UPDATE: $BNB market cap surges from $128B to $183B in less than a month, up +40%.
Flips BlackRock, Sony, Vanguard Group, and Citigroup.
Now ranked #113 among the world’s largest assets, up 58 spots.
What happened in crypto last week?
• Bitcoin hit ATH at $123,600
• Ethereum hit $4,700
• Strategy bought 155 BTC for $18M
• Metaplanet Q2 revenue up 41% to $8.4M
• $BTC & $ETH ETFs saw $40B in weekly volume
• Grayscale filed S-1 for $DOGE ETF
• Bullish raised $1.1B in IPO above expectations
• SEC acknowledged Invesco Galaxy Spot $SOL ETF filing
• BT Technologies led with 800K+ ETH
• SharpLink raised $2.6B in Q2, now holds 728,804 ETH worth $3.3B
• Hyperliquid hit records with $29B 24h volume & $7.7M in fees
• Aave surpassed $3T lifetime deposits
• ARK Invest deposited 1,268 BTC worth $149M to Coinbase
• Altcoin treasuries grew, 34+ companies now hold assets
BREAKING: Pump .fun plans to raise $1,000,000,000 in a token sale at a $4B FDV.
The token will be sold to both public and private investors, per @blockworks sources.
Launch may happen within the next two weeks.
BREAKING: Metaplanet flips Block and Galaxy in BTC holdings.
Now holds 8,888 BTC
Just 379 BTC behind Coinbase
Completes 89% of its 10K BTC goal for 2025
Metaplanet climbs fast, following Strategy’s playbook
Cookie DAO dominates mindshare this week.
$COOKIE pushes the Tools sector to the top, alongside $WLD and $KAITO
Top 3 tokens across narratives:
$COOKIE, $ARB, $TRUMP
AI jumps to 2nd place, led by $COOKIE, $VIRTUAL, $KAITO
$AAVE, $PENDLE, and $ME push DeFi to 3rd place
Top tokens by popularity
$SOL still leads in weekly popularity, followed by $LAUNCHCOIN
$HOUSE, $FARTCOIN, $TIBBIR stay trending
$COOKIE spikes after Snaps & v1.0 alpha launch
$ETH interest picks up post-Pectra
$VIRTUAL drops out of the top 10
Source: @nansen_ai
Top tokens by popularity
$SOL climbs in interest, right behind $PASTERNAK and $SKYAI
$HOUSE, $AAX, $TIBBIR still holding strong.
$VIRTUAL is the most researched, up 2 spots.
$PEPE jumps 3 ranks.
Source: @nansen_ai
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BULLISH: Michael Saylor’s Strategy is raising $84 BILLION to buy more Bitcoin.
One of the largest capital raises ever.
Bigger than Facebook or Alibaba’s IPOs.
📬 Mid-Week News Roundup
• Bitcoin trades at $94,000
• Ethereum trades at $1,800
• Strategy buys 15,355 BTC for $1.42B
• BlackRock Bitcoin ETFs see nearly $1B in inflows
• Stablecoin market cap hits ATH over $240B
• Arizona becomes the first state to pass BTC reserve bill
• SEC delays crypto ETF decisions to June
• Solana leads the DePIN infrastructure
• DeFi TVL crosses $100B
• SEC drops investigation into PayPal’s stablecoin
• Trump blames Biden for weak GDP numbers
Red day for stocks, green for crypto.
Here’s what’s happening:
• The U.S. stock market lost $1.5 trillion today
• The S&P 500 dropped toward 5100, lowest since April 9
• The crypto market gained over $40 billion in value
• Bitcoin surged to $88,000, with dominance hitting 64.4%
• Gold starts the week with another all-time high of $3,380 an ounce, up 45% in the past year
• Tech giants like Nvidia, Meta, and Amazon dragged the Nasdaq down 2.5%
• Treasury yields are rising and Oil prices are falling
• The U.S. Dollar Index ($DXY) dropped to its lowest level since March 2022.
Paul Atkins is officially in.
Confirmed by a 52-44 Senate vote, he now leads the SEC.
A new chapter for crypto begins.
Less legal war. More clarity.
Here’s what changes and what to watch next 🧵👇