Crypto Market Trends in February: Institutional Growth, AI, and DeFi
The cryptocurrency market started 2025 with strong momentum, reaching a peak market cap of $3.76 trillion on January 7. This surge was fueled by pro-crypto policies from the U.S. government, including discussions on a national crypto reserve, stablecoin regulations, and tax incentives for digital assets. However, the market faced a downturn later in the month, triggered by DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough, which led to concerns about U.S. tech stock overvaluation and a broader market correction. Despite these fluctuations, several major cryptocurrencies posted strong gains, while others saw....
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Ether price is attempting to conquer $2,000 as the Ethereum blockchain is seeing increasing demand. The price of Ether (ETH) is surging past $2,000 with strong momentum while gaining a bit of ground on Bitcoin (BTC) in the last 24 hours. There are three key reasons behind the explosive rally of Ether, namely the rapid growth of DeFi, the hype around ETH after the CME futures listing, and the decreasing amount of BTC and ETH on exchanges.ETH/USDT 4-hour price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.comCME futures listing institutional hypeEther hitting $2,000 for the first time ever follows....
The outlook for the crypto market in the second half of 2025 remains constructive, according to Coinbase Institutional, which highlights a mix of macroeconomic trends, improving regulatory clarity, and increasing corporate involvement as key tailwinds. The firm’s report, authored by David Duong, Global Head of Research at Coinbase Institutional, outlines conditions favorable for further growth […]
Trading volume, tools, altcoins, regulated DeFi and security solutions will continue to shape the institutional crypto market. 2021 was a big year for cryptocurrency. El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. In November 2021, the price of Bitcoin hit an all-time high approaching the psychologically significant mark of $70,000. And, all along the way, industry influencers like Elon Musk have been tweeting their enthusiasm about cryptocurrency more broadly.I anticipate 2022 will continue to be an even bigger year for digital currencies as the market grows....
Since February 2020, we have seen a steady growth of the blockchain space and, most significantly, decentralized finance. While DeFi isn’t entirely new, the network’s growth has been more aggressive this year than it has ever been. The distribution of COMP governance token and the introduction of yield farming protocols around June this year has made DeFi the most engaging conversation in the blockchain space, no doubt. DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) Decentralized finance has only grown this much because of the control and ease it offers users. By allowing users to utilize....
2020 was the year of DeFi, not just in terms of the explosive price increases – but the technological advances and support from public figures. From the growth of UniSwap, Chainlink, AAVE, and BNB into the top 20 tokens by market cap to tech billionaire Mark Cuban revealing his positions in the aforementioned tokens, one must wonder what comes next. Improved security and auditing of contracts. Exploits performed by hackers on vulnerable DeFi smart contracts […]