CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2932.9, up 3.4% (+96.24) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Nineteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: CRO (+9.0%) and POL (+8.0%). Laggards: UNI (-3.2%) and DOT (+0.6%).
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