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 3333.82, down 5.0% (-176.57) since 4 pm ET on Wednesday.None of the 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: ETH (-3.7%) and BTC (-3.7%).Laggards: HBAR (-8.2%) and APT (-7.4%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.
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