Ether enjoyed an almost equally upbeat day, blasting past $1,700 before settling slightly below this threshold. The second largest crypto in market value was recently up more than 9%. Other major turned bright green over the course of the day with YGG, the token of play-to-earn gaming guild Yield Guild Games, and NEAR, the native crypto of smart contracts platform Near Protocol, each recently rising well over 11%. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) a measure of the wider digital asset market’s performance, was recently up 10%.
