Over the last 24 hours, the total crypto market cap increased by around 3% and now stands at above $1.3 trillion. After nine consecutive weeks of losses, Bitcoin price went above $31,600 again. Ether trades at above $1960.
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The Cardano blockchain's ADA coin is among the biggest gainers of this week. In the last seven days, the ADA price grew by about 27.8%. Currently, the coin trades at around $0.6. It is the 6th largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of over $22 billion.
A few days ago, Cardano announced that a network upgrade, the Vasil hard fork, will take place in June. It will present consensus-specific upgrades, improving blockchain operations and its smart contract, Plutus. Last week, the Cardano team deployed a closed Vasil testnet to evaluate the functionality of a few dapps and users.
According to data from DeFi Llama, the total value locked in Cardano's smart contracts grew by 32% in a day, hitting $156 Million.