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📊 ETF Market: Winner-Takes-All Among Giants 🔵 Inflows Remain Highly Concentrated @BlackRock IBIT and @Fidelity FBTC now control over 90% of new inflows.. On active trading days, the majority of new capital continues to flow into these two funds — liquidity, trading volume, and issuer reputation have become the decisive factors for institutional allocators. 🔴 The Other Side of the Coin Last week, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $1.72 billion — the largest weekly outflow since February 2025. IBIT alone saw a $1.34 billion outflow, its biggest weekly redemption since launch. Smaller ETFs saw minimal flows or even zero, effectively exiting the competition. The concentration trend is clear: in both inflows and outflows, the big players dominate. The brand and liquidity advantage of top issuers continues to grow. #BitcoinETF #CryptoMarkets #ETF #Institutional #Bitcoin #MarketUpdate

📊 CPI Data Released, Focus Shifts to FOMC, Market Awaits Next Catalyst May CPI came in at +4.2% YoY, with core CPI at +2.9% YoY — both in line with expectations. Energy prices remained the main driver, with no signs of unexpected upside in inflation. 📉 Market Reaction: BTC is consolidating in the $62,000–$64,000 range. The Fear & Greed Index rebounded from 11 to around 15, though sentiment remains fragile. The in-line CPI print did not trigger a clear directional move, but it also did not spark fresh selling pressure for now. ⏳ The Real Test Comes Next Week The June 17 FOMC interest rate decision and dot plot will be the key market catalyst. This will be the first full FOMC meeting chaired by new Fed Chair Walsh, and the dot plot will for the first time reflect the impact of the Trump administration’s new economic policies on policymakers’ rate forecasts. Market expectations for rate cuts throughout 2026 have already fallen to around 7%, while the probability of rate hikes is now being priced in. 🔍 Three Major Historical Bottom Signals Are Gradually Confirming: 1️⃣ On-chain: Loss-making positions have exceeded profit-making positions for the first time in this cycle 2️⃣ Technical: BTC has touched the 200-week moving average (~$61,300) 3️⃣ Institutional: Standard Chartered believes the bottom is “almost in place,” while BlackRock increased its holdings for the first time on June 6 🧠 BlockX View The short-term direction will likely depend on next week’s FOMC dot plot. However, the current price range ($62K–$64K) already offers a significantly more attractive risk-reward profile compared to three months ago. The three long-term structural themes — stablecoins, RWA, and AI Agents — remain unaffected by short-term market fluctuations. #CPI #FOMC #Bitcoin #Macro #BlockX

🚀 We are proud to announce our strategic investment in @RunePoolBTC. RunePool is building the Liquidity & Execution Layer for the Agent Economy, enabling AI agents to access capital, execute strategies, and settle value autonomously on-chain. The next evolution of Web3 won't be defined by more applications—it will be defined by autonomous systems capable of allocating capital, executing transactions, and coordinating value creation without human intervention. We believe this shift is already underway. RunePool is building the infrastructure that makes this future possible. By combining programmable liquidity, continuous execution frameworks, and agent-native settlement, RunePool transforms AI agents from strategy generators into active economic participants. Our investment reflects our conviction that machine-driven economies will require entirely new financial infrastructure. We believe RunePool is building one of the foundational layers for autonomous finance and the next generation of the Agent Economy. #AgentEconomy #AutonomousFinance

📉 $BTC has dropped from the May 22 high of $77,689 to around $62,000–$63,000 — a nearly 20% decline in just two weeks. On-chain data, technical levels, and institutional judgment have aligned for the first time this cycle to form a historical-level bottom resonance: 1. On-chain metrics: Supply in loss has exceeded supply in profit for the first time this cycle. Historical data shows this signal appeared at the depths of bear market bottoms in 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2022 — each followed by significant price recoveries. 2. Technical position: Bitcoin price has touched the 200-week moving average (~$61,300). This level has served as a key support zone at the bottom of the past four bear markets. 3. Institutional forward signal: Standard Chartered Bank, citing ETF holding resilience and historical behavior patterns, judges that the bottom “has almost formed.” They add that if Strategy confirms large-scale repurchases going forward, it would create a clear institutional accumulation signal. The market is currently in a complex phase of “tail end of downside risk release + bottom signals gradually emerging.” Short-term pressure remains (macro headwinds + capital outflows), but the combination of the 200-week MA + supply in loss exceeding supply in profit + ETF flows turning positive for the first time is forming a classic historical bottom confluence. #Bitcoin #OnChain #Crypto #MarketBottom

Stablecoins + RWA are moving beyond “yield farms” and “asset tokenization” into institutional-grade financial middleware. BlockX view: the next wave of capital will pay more attention to teams that can connect stablecoin liquidity, compliant assets, custody, settlement, and distribution channels, not projects that simply package TVL. #Stablecoins #RWA #DeFi #OnChainFinance #BlockX

🏦 BlockX View | RWA Sector Reaches Institutional Inflection Point While the crypto market is still debating rate cuts versus hikes, traditional finance giants have already completed a triple on-chain deployment: 1）Europe’s Largest Asset Manager Amundi Makes Its @solana Debut Amundi, managing €2.4 trillion in assets, has launched SAFO — its first fully UCITS-compliant tokenized money market fund on Solana. Directly regulated by France’s AMF, it is now available for cross-border distribution across the entire EU. Asset management giants are using compliant frameworks to bridge the final mile into institutional DeFi. 2）@variational_io Raises $50M Series A Led by Dragonfly Variational completed its $50 million Series A on Arbitrum, using an aggregated traditional liquidity model with the goal of listing 100+ new RWA markets this summer. A Dragonfly partner noted: “Variational is directly pulling liquidity from traditional markets — exactly what’s needed for RWA derivatives to scale.” 3）@TownSquarexyz Completes Pre-A Round RWA yield protocol TownSquare has now raised a total of $16.25 million. It supports approximately $36 billion in on-chain institutional assets and is building yield vaults centered on stablecoins and tokenized gold. BlockX Perspective: RWA is undergoing a qualitative leap from “proof-of-concept” to “scaled real-world deployment.” Boston Consulting Group projects the market could reach $10–16 trillion by 2030. Capital is flowing toward assets that deliver genuine, real yields. #RWA #Amundi #Solana #DeFi #BlockXVC

📊 BlockX Market Quick Take | Capital Flows in the Bull-Bear Tug-of-War 💰 Capital Flows: Quiet Accumulation Under the Surface Binance has recorded over $1.5 billion in net stablecoin inflows recently, reversing the prior streak of outflows. With 85,000 transactions, this signals widespread wallet activity quietly building positions. This buildup of “dry powder” often precedes a surge in actual buying pressure. 📉 Macro Backdrop: Rate-Cut Expectations Fully Reversed According to the CME FedWatch Tool, the market now prices a 54% probability of Fed rate hikes in 2026. What began the year as widespread rate-cut hopes has completely flipped, keeping the high-interest-rate environment as a persistent headwind for risk assets. 📊 Technical Signal: Altcoin Volume Indicator First Seen in Three Years After Bitcoin dominance broke above 60%, a key on-chain signal that last appeared ahead of the 2021 alt season has now flashed for the first time in three years: the 30-day moving average volume of altcoins (excluding the top five assets) has crossed above the 365-day baseline. This suggests capital is beginning to rotate broadly into mid- and small-cap tokens. XRP jumped 7% to $1.51 following positive news around the Clarity Act — a structural opportunity worth watching as regulatory clarity improves. BlockX Perspective: The market is at a critical bull-bear standoff. Macro pressure remains, but on-chain capital flows and volume signals indicate buying interest is quietly building in the bottom zone. We maintain a neutral-to-slightly-bullish stance and will be closely watching two things: ① whether stablecoin inflows stay consistently positive, and ② whether the altcoin volume ratio can sustain its breakout. #Bitcoin #Altcoins #Fed #CapitalFlows #BlockXVC

🔮 BlockX VC Industry Narrative Insights | Crypto Market Enters the “Four-Split” Era Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley recently made a key observation: the crypto industry is no longer a single unified market, but has evolved into at least four distinct, independently operating sectors. Each has its own growth drivers, regulatory pathways, and adoption curves — Stablecoins & Payment Infrastructure, Bitcoin as an Asset Class, RWAs & On-Chain Financial Services, and Blockchain Infrastructure. These four can coexist even when Bitcoin performs strongly, DeFi tokens remain under pressure, and stablecoins expand rapidly. 💹 Stablecoins: From Trading Fuel to Core Financial Infrastructure As of May 2026, the total stablecoin market cap stands at approximately $321.6 billion. Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot has reached an annualized volume of $7 billion, growing 50% quarter-over-quarter. Annual stablecoin settlement volume in 2025 already hit $33 trillion — far surpassing Visa’s $16.7 trillion in annual transaction processing. Its growth is now driven by real commercial payment demand, independent of crypto market cycles. 🏦 RWA Tokenization: From Treasury Bonds to Private Credit Expansion On May 13, 2026, NUVA officially launched, bringing over $16 billion in tokenized home equity loans from Figure Technologies into the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem. The tokenized RWA market has surpassed $30.9 billion in total value, up 44% YTD and 203% YoY. This marks a major milestone — private credit assets are now entering public blockchains at scale. 🌏 Asian Stablecoin Payments: Banks + Blockchain Move into Real-World Deployment On May 17, 2026, KB Kookmin Bank — South Korea’s largest bank — completed its KRW stablecoin pilot for offline payments and global remittances. Stablecoin competition has shifted from on-chain liquidity battles to real financial use cases. The long-term winners will be those who integrate deeply with local payments, bank settlements, and cross-border remittance systems. 🤖 AI Agent Economy: The Next Infrastructure Frontier On May 18, AI settlement layer AEON completed an $8 million Pre-Seed round led by YZi Labs. AEON’s solution already enables AI agents to connect with over 50 million physical merchants worldwide. 🔑 BlockX VC Perspective: The crypto industry is undergoing a profound shift from “narrative-driven” to “real-economy connected.” In just the past week, stablecoins, RWAs, and AI payments have all delivered tangible real-world progress: KAIA integrated into Korea’s banking payment system, NUVA brought $16B+ in private credit on-chain, and AEON bridged AI agents to real merchants. Primary market capital has already positioned ahead in these directions — it’s only a matter of time before secondary markets follow. BlockX VC will continue tracking the convergence of early infrastructure and genuine real-yield use cases. #Stablecoins #RWA #AIWeb3 #RealEconomy #BlockX

📉 BlockX Market Weekly Report 🟧 BTC Consolidating Near $77K as Sentiment Hits Extreme Fear As of May 19, Bitcoin is trading around $76,889, down just 0.09% in the last 24 hours. While the price looks stable on the surface, multi-timeframe indicators are showing subtle shifts in momentum. It has pulled back roughly 6% from the early May high near $82,000 and remains in a low-range consolidation. 😰 Fear & Greed Index Plunges to 25 — Deep “Extreme Fear” The Fear & Greed Index has dropped to 25, firmly in Extreme Fear territory. Historically, this zone has often marked potential local bottoms, though further downside isn’t ruled out. Sentiment has deteriorated sharply from just two weeks ago, putting the market at a critical inflection point. 🔄 Capital Flows: Short-Term ETF Outflows vs. Whale Long-Term Accumulation U.S. Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs saw over $700 million in net outflows on May 19 alone, signaling strong institutional risk-off sentiment in the near term. On the flip side, Minnesota just signed a bill allowing banks to offer crypto custody services — a major long-term regulatory win that clears the path for deeper institutional participation. Meanwhile, whale address counts have hit a new yearly high, showing long-term holders remain confident despite the volatility. 📊 Key Metrics Snapshot 📍 BTC Price: ~$76,900 | BTC Dominance: 58.1% (Capital flowing toward Bitcoin) 📍 ETF Activity: Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded nearly $870M net outflows in the first two days of the week, then flipped to a $131M net inflow on May 14 📍 Macro Headwinds: U.S. April CPI rose 3.8% YoY, crushing rate-cut expectations and keeping the high-interest-rate environment in place short-term 📌 This Week’s Take: Regulatory tailwinds are clashing head-on with heavy ETF outflows — a classic tug-of-war. After failing to hold above $80K, BTC is still searching for its next clear catalyst. Extreme fear and large institutional outflows are creating short-term pressure, but whales quietly accumulating on-chain suggests smart money is positioning at these levels. #Bitcoin #Crypto #ExtremeFear #BlockXVC #MarketReport

💡 BlockX Venture Market Insights While the secondary market is stuck in a sharp tug-of-war after a failed breakout, top-tier VCs have kicked off a fresh wave of fundraising and capital deployment this month. 💰 Haun Ventures | $1B Haun Ventures recently closed a new $1 billion fund, with capital set to be deployed over the next 2-3 years into crypto and AI startups. The fund is split evenly between early-stage and growth-stage investing. Founded by former a16z partner Katie Haun, the firm is betting on sectors including crypto financial infrastructure and AI agents. 💰 a16z Crypto | $2.2B Andreessen Horowitz has announced the close of Crypto Fund 5, its fifth crypto fund, with a total size of $2.2 billion and a 10-year deployment horizon. The fund focuses on infrastructure sectors including payments, stablecoins, DeFi, and financial services. As a16z put it: when price speculation fades, the products with real usage stand out. 💰 Digital Asset | $300M led by a16z a16z Crypto also led Digital Asset’s $300 million funding round. Digital Asset is building institutional-grade infrastructure that connects traditional finance with blockchain rails. It is one of the largest blockchain infrastructure deals of the year so far. 📊 Weekly Funding Snapshot | Nearly $580M In the first week of May (May 1-9), Incrypted tracked 20 funding deals, with 16 disclosing amounts, totaling nearly $580 million. In the prediction market sector, Kalshi is rumored to have raised $1 billion in a new round at a $22 billion valuation, making it one of the biggest single-project financings in recent weeks. 🔑 BlockX View: Infrastructure + AI + Compliance are the three clear tracks This round of VC concentration shows a clear preference for infrastructure plays such as payment rails, stablecoin settlement layers, and institutional-grade custody, all of which are becoming the primary market’s hard currency. At the same time, AI is moving from a Web2 narrative into blockchain-native use cases, with Katie Haun explicitly naming AI agents as a long-term conviction bet. As regulatory frameworks become clearer, compliant infrastructure such as cross-border payments and RWA tokenization platforms will become the bridge connecting traditional capital with the crypto economy. The window for structural positioning in a quiet market is narrowing. #VC #PrimaryMarket #a16z #AI #Infrastructure #BlockX

📈 BlockX Market Weekly 🚀 BTC briefly reclaimed the $82K level, then pulled back after a 20%+ monthly rally On May 8, Bitcoin broke above the $82K level for the first time since January, with prices reaching around $81,600. Strong spot Bitcoin ETF inflows in April, totaling approximately $2.44B, marked the strongest monthly inflow since October 2025 and provided fresh upside momentum. BTC’s monthly gain briefly expanded to over 20% before entering a consolidation phase. 🔄 A sharp reversal: ETF outflows and $300M in liquidations However, the rally quickly cooled. From May 7 to May 8, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded two consecutive days of net outflows, totaling approximately $415M, ending the previous five-day inflow streak. Ethereum ETFs also saw $104M in net outflows on the same day, marking the largest single-day redemption in more than a month. The sharp pullback triggered heavy market liquidations, with nearly $300M in futures positions wiped out within 24 hours. Long positions took the biggest hit. 🔍 Key Market Indicators 📍 Total Crypto Market Cap: Around $2.54T. BTC dominance stood between 58.4% and 61%, reaching a recent high as capital rotated from altcoins back into Bitcoin for relative safety. 📍 Fear & Greed Index: Trading in the 40-45 range, once dropping from 47 to around 38. Market sentiment remains neutral to slightly fearful, showing that confidence has yet to fully recover. 📍 On-chain Watch: After BTC broke above $80K, realized profits reached 14,600 BTC, the highest level in five months. Profit-taking pressure was released quickly. Meanwhile, Korea’s “Kimchi premium” rose to 1.98%, showing active regional buying demand. 📉 Macro pressure builds as inflation expectations rise to 3.89% The Fed’s May inflation expectation data climbed to 3.89%, reaching the highest level since the Iran conflict. This suggests that rate cuts in 2026 may become increasingly difficult. According to CME FedWatch, the probability of a 2026 rate cut has dropped to around 8.1%, pushing rate-cut expectations close to freezing point. 📌 BlockX View This Week The May 9 non-farm payroll data came in at 115K, above the expected 62K, but the headline beat may be masking signs of cooling in the labor market. Short-term sentiment still has room to recover, but the key variable remains the Fed leadership transition. With Kevin Warsh set to succeed Jerome Powell and officially take office on May 15, the market will closely watch the new leadership’s first public signals over the weekend. BTC still needs fresh catalysts to confirm strength above the $80K level. In the near term, increased volatility may create new secondary-market opportunities. #Bitcoin #CryptoMarket #FederalReserve #BlockXVC #MarketWeekly

🔎 BlockX VC Macro Insight The FOMC held rates at 3.50%-3.75%, but this was anything but a clean hold. An 8-4 split, the most dissent since 1992, shows the Fed is getting deeply divided. Inflation is heating up again. Rate-cut hopes are fading fast. And the market is starting to price a more hawkish path back in. With May 15 shaping up as the next key policy pivot, both macro and crypto could be heading into a fresh repricing window. This wasn’t just a pause. It was a warning shot. #FOMC #FederalReserve #Macro #Crypto #BlockXVC

💡 BlockX VC Research · Stablecoin New Frontier | The Real-World "Dollar Highway" Stablecoins are evolving into Tier 1 on-chain assets — no longer just a medium of exchange. The U.S. FinCEN and OFAC jointly released a financial crime compliance framework for payment stablecoins; Tether recently froze $344M in blacklisted wallets. Compliance and capital efficiency are now the new competitive frontiers. 🔑 Two trends we're watching: 1）Compliant stablecoins as the underlying settlement layer for RWA 2）Tokenized treasury products (e.g., tokenized U.S. Treasuries) generating native on-chain yields Over the next five years, stablecoin payments will drive hundreds of billions in infrastructure reconstruction across traditional finance. #Stablecoins #RWA #CryptoPayments #BlockXVC

🇭🇰 From "Storytelling" to "Real-World Execution" | 3 Key Signals from the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival The recently concluded Hong Kong Web3 Carnival sent strong signals: Web3 is deeply integrating with AI, RWA, and compliant payments. Vitalik proposed that Ethereum's goal is to become the "global programmable trust layer". RWA and DeFi are becoming market focuses — connecting on-chain assets with real-world businesses. As Paul Chan noted: Web3 + AI will reshape the global financial system, and Hong Kong has established the "AI+ and Industrial Development Strategy Committee" to drive integrated applications. The next narrative is clear: whoever can implement compliant use cases and connect real-world assets will lead the future. #WEB3 #RWA #DeFi #BlockX

Lately, one thing feels pretty clear —markets don’t always move because of new information, but because attention shifts. And by the time most people notice,it’s usually already a step late. #Web3 #Crypto

The more activity happens on-chain, the more one thing starts to stand out — cost. At first, it’s easy to ignore.But once things scale, it becomes impossible to overlook. In the end, it’s about who can run more efficiently. #Web3 #DeFi

Most people look at numbers first — growth, users, volume. But those can be pretty surface-level. What really matters is the structure underneath, and whether it can actually hold up over time. #Web3 #Crypto

As networks scale,managing resources becomes just as important as generating demand. Especially when it comes to energy and transaction costs on-chain. #TRON #Web3 #DeFi

When native assets enter treasury strategies,it signals a shift from trading to positioning. As usage scales, managing transaction costs becomes part of the equation.

Great to see this collaboration going live. 🤝 The convergence of AI-driven trading infrastructure and real on-chain financial utilities is accelerating. @AIW3_ × @TronBankPro is a strong step in that direction.