Crypto Watchlist for the week ahead:

$KAITO - Kaito will release a capital launchpad for token launches in July

$XRP - US Senate will debate whether tokens like XRP qualify as commodities on July 9

$FLUID - Fluid will soon expand to Solana in collaboration with Jupiter Exchange

$BTC - Trump's 90-day tariff negotiation pause ends on July 9

$GS - GammaSwap's Yield Tokens are expected to go live in the next few weeks

$EGLD - MultiversX will introduce on-chain governance on its mainnet next week

Macro events - Fed's FOMC Meeting Minutes will be released on July 9

$AERO - Aerodrome will soon launch the Pool Launcher, enabling the permissionless launch of new liquidity pools

Biggest Crypto Unlocks for July 2025

• July 8 $EIGEN Unlock of $1.4M
• July 9 $IOTA Unlock of $2.3M
• July 9 $MOVE Unlock of $7.8M
• July 11 $IMX Unlock of $10.3M
• July 12 $OP Unlock of $2.3M
• July 12 $APT Unlock of $50M
• July 15 $SEI Unlock of $14.5M
• July 15 $STRK Unlock of $14M
• July 15 $XCN Unlock of $4M
• July 16 $ARB Unlock of $30M
• July 17 $UXLINK Unlock of $13M
• July 17 $DBR Unlock of $12M
• July 17 $APE Unlock of $9M
• July 17 $ZK Unlock of $7.8M
• July 18 $TRUMP Unlock of $775M
• July 20 $ZRO Unlock of $45M
• July 25 $VENOM Unlock of $12.4M
• July 23 $AVAIL Unlock of $20M
• July 30 $KMNO Unlock of $13M

Bitcoin leads all major assets over the past 12 months

Bitcoin was the top-performing asset of the year, outperforming every other investment class.

Gold came in second, followed by equities and other traditional assets.
The chart speaks for itself — Bitcoin remains the top annual performer.

Coinbase hacker is buying $ETH.

The hacker who stole funds from a Coinbase user purchased 4,863 $ETH for $12.5M in $DAI at a price of $2,569.

He still holds $45.36M in $DAI across two wallets and is likely to continue buying $ETH.

UAE denies “Golden Visa” rumors for TON investors

The UAE has officially refuted circulating claims that investors in The Open Network (TON) are eligible for so-called “Golden Visas.”

Source: wam.ae

Has the summer lull begun?

Bitcoin is nearing the $110,000 mark, but trading volumes continue to decline:

— Spot volume: $5.02B

— Futures volume: $31.2B

Both are at their lowest levels in over a year — and still falling.

JUST IN: $TRUMP will launch on the Tron network, shifting from Solana where it debuted with 1 billion tokens. Its market cap stands at $1.718 billion, fully diluted valuation at $8.59 billion, and the price has dropped 3.4% over the past week.

Circle mints another $250M in USDC

Since the start of 2025, Circle has issued a total of $17.5B in USDC.

JUST IN: Donald Trump is expected to announce a new trade deal today.

JUST IN: The U.S. government has withdrawn its appeal in the Tornado Cash lawsuit.

JUST IN: The U.S. will impose a 25% tariff on Japan and South Korea starting August 1.

Trump to release Bitcoin policy report around July 22

According to Crypto In America, the Trump administration plans to publish a report on Bitcoin and broader crypto policy later this month.

The document may include recommendations on creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

$PLUME launches SkyLink on the TRON network.

TRON users can now deploy their stablecoins into tokenized real-yield strategies — such as treasury bonds and credit — without leaving the network.

Plume’s SkyLink protocol delivers yield directly to users’ wallets while maintaining liquidity on TRON.

Bitcoin’s path to $1M will be explosive

Samson Mow says the coming BTC surge won’t be gradual — it’ll be sudden and violent.

“Fake currencies collapse spectacularly. Bitcoin will moon the same way.”

Hyperbitcoinization is no longer a theory. It’s already in motion.

$1.25M NFT disappears after 3 years

An NFT buyer who spent $1.25 million on a rare piece returned years later — only to find the image had vanished.

A reminder: many NFTs don’t actually store the image on-chain. When the hosting server goes offline, so does the art.

JUST IN: The US SEC has officially approved Trump Media's application for a Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF.