The cryptocurrency market experienced a 2.6% decline over the past 24 hours, reducing the total market capitalization to $3.08 trillion. Bitcoin and Ethereum saw losses of 2.71% and 3.84%, respectively, as the Fear & Greed Index dropped to 29, indicating a 'Fear' sentiment among investors. In contrast, DOGEX surged by an astonishing 4451.12%, significantly outperforming other tokens like CATX and TRUMP. Meanwhile, the total value locked in DeFi projects decreased by 2.85% to $120.584 billion, although NFT sales saw a slight increase of 1.45% to $9.71 million. Additionally, Gemini received CFTC approval to operate prediction markets in the U.S., and Tether participated in a €70 million funding round for robotics in Italy.