Last Week's Top Performing Cryptocurrencies

The cryptocurrency industry started the second quarter of 2022 with a correction. Leading crypto Bitcoin quickly dropped more than 6.4% of its value, pegging at $44.4k, while Ethereum lost about 6% of its value accordingly. Let's take a closer look at last week’s top performing cryptocurrencies. Zilliqa (ZIL) +379% Zilliqa (ZIL) was the undisputed winner of the week, with the price of ZIL rising from $0.0474 to $0.2255, up 379% in a single week. ZIL ranks 51st among cryptos with a market cap of $2.5 billion. Wave (WAVES) +103% Wave (WAVES) made its investors happy this week as it grew more than 103%, hitting an all-time high of $62.03 on the first day of April. WAVES is on our list as the 30th largest crypto in the market with a market cap of $5.9 billion. VeChain (VET) +59% The price of VeChain (VET) has risen 59% over the past 7 days to reach $0.08858, a price level not seen since the first days of January. VET is on our list as the 33rd largest cryptocurrency. Aave (AAVE) +49% Aave has recorded massive growth of close to 50% since March 2 and quickly rose from $161.39 to $239.98. With a market capitalization of currently $2.9 billion, AAVE has managed to reach its highest level in almost three months. After the Aave V3 protocol was published on 6 different networks, it made transactions cheaper and more efficient. Filecoin (FIL) +49% Decentralized storage and cloud service network Filecoin gained nearly 50%, rising from a price point of $18.64 to $27.78. FIL is on our list as the 37th largest cryptocurrency in the market with a market cap of $4.3 billion.