In the past week, the cryptocurrency market has shown volatile and divergent trends influenced by the repeated expectation of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and the easing situation in the Middle East. Bitcoin briefly dropped below $64,000, and Ethereum fell below $1,800, leading to a short-term shift in market sentiment towards defense. However, the uncertainty at the policy level did not hinder the structural layout of on-chain funds, with DeFi, BTCFi, and infrastructure sectors regaining investment interest. According to data from Huobi HTX platform, from June 15 to June 21, some popular assets reached new highs for the period, with BICO ranking first with a weekly increase of 231%, while new currencies RE and O both achieved over double returns after their launch.

DeFi Sector: A Hundred Flowers Blossom, New Currency Launches Erupt Collectively in One Week

This week, the standout performer is undoubtedly the DeFi sector, with multiple representative assets concentrated in growth, covering sub-sectors such as DEX aggregators, liquidity restaking, Layer 2 governance, and AI data verification. Among them, the newly launched assets RE and O on Huobi HTX surged by 115% and 107%, respectively, making them heavyweight players among new currencies in the DeFi sector.

BICO (Biconomy): Weekly increase of 231%, champion of weekly growth on Huobi HTX. As an important project in the cross-chain infrastructure field, BICO provides plug-and-play APIs for over 70 dApps, simplifying user experience. BICO's mission is to enable everyone to easily access decentralized networks.

RE (Re): Increased by 115% this week. The RE protocol is related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, aiming to simplify and optimize data transmission and processing on decentralized networks, allowing ordinary users to participate more effectively in secure transactions and privacy protection within decentralized networks.

O (O1 exchange): Weekly increase of 107%. O is the native token of the on-chain trading platform o1.exchange, which integrates a meta DEX aggregator, on-chain trading terminal, and mobile trading interface, merging spot trading, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets into a single interface, supporting users in constructing and executing advanced trading strategies across various assets and multiple blockchains.

ROCK (Rock Dao): Weekly increase of 153%. Rock DAO (ROCK) is a Web3 game ecosystem token initiated by Gala Games and operates on the TRON blockchain.

OBOL (obol): Increased by 119% this week. Obol Network is an infrastructure protocol for Ethereum Distributed Validator Technology (DVT), dedicated to enhancing the decentralization and security of the Ethereum staking network.

EIGEN (EigenLayer): Increased by 39%. As the governance token of EigenLayer, the leader in the re-staking sector and a core pillar of Ethereum's shared security architecture, it has risen steadily this week.

UNI (Uniswap): Increased by 35%. Uniswap, as the oldest and most liquid decentralized trading protocol in the DeFi sector, also showed strong performance this week. Benefiting from the gradual clarification of the DeFi regulatory framework, mainstream DeFi blue chips have begun to regain the favor of institutional investment.

Long-term Value Realization: Deepening Narratives of BTCFi and AI Sectors

The core logic of BTCFi (Bitcoin Ecosystem Financialization) lies in converting the long-dormant BTC supply into composable productive assets. With the continuous improvement of the Bitcoin Layer 2 ecosystem and the maturation of native staking yield products, the focus on the BTCFi sector significantly increased in the second quarter. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of the ongoing evolution of narratives in AI Agents and decentralized AI computing, the "AI + identity" sector represented by WLD has also demonstrated long-term structural value.

BTW (Bitway): Increased by 116% this week. Bitway is a Layer 1 blockchain built specifically for Bitcoin businesses. Its presence on the list for three consecutive weeks indicates continuous market optimism regarding Bitcoin ecosystem construction.

WLD (Worldcoin): Increased by 22% this week. Worldcoin, proposed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman in 2019, is a representative protocol that deeply integrates artificial intelligence and biometric identity verification, with its core product World ID gradually becoming the foundational layer of human identity in the decentralized AI era.

High-Quality Launch Asset Portal, Huobi HTX Continues to Deliver Wealth Effects

Looking back at the market performance this week, it is evident that even under macro policy disturbances, assets within sectors that have real use cases and strong narrative support can still run independent trends. The linked explosion of DeFi, BTCFi, and AI three major sectors confirms the current structural opportunities in the cryptocurrency market.

As a global leader in the Web3 portal, Huobi HTX always takes "high-quality launches" as the core focus of its new asset strategy. This week, the launches of RE and O have garnered significant wealth effects, providing holders with Alpha returns far exceeding market averages. In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to delve into projects in cutting-edge sectors such as DeFi, BTCFi, AI, Layer 2, DePIN, and RWA, to establish a high-quality ecological environment for asset listings across all sectors, helping users accurately capture wealth growth opportunities.

About Huobi HTX

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