In the past week (February 23 - March 2), the crypto market continued to recover due to marginal improvements in macro sentiment and capital structural rotation. Bitcoin steadily oscillated upward, and market risk appetite gradually restored. According to data from the Huobi HTX platform, market funds are no longer concentrated on top assets but have started to spread towards high-elasticity sectors such as AI and DeFi, with PERP's weekly increase exceeding 100%. The AI sector is blossoming in multiple areas, showing ongoing attention to projects combining innovative narratives and practical applications.

DeFi sector strong rebound: PERP leads, RIVER continues its momentum

In the current market environment, the overall recovery of the DeFi sector, especially “application-oriented” protocols with real trading scenarios and liquidity foundations, is more likely to gain capital recognition.

• PERP (Perpetual Protocol): This week's champion in price increase, up 106% in a single week. Perpetual Protocol is a decentralized derivatives exchange (DEX) built on the Ethereum and xDai networks, allowing traders to leverage trading of assets including BTC, ETH, DOT, SNX, YFI, etc., by up to 10 times.
• RIVER (River): This week again rose by 75%. As an important supplementary project in the DeFi ecosystem, River is building a cross-chain stablecoin system that links assets, liquidity, and yields across multiple blockchains. Huobi HTX has also launched $RIVER annualized 20% earning product, enriching its yield dimensions.

AI sector experiences multiple outbreaks: ROBO, SAHARA, ALICE form sector linkage

AI remains one of the most focused core narratives in the current market. Overall, AI assets are shifting from single-point breakthroughs to collective resonance, with multi-asset collaboration strengthening, and the market's exploration of the AI + Crypto integration path deepening continuously.

• ROBO (Fabric Protocol): Weekly increase of 79%. Fabric is one of the hottest AI projects recently, representing the direction of AI and robotics technology integration, attracting broad market attention to the Openmind ecosystem. As AI applications gradually extend from the software layer to real-world scenarios, related concept assets possess stronger imaginative potential.
• SAHARA (Sahara AI): This week increased by 72%. Sahara AI is the first "AI-native" full-stack blockchain platform, where anyone can create, contribute, and monetize AI development results, making future AI more open, inclusive, and fair. Against the backdrop of enhanced trends combining computing power, models, and on-chain data, attention should focus on AI infrastructure and computing power networks.

ALICE (My Neighbor Alice): Weekly increase of 45%. My Neighbor Alice is a multiplayer building game where anyone can buy and own virtual islands, collect and trade non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and make new friends. The game is inspired by successful games like Animal Crossing.

Meme, Layer1 sectors warming up: BEBE, ESP perform outstandingly

• BEBE: The meme sector showed significant warming this week, with BEBE increasing by 86% in a single week. BEBE is an AI-driven cryptocurrency and game finance project. Meme assets often exhibit high elasticity during phases of market sentiment recovery, becoming important vehicles for short-term capital games.
• ESP (Espresso): The representative asset of the Layer1 sector, ESP, increased by 77% this week. Espresso is a global confirmation layer, providing fast and reliable transaction confirmations supported by BFT consensus for L2 chains. The expansion of public chain ecosystems and the increase in developer activity have become important driving forces for valuation recovery.

Multi-sector rotation pattern established, structural market continues

Overall, from February 23 to March 2, the Huobi HTX platform's assets displayed characteristics of recovering capital risk appetite, with elastic assets experiencing the first outburst. AI and DeFi formed the core mainline, while multiple sectors such as Layer1 and Meme rose simultaneously, with the structural market gradually transitioning towards full recovery.

As AI applications deepen, DeFi functionalities evolve, and infrastructure upgrades progress, the next stage of the market mainline may become clearer, with ongoing rotation opportunities for quality assets across multiple sectors. Huobi HTX will continue to carefully select quality sector assets to help users seize market opportunities.

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