The Indian Supreme Court heard one petition against the crypto banking ban by the countrys central bank today However the court did not grant a stay and the ban is set to proceed as planned prompting crypto exchanges in the country to start implementing their solutions for banking alternatives

The total value locked TVL in decentralized finance defi has risen 4 during the first four days of the new year from 245 billion on January 1 to 25584 billion three days later While the defi protocol Curve Finance dominates with a TVL of 2444 billion Convex Finance is closing in on the dominance with 2127 billion Meanwhile out of several blockchains Ethereum dominates the defi TVL with 6291 or 16096 billion out of the aggregate 25584 billion locked today

The yeartodate gains of Bitcoin BTC and Tesla NASDAQTSLA are both tied right now at 32 at time of writing Curiously this stock has been behaving quite similar to the crypto markets