First Mover Americas: BTC Nears $21K but DeFi Tokens Steal the Show

Decentralized exchange Uniswap’s UNI traded at $7, representing a 13% gain. Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, changed hands at $20,660, up 3.5%, while Ethereum’s ether token was priced at $1,200, up 8%. Other notable gainers were programmable blockchain Solana’s SOL cryptocurrency, privacy-focused coin XMR, Polygon’s MATIC, ATOM and ALGO.