# Finding DeFi Gems

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Apr 24, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/finding-defi-gems-2*

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Finding DeFi Gems
  

  
  Published on April 24, 2025

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📸**Daily Market Snapshot: **Wall Street continued to push higher Thursday even as China denied that it had held any tariff talks with Trump despite his saying the exact opposite. Meanwhile, Bitcoin continued its fight against the $94K barrier.

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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.93T
       

  
    
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  **BTC**
   
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    ↗ 9.9%
    
  

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  **ETH**
   
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[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2025/04/image---2025-04-24T162249.188.png)](https://www.bankless.com/read/where-to-chase-defi-yields-right-now)The DeFi trenches are full of hidden gems, but you need to know where to dig.

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