# 3 High-Value Base DeFi Plays

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Mar 20, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/3-high-value-base-defi-plays*

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3 High-Value Base DeFi Plays
  

  
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Kraken's Big Buy
  

  

 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2025/03/Group-14---2025-03-20T164921.153.png)](https://www.bankless.com/)- 🥷 **Kraken is Acquiring Futures Platform NinjaTrader for $1.5B.** The mega deal [will serve Kraken's ambitions](https://www.bankless.com/read/kraken-is-acquiring-futures-platform-ninjatrader-for-1-5b) to expand beyond crypto.
- 🦄 **Uniswap DAO Approves $165M Funding Plan.** One of the [two approved proposals](https://www.bankless.com/read/uniswap-dao-approves-165m-funding-plan) includes steps toward making Uniswap Governance a legal entity.
- 🚔 **Gotbit Founder Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Forfeits $23M.** Alex Andryunin, founder of Gotbit, [pled guilty](https://www.bankless.com/read/gotbit-founder-aleksei-andriunin-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud-market-manipulation) to wire fraud and market manipulation. 
📸**Daily Market Snapshot: **Crypto prices inched lower Thursday as traders grappled with dropping tech stocks. Even a [surprise conference address](https://www.theblock.co/post/347324/trump-once-again-vows-to-make-the-us-a-bitcoin-superpower-in-short-address-at-crypto-conference) from Trump where he vowed to make the US a 'bitcoin superpower,' couldn't reignite BTC price action.

Prices as of 5pm ET
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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.76T
       

  
    
    ↘ 1.7%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 5.3%
  

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  **BTC**
   
          $84,247
       

  
    
    ↘ 1.8%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 4.8%
    
  

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  **ETH**
   
          $1,975
       

  
    
    ↘ 3.3%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 7.4%  

 

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