Crypto Markets See Mixed Session as Terra Falls, NEAR Sets All-Time High
Crypto markets had a mixed session early Thursday with bitcoin and ether little changed while some altcoins posted gains of more than 10%.Leading the advance among top altcoins with a market capitalization of over $1 billion were the tokens of Near (NEAR), a high-speed blockchain that rivals Ethereum, which surged 33% in 24 hours to an all-time high of $13.52.The move came after decentralized payments network Terra said it would issue its UST stablecoins – pegged 1:1 with the U.S. dollar – on the Near network, as CoinDesk reported on Wednesday.”NEAR has developed an impressed scaling solution that surpasses most…