🔊Weekly Market Highlights #156 June 23 - June 29, 2025

✨The crypto market finally showed signs of optimism in the last week of June 2025, as tensions between Iran and Israel deescalated after a 12-day conflict, with U.S. involvement. Bitcoin accumulation resumed strongly, with both familiar and new institutions joining in, pushing total inflows into the billions.

✨Over the past week, the crypto market total capitalization increased by ~$248B (from ~$3093B to ~$3341B).

✨Bitcoin’s Doing Pretty Well
✅The past week was anything but quiet, as the crypto market grappled with heightened geopolitical tensions, primarily driven by the Iran-Israel conflict.

✅Around June 23rd, BTC plunged below $100K for the first time since early May, triggering widespread panic and over $1 billion in liquidations. The sharp decline followed reports that the U.S. had officially entered the conflict on Israel’s side and launched strikes on strategic nuclear facilities in Iran.

✅However, the fear was short-lived. Just a day later, the situation began to ease after what many believe was a symbolic retaliation by Iran—targeting a U.S. base in Qatar with minimal damage.

✅President Donald Trump soon announced a ceasefire, and despite lingering tensions, the conflict appears to be winding down. The markets quickly responded, with BTC rebounding from below $100K to a local high of approximately $108K.

✨Featured News
✅According to The Information, decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket is reportedly close to finalizing a $200M funding round, pushing its valuation beyond $1B.

The round is expected to be led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. Of the $200M total, $50M has already been raised through previously undisclosed rounds.

✅Major Institutions Keep Accumulating BTC & ETH:
🔸Strategy: $26M
🔸Metaplanet: $117M
🔸Cardone Capital: $100M
🔸ProCap: $480M
🔸SharpLink: $30.7M

✅ Major Firms Launch New Funds to Acquire Crypto
🔸Sequans: $384M
🔸Bakkt: $1B

📊 Market Indicators
✨Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is 66 - Greed, up from the week’s start (47)

✅Total 2 Index (Marketcap excluding BTC) is now at $1142B

✨Dominance:
✅BTC: 64.6%
✅ETH: 9.0%

📣See you next week!