors performed strongly today, gaining 3.97% and 3.82% respectively over 24 hours. Within the Layer 1 sector, SOL (Solana) rose 5.66% and ADA (Cardano) climbed 6.50%. The DeFi sector gained 3.82%, with LINK (Chainlink) up 9.98%, XDC (XDC Network) rising 8.93%, and AERO (Aerodrome Finance) increasing 8.26%.
Notably, the popular DeFAI sector experienced a correction, dropping 7.18% over 24 hours, with GRIFFAIN down 8.07% and GRIFT falling 5.26%. AI Agents also pulled back after consecutive gains, declining 3.84% over 24 hours. Virtuals Protocol ecosystem tokens saw the largest losses, with VIRTUAL, AIXBT, and GAME dropping 4.89%, 6.05%, and 12.08% respectively, while FARTCOIN (Fartcoin)逆势 rose 21.55%.
In other sectors, the Meme sector gained 1.52% over 24 hours, Layer 2 rose 1.33%, and CeFi increased 0.68%.
