These decentralized finance (Defi) cryptocurrencies are doing very well in the market, not minding Bitcoin's current stagnation.
Some have seen a growth of up to 37-75% very recently, an impressive feat in a heavily influenced market by crypto's poster child.

Major Signals
- Aave has gained by over 45% recently, and its price stands at $289 currently.
- Uniswap has also seen an increase of 67%, and it's price currently is over $15.
- MIR, RAMP & BOND have also been experiencing an increase in this period of BTC decline.
This week was marked by a lot of volatility in the bitcoin price chart. Many bitcoiners seemed to hold their breath as Bitcoin plunged roughly 10% and retested the $30,000 support level, even dipping as low as the $29,000 level.
But some altcoins have surprisingly been bullish. We have picked out some of them below:#
Aave(AAVE): Pool-based lending protocol, Alpha Finance (ALPHA) 's native token, has gained by over 45%. At the beginning of the year, its price stood at $83 but currently stands at $289.
Its trading volume also rose from $200 million on the 3rd of January to over $1 billion now. Its Total Value Locked (TVL) increased from $2.03 billion at the start of the year to currently sit at $3.75 billion. It has risen to the 15th-largest crypto asset by market cap.
Uniswap(UNI): Uniswap's decentralized exchange token rose 67% in the past seven days and is now trading at $15.06.UNI token has gained 335% from October of last year and reached a new all-time high at $15.35 yesterday.
It's TVL also reached a new high at $3.16 billion. It's trading volume also reached a new all-time high at $1.3 billion on the 11th of January this year. In the past 24hours, it's trade value stood at $768.36. It is currently the 13th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Other Lesser-known but notable altcoins include:
- Bainbridge(BOND): This is designed to split crypto investment opportunities according to their various risk levels. BOND rose by nearly 75% just last week. It is currently trading at $49.47and is the 219th-ranked crypto asset by market cap.
- Mirror Protocol(MIR): This is a governance token for the company it is named after. It is designed to create fungible assets to track the price of real-world assets. It saw an increase of 70% just last week too. It is trading at $3.40 and is ranked 157th by market cap.
- RAMP is also up by 37% in the past seven days and is trading at $0.29.