According to a report by The Block, Finery Markets' latest report shows that stablecoins have accounted for 74.6% of institutional trading volume in the first half of 2025, up from 46% in the same period last year and 23% in 2023. Among them, USDC has shown particularly outstanding performance, with a year-on-year increase of 29 times in trading volume driven by EU MiCA regulations. The report is based on the analysis of 4.1 million transaction data from the platform from January to June.
Institutional trading shows three major trends: overall over-the-counter spot trading volume increased by 112.6% year-on-year, stablecoin trading volume increased by 154%, while cryptocurrency and stablecoin trading saw a surge in liquidity by 277.4%, far exceeding the 48.5% growth rate of fiat trading pairs. In addition to mainstream assets, altcoins such as Cardano and Solana collectively hold a market share of 16.7%. Analysts say that this makes stablecoins the fastest-growing sector in the cryptocurrency market.
According to Foresight News, according to data from the decentralized prediction market Polymarket, users are currently most optimistic about Bitcoin hitting the $115000 price range in July 2025, with a corresponding prediction probability of 60%, up 8% from the previous day. The price for Buy Yes in this range is 60 cents, Buy No is 41 cents, and the total transaction volume is 252000 US dollars. Next is the $120000 range, with a prediction probability of 33%. The Buy Yes price is 34 cents, and the total trading volume is $413000. The probability of predicting within the $130000 range is 8%, and the liquidity is also high, with a trading volume of $432000. In contrast, the market's view of BTC below $100000 tends to be pessimistic, with predicted probabilities in the $90000, $95000, and $100000 ranges all declining, at 8%, 19%, and 38%, respectively. Overall, Polymarket investors have optimistic expectations, with a clear shift in price forecasts towards the $110000 to $120000 range.
According to on chain analyst @ ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the "Insider Whale" was forced to close positions of 1111.70 ETH and 37.96 BTC 50 minutes ago, resulting in a loss of $330000; The cumulative loss in the past month has increased to $15.645 million.
BTC40x short position: holds 151.84 positions, valued at $16.68 million, with an opening price of $106697.3.
ETH25x short position: Hold 4446.81 units, valued at $11.56 million, with an opening price of $2452.03.
According to BlockBeats, on July 3rd, Sentora (formerly IntoTheBlock) announced that as the price of Bitcoin gradually approaches its historical high, 99% of holders are currently in a profitable state.
