Investors eagerly awaited this year’s final Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC). The crypto markets experienced another down week.
BitcoinBTCThe price of a share () rose on Tuesday to its highest weekly level at $94,330 as the investor sentiment was buoyed by Strategy’s $962 million Bitcoin is the largest investment made by the company since July 2025.
The US Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis-point cut in interest rates on Wednesday. Crypto markets saw a temporary rebound, such as lower rates Capital tends to enter risky assets, such as cryptocurrency, when borrowing costs are lower.
The Fed’s recent interest rate reduction was the reason for the temporary rise in the markets. “widely expected and pretty much priced in,” Jeff Ko, the chief analyst at CoinEx, spoke to Cointelegraph.
Although there is a lack of appetite from investors, the introduction of new crypto-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) as well as an increase in the usability of products on the blockchain are fundamentally changing the landscape. “Netscape” Analysts told Cointelegraph that this is a momentous time for the crypto-industry.
Crypto Nears Its “Netscape” As the inflection points of industry approach
Cryptocurrency is approaching its peak. “Netscape” Matt Huang, co-founder of Paradigm, says that a new wave in institutional adoption will be triggered by the progress of blockchain technology and the growth of regulated investments.
The crypto industry is “facing its ‘Netscape’ or ‘iPhone’ moment,” Huang wrote Posting Sunday on X “It’s working bigger than ever before, far beyond our wildest dreams. Both the institutional parts and the cypherpunk parts.”
Netscape introduced the first mainstream web browser in 1994, before successfully launching an initial public offering in August 1995. This was the catalyst for mass internet adoption.
Microsoft recognized the huge interest in Internet Explorer and decided to bundle it as part of Windows’ operating system. This allowed it to surpass Netscape, which was the second most used browser.
Bubblemaps claims that PEPE’s launch was unfair, and that 30 percent of the supply genesis is bundled.
The blockchain data casts doubt on its validity “for the people” The launch narrative for the memecoin, Pepe is based on a new analysis that suggests almost one-third of the original supply was held in a single account and led to an early sales pressure.
Pepe) is about 30%.PEPEThe tokens were bundled together at the launch of Bubblemaps in April 2023. claimed On Wednesday, in a blog post at X.com, the company said that it was attracting investors. “lied to.”
A wallet cluster that sold 2 million PEPE tokens on the first day of launch added significant selling pressure, preventing the token from exceeding the 12 billion mark. according Bubblemaps.
The genesis stock is concentrated, which contrasts Pepe’s initial branding of Pepe as an a “coin for the people.” This project is a good example of a website The token was launched “in stealth” No pre-sale allocations.
“Elite” On prediction markets, traders are hunting for dopamine-seeking retailers: 10x research
In the cryptocurrency economy, prediction markets are a growing battleground where informed traders compete against the casual retail gamblers for profit.
The majority of users behave more like bettors rather than traders. according A report released by research firm 10x Research on Tuesday stated that the market was trading in a positive direction. “dopamine and narrative for discipline and edge.” Addendum: “Accuracy and profit are driven not by the crowd, but by a tiny, informed elite who price probability, hedge exposure, and extract premium from retail-driven longshots.”
As retail trading and liquidity increases, professional trading desks will increase their participation in the prediction market and try to maximize the spread. “misinformation asymmetry” The 10x market structure was a result.
It is an alarming sign for traders seeking to earn easy money through prediction markets. According to blockchain data, most users end up losing their initial investments.
Around 16.7% of the wallets sold on Polymarket make a profit. The remaining 83% are losing money. according Dune Blockchain Data
Coinbase offers Solana DEX to CeFi users as they converge
Coinbase has a deeper involvement in the Solana eco-system, and allows users to trade native Solana Tokens via a decentralized integration instead of traditional listings.
Andrew Allen, Coinbase protocol specialist, said Coinbase announced on X that its users can now trade Solana.SOLYou can buy tokens from a variety of sources. decentralized exchange (DEX) integration, “without listings,” He added that “very soon you will be able to open the Coinbase app and see native Solana assets on Coinbase.”
“For issuers and builders, if your token has sufficient liquidity, this means you can be accessible to the millions of users on Coinbase without getting listed,” Allen said.
Coinbase announced the announcement on Tuesday. integratiEarly August, the exchange will integrate a similar DEX to allow tokens on its base blockchain. According to the announcement, the exchange intended to “expand DEX support to include additional networks, starting with Solana.”
Mantra CEO warns OM Holders to pull out of OKX “inaccurate” Migration plan
After Mantra accused OKX of incorrectly posting information on its token migration, tensions are increasing between crypto exchange OKX and blockchain platform Mantra.
On a Monday postJohn Patrick Mullin, CEO of Mantra, urged Mantra users to centralized cryptocurrency exchange Mantra Mantra withdrawal (CEX OKX).OMTokens are cut into smaller pieces. “dependency” On the Platform
“Users should consider withdrawing their OM tokens from OKX[…]. Avoid OKX Exchange Dependency: Complete migration without relying on potentially negligent or malicious intermediaries,” Mullin, said
He issued the warning in response to an incident that occurred on Friday announcement OKX is announcing support for the upcoming OM Token Migration.
Mullin said that there were multiple errors in the OKX posting, such as incorrect dates for migration and deployment.
OKX stated that the migration will take place between December 22 and 25. Mantra, however, stated that the migration would only occur after the deprecation on Jan. 15 of the Ethereum based ERC-20 O token.
Mullin has also stated that OKX posted the post referred to “arbitrary dates throughout December 2025,” Mantra is yet to announce an official date for implementation.
Mantra, he claimed, had not spoken to OKX since “the events” Mantra was launched on April 13. “helpfully [been] communicating with all other major exchanges regarding our migration.”
During migration, the OM Token will be converted from an ERC-20 native to Ethereum into a Mantra Chain native token.
Cointelegraph had contacted OKX, asking for a comment. However, the company did not respond by time of publication.
In a statement published on Wednesday, OKX wrote that it has reached out and corrected any inaccuracies with the Mantra announcement. post
Market overview of DeFi
The data collected from Cointelegraph Markets Pro TradingView shows that most of the largest 100 cryptos by market cap ended the last week with losses.
The KaspaKASStory token (IPThe token is also down by 13% in the last week.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
