Odaily Planet Daily report: On September 18, according to SoSoValue data, the conclusion of U.S. interest rate hikes, combined with falling oil prices and the SEC’s release of an "innovation exemption," spurred on-chain trading of tokenized NMS stocks, rapidly alleviating panic sentiment. The broader cryptocurrency market showed an overall upward trend, with 24-hour gains generally ranging from 2% to 7%. The DeFi sector performed strongly, rising 6.80%. Within the sector, Genius (GENIUS) increased by 20.66%, while Uniswap (UNI) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose by 14.81% and 10.01%, respectively.
Notably, MAG7.ssi rose 0.25%, DEFI.ssi increased 7.75%, and MEME.ssi gained 2.55%.
Other standout sectors include the DePIN sector, which rose 5.55% in 24 hours, with Geodnet (GEOD) up 44.90%; and the RWA sector, which increased 4.95%, with Ondo Finance (ONDO) up 9.53%.
In other sectors, the Layer2 sector rose 4.46%, with Arbitrum (ARB) up 18.69%; the Meme sector increased 3.79%, with Useless Coin (USELESS) up 14.21%; the Layer1 sector gained 3.67%, with NEAR Protocol (NEAR) up 22.91%; the PayFi sector rose 1.94%, with Zcash (ZEC) up 8.93%, continuing to set new all-time highs; the CeFi sector climbed 1.86%, with Aster (ASTER) up 4.52%.
The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical performance show that the ssiDeFi, ssiRWA, and ssiLayer2 indices rose by 7.70%, 6.00%, and 5.82%, respectively.