ETH staking has reached a new ATH.

Ethereum keeps setting records as network confidence grows.

Ether.fi is gaining ground while Lido sees outflows.

In six months, Ether.fi’s staked ETH rose 30%, as Lido’s dropped 9%, cutting its market share from 30% to 25.6%.

Crypto chatter is shifting toward AI, with rising focus on James Wynn and Strategy.

SOL, LOUD, and meme coins saw sharp spikes in social volume as narratives took hold.

In 2020, we saw reversals similar to those that are happening on the market now.

But this time the previous waves were neither big nor small, so they are a little difficult to interpret. It doesn't look like a full-fledged bull market, but it doesn't look like a mini-bull market of 2019.

CEXs dominate the crypto options trading volume, with an average monthly trading volume of $97 billion in the past 12 months.

In contrast, DEXs’ notional volumes were around $877 million in the same period, according to DefiLlama.

Active loans exceeded $26.2 billion for the first time in history.

Aave accounts for 66% of the total lending market.

Even though it was short-lived, this round of the Plasma sale saw more than twice as many wallets participate as the first.

$500 million was contributed in just 151 blocks, and the distribution continued to improve.

About 30% of all bitcoins are controlled by 216 centralized organizations, including governments and public companies.

This dynamic may indicate the growing interest and influence of institutional investors and the market's transition to a more centralized model of asset storage.

TRON set a new record: $700B in transfers, of which $411B was from whales.

In May alone, $694.54 billion worth of USDT was transferred on TRON. That's an ATH.

The blockchain landscape witnessed several high-profile launches in early 2025, each promising unique value propositions.

Six months in, the data reveals a sobering picture of post-launch traction.

Here's my article on the state of new chains, featuring Berachain, Abstract, Unichain, Ink, and Worldchain.

Open interest in ETH futures has reached a new ATH, exceeding $20 billion.

Despite a slight pullback from the $2.8 thousand level, leverage continues to grow, and traders are increasing volumes.

It’s GOAT Network’s time to shine.

Over the past month, the network’s TVL has skyrocketed by 4,694%.

Binance Alpha's trading volume has been declining after peaking at $2.04 billion on June 8.

Already in mid-June, it is about $777 million – a decrease of 62%.

The inflow of BTC to Binance from whales and retail traders has fallen to the lowest level since the beginning of this cycle.

This model indicates a strong retention preference, not sales.

Last week there were many interesting events. Everything in order in the research ↓

General
➖ 4pillars: Inevitable Expansion of the Bitcoin Ecosystem
➖ CoinShares: Digital asset bi-weekly digest - June 17th 2025
➖ Binance: Weekly: Geopolitical Shocks, Short Squeeze, and ETH’s Rising Opportunity
➖ Galaxy: Weekly Top Stories - 6/13
➖ Galaxy: The Agentic Edge: A New Operating System for the Physical World

Market
➖ CoinShares: Market update - June 13, 2025
➖ CoinShares: Digital Asset Fund Flows | June 16th 2025
➖ CoinGecko: RWA Report 2025: When Crypto Gets Real
➖ Coinbase: Weekly: State of Crypto 2025
➖ Cointelegraph: HTX Ventures: Macro Liquidity, Trump-Era Policies and Crypto’s Institutional Shift
➖ Glassnode: Market Pulse: Week 25
➖ Galaxy: Rates, Rent, and Retail Pain
➖ Galaxy: May Milestones: New BTC Highs, ETH Surge, and Evolving Speculation

DeFi
➖ 4pillars: Fragmetric's Evolution: From Liquid Restaking Towards Universal Asset Management

Blockchains & networks
➖ 4pillars: The Data Wars: Sui-Powered Walrus vs. Full-Stack Irys

The RWA sector has grown by almost 300% in a year.

Among the largest protocols and assets by TVL are BlackRock's BUIDL, Ethena's USDtb, Ondo Finance, Paxos, Tether's XAUt.