The crypto market is widely declining, with BTC breaking below $68,000, while AI and Meme sectors rally against the trend with gains exceeding 3%

Gate News reports that on March 23, according to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market generally declined. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 1.42%, falling below $68,000; Ethereum (ETH) decreased 1.78%, falling below $2,100. The RWA sector declined 4.85% over the past 24 hours, with Sky (SKY) down 7.95%, Ondo Finance (ONDO) down 2.61%, and Pendle (PENDLE) down 2.49%. Notably, the AI and Meme sectors performed well, rising 10.36% and 3.66% respectively over the past 24 hours. Within the AI sector, Siren (SIREN) surged 163.98%, and Kite (KITE) increased 7.19%; in the Meme sector, MemeCore (M) rose 3.31%, and Banana For Scale (BANANA) jumped 48.95%. Other sectors include the CeFi sector, which declined 0.65% over 24 hours, with Aster (ASTER) up 1.52%; the Layer1 sector fell 0.80%, with Kaspa (KAS) up 0.58%; the PayFi sector decreased 1.10%, while Monero (XMR) surged 4.95% intraday; the DeFi sector declined 1.70%, but River (RIVER) surged 22.20%; the Layer2 sector fell 2.26%, with Mantle (MNT) down 3.20%. Regarding crypto sector indices, the ssiSocialFi index increased 0.09%, the ssiRWA index decreased 3.24%, and the ssiGameFi index declined 2.27%.