The global cryptocurrency market valuation declined 1.35 percent to USD1.72 trillion in the last 24 hours, while trading volumes increased 19.71 percent to USD81.67 billion.

The entire volume in the decentralised finance (DeFi) area was USD12.59 billion in the last 24 hours, accounting for about 15.42 percent of the 24-hour bitcoin trading volume. Stablecoins accounted for USD66.78 billion in total volume, or about 81.77 percent of the 24-hour cryptocurrency trading volume. 

On the morning of February 28, Bitcoin's market dominance increased by 0.00 percent to 41.87 percent, and the currency was trading at USD37,950.46. Bitcoin declined 0.44 percent to Rs 30,15,386 in rupees, while Ethereum fell 1.46 percent to Rs 2,09,457.1. Cardano was trading at Rs 69.29, up 2.27 percent, while Avalanche was trading at Rs 5,880.01, down 5.26 percent. In the last 24 hours, Polkadotrose fell 0.22 percent to Rs 1,388.16 and Litecoin fell 0.91 percent to Rs 8,195.06. Tether was trading at Rs 79.16, up 0.61 percent.

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