$BTC, the largest crypto asset by market cap has seen a price increase of 2% in the past 24 hours, and currently trading at $28894.4, with market cap of $562.61B, as per Gate.io trading chart.
This comes after the European Central Bank (ECB) raised key interest rates by 25bps at its recent meeting on May 4, a sign of slower pace of policy tightening. The Eurozone inflation rate beat 7% in April, as the core rate stayed near an all-time high of 5.6%. BTC gained after the expected rate increase.