BTC Climbed Nearly 2%

As per data from CoinGecko, BTC climbed nearly 2% in the last 24 hours, while Ethereum (ETH) surged 2.3%, Cardano (ADA) increased 0.8%, and XRP was up 0.3% in the day.

Data from CoinGecko at 12:38 AM ET on Wednesday shows that BTC climbed nearly 2% in the last 24 hours. Among the top 10 coins, Ethereum (ETH) was up 2.3%, Cardano (ADA) advanced 0.8%, and XRP clocked a smaller 0.3% gain.

Among Tuesday's biggest gainers was TITCOIN, a meme token that claims to celebrate "female empowerment and the diversity of women's bodies and shapes." The coin was up 91% in the last 24 hours, taking the second spot on CoinGecko's Top Gainers ranks.

In third place was Binance-Peg EOS (EOS), with a 31.7% spike, and EOS took the fourth spot with a 31.5% increase. Al token Alchemist AI (ALCH) completed the Top 5, after gaining 20.7%.

In first place was inSure DeFi (SURE), a token focused on "decentralized insurance," an emerging DeFi segment that raised discussions on whether people are ready for such an innovation or not. The rising altcoin surged by a staggering 214.5% overnight, and other gainers were not even close to the digital coin's sudden spike.

Earlier in the day, multiple altcoins and meme coins saw a sharp drop as the crypto market experienced a major sell-off. Despite the broader downturn, the day's gainers proved that it's still possible for some coins to bounce during a market-wide crash.

Why Did Some Crypto Coins Crash?

Various factors affect a crypto market downturn, but on April Fool's Day, it appears some digital coins were affected by the "jokes" within the community.

Rising Web3 researcher Pix noted how some of the April Fool's jokes Tuesday were "just jokes," but others "caused millions in liquidations," including a "Juicebox x Paradigm" announcement that resulted in a "pump and dump" in the Juicebox (JBX) token's price.

Some April Fools jokes in crypto were just jokes.Others caused millions in liquidations.Here are the worst ones:1. Fake Paradigm raise announcement. Pump-and-dumped.

Crypto users have since shared their thoughts on April Fool's jokes within the crypto space, with some saying they've learned to "stay away from trading announcements" whenever April 1 hits.

April foooos is a day to stay away from trading announcement I learn that every year time and time again lol

One user raised the issue on some of the jokes being "straight criminal," and another said some crypto jokes start from "harmless laughs to market-crashing chaos.

some of these are just straight criminal, no jokes

crypto april fools jokes: from harmless laughs to market-crashing chaos.

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