CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2948.21, down 2.7% (-82.39) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
None of the 20 assets are trading higher.
Leaders: NEAR (-0.9%) and CRO (-1.0%).
Laggards: BCH (-7.0%) and XRP (-4.7%).
The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.
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