The cryptocurrency market cap has surged, with Bitcoin and Ethereum leading the charge. Top 10 crypto assets have all recorded positive performances, and an upcoming Ethereum upgrade is attracting attention. Among the top 5 gainers, FLEX and RSK Infrastructure Framework have posted impressive growth, while Render Token and Conflux Network have also enjoyed a strong upside. But what's behind the rapid rise of Stacks, the Bitcoin layer2 network token? Discover the key factors contributing to its 30% growth in the last 30 days...

CryptoSlate wMarket Update: Bitcoin trades above $30,000 as Ethereum eyes $2k
The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.

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Bitcoin, a decentralized currency that defies the sway of central banks or administrators, transacts electronically, circumventing intermediaries via a peer-to-peer network.
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Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform that enables the creation of smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps).
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Radix is a layer 1 smart contract platform that started from the problem of how to decentralize the $400 trillion global financial system and worked backwards from that objective.
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BGB (Bitget Token) is the native utility token of Bitget.
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Mil.k Alliance Project is aย platform that brings together the points of lifestyle services and make them interchangeable for other services you need.
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A world heritage protection and development DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) accelerator, TemDAO funds and supports future builders in world heritage decentralized through DAOs working on a range of areas and infrastructure projects.
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BORA is a decentralized entertainment platform focused to distribute digital content and provide incentives to participants.
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FLEX is the coin that powers CoinFLEX, a physically settled futures exchange.
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Conflux Network is an open protocol for a new world of DApps, finance, and Web 3.0.
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Rendertoken is a decentralized economy of 3D assets utilizing the global network of GPU devices through its cloud rendering technology.
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RIF (Rootstock Infrastructure Framework) is a third layer on top of Bitcoin that provides a wide range of solutions based on blockchain technology such as payments, storage, and domaining (RNS).
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