CoinDesk 20 performance update: Hedera (HBAR) drops 1.9%, leading index lower

Cardando (ADA), down 1.3% from Thursday, was also among the underperformers.

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.

The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2007.93, down 0.2% (-3.4) since yesterday's close.

Six of 20 assets is trading higher.

Leaders: AVAX (+0.6%) and BTC (+0.3%).

Laggards: HBAR (-1.9%) and ADA (-1.3%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

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