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Week in GameFi: Chinese Web2 Giant Eyes Web3 Gaming

Web3 tokens perform in line with the market as Bitcoin dominance rises.

By Werner Vermaak

CMC Market Pulse: Middle Eastern Woes Overshadow Stablecoin Victories

CMC Market Pulse delivers actionable market insights, giving you all the key narratives and developments you need in under 5 minutes.

By CMC Research

Week in Memes: FOMC and Geopolitical Jitters Halt Meme Recovery

The meme coin market was topsy-turvy again over the last seven days as geopolitical tensions escalated in the Middle East and the FOMC meeting subdued markets.

By Werner Vermaak

Week in BNB Chain: Sector Weakens During Altcoin Market Meltdown

The BNB Chain ecosystem didn’t resist the broader crypto market downturn.

By Daniel Phillips

Week in Solana: ETF Fever Rises, Pump.fun Gets Banned!

The prospects of a Solana ETF approval are increasing, helping to steady SOL despite rising political tensions in the Middle East.

By Werner Vermaak

Week in AI: Fartcoin Defies Bleeding AI Sector

The AI sector is currently the third-worst-performing sector when measured by change in fully diluted market capitalization, losing 11.6% in the last week.

By Daniel Phillips

Week in GameFi: Welcome, Penguins of Mad NASCAR

The majority of Web3 gaming tokens experienced losses, but fresh VC money keeps piling in.

By Werner Vermaak

CMC Market Pulse: Middle East Tensions Shake Up Markets

CMC Market Pulse delivers actionable market insights, giving you all the key narratives and developments you need in under 5 minutes.

By CMC Research

Week in Memes: The Milei Meme Melee Is Over, Say What?

The meme coin market cap rose more than 3%, from $60.03 billion to $61.99 billion, over the last seven days.

By Werner Vermaak

Week in BNB Chain: Exploding On-Chain Metrics & Ecosystem Growth

Following last week’s sell-off, the BNB Chain ecosystem is once again looking bullish, with the majority of BEP-20 assets seeing growth.

By Daniel Phillips

Week in Solana: Ready, Steady… As BTC Eyes New ATH

SOL stabilizes while Solana's DApps continue to outpace competitors in revenue generation.

By Werner Vermaak

Week in AI: Fundamental Growth Belies Mixed Gains

AI tokens shed $1 billion; top assets outperform smaller ones.

By Daniel Phillips

Week in GameFi: Should We Send Musk vs Trump to the Bonk Arena?

The GameFi sector moved up the ladder on DeFiLlama’s narrative tracker as market momentum wanes.

By Werner Vermaak

CMC Market Pulse: Circle Tops the Market

CMC Market Pulse delivers actionable market insights, giving you all the key narratives and developments you need in under 5 minutes.

By CMC Research

Week in Memes: A $4 Billion Pump.fun Token Incoming

The meme coin market cap dropped more than 16%, from $71.69 billion to $60.07 billion, over the last seven days.

By Werner Vermaak

Week in BNB Chain: Mask Network Defies Market Retrace

BNB Chain ecosystem shed $5 billion; Mask Network surged 31.8% despite downturn.

By Daniel Phillips

Week in Solana: A $1 Billion Bet, Despite SEC’s ETF Questions

The SEC questions whether Solana staking products qualify as ETFs under federal law.

By Werner Vermaak

Week in AI: Tariff Turmoil Thrashes AI Sector

AI sector lost $5.2B market cap; many tokens down >25%.

By Daniel Phillips

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