# 5 Tokens Still Way Up

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Apr 10, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/5-tokens-still-way-up*

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5 Tokens Still Way Up
  

  
  Published on April 10, 2025

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- 📱** Jack Dorsey's Block Settles for $40M with NYDFS over AML 'Gaps'**. The company behind Square and Cash App [settled](https://www.bankless.com/read/jack-dorseys-block-settles-for-40m-with-nydfs-over-aml-gaps) with New York's top financial regulator over an alleged shortage of anti-money laundering safeguards.
- 🚔 **SEC Approves Options Trading for BlackRock's ETH ETF.** The SEC has [finally signed off](https://www.bankless.com/read/sec-approves-options-trading-for-blackrocks-eth-etf) on options trading tied to ether ETFs.
📸**Daily Market Snapshot: **Crypto prices walked back much of their tariff pause surge in major fashion Thursday as Wall Street discovered Trump has deeper intents for his China tariff kerfuffle.

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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.53T
       

  
    
    ↘ 4.3%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 4.5%
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/btc.png)
    

  **BTC**
   
          $79,648
       

  
    
    ↘ 4.1%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 3.6%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/eth.png)
    

  **ETH**
   
          $1,524
       

  
    
    ↘ 8.4%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 15.7%  

 

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5 Tokens Weathering the Macro Storm
  
   
     
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[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2025/04/image---2025-04-10T175404.262-1.png)](https://www.bankless.com/read/5-tokens-weathering-the-macro-storm)While BTC is down 15%, ETH has cratered 53%, and SOL has slumped 40% over the last 90 days, a handful of tokens have managed to go the other way — not just surviving the chop but outperforming nearly every major. 

**These aren’t random moonshots, either.** Each comes tied to a growing sector narrative, funding from prominent VCs, and traction that hints at something more durable beneath the surface.

*So while most of the market bleeds, these five tokens are putting up green candles — and telling us something important about where capital is quietly flowing* 👇

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