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This week’s recap highlights continued macro-driven volatility as Bitcoin and Ethereum remained under pressure amid fragile sentiment and mixed flows. Meanwhile, regulatory developments, institutional positioning, and ongoing infrastructure progress underscored steady momentum across the evolving Web3 ecosystem.

This week’s recap highlights persistent macro uncertainty and soft market sentiment, with Bitcoin and Ethereum facing pressure amid weak flows. Meanwhile, institutional initiatives, Bitcoin infrastructure expansion, and selective narrative catalysts continued to drive development across the Web3 ecosystem.

While Hong Kong’s crypto ETFs remain small, deeper shifts are underway. Rapid licensing expansion, RWA tokenization, and stablecoin regulation are driving TradFi integration. This piece examines regulatory overhaul, infrastructure buildout, and the path to closing the on-chain/off-chain gap.

This week’s recap highlights rising macro uncertainty following tariff shocks, putting pressure on risk assets as Bitcoin and Ethereum traded lower. Market sentiment remained fragile, while infrastructure activity and selective ecosystem developments signaled continued long-term building across Web3.

Over the past week, markets were primarily driven by the escalation of the US Iran conflict. WTI crude rose nearly 17% and returned above the $100 level, pushing US Treasury yields higher, with the 10 year reaching 4.44%, while the US dollar strengthened. The crypto market declined by more than 6% overall, and the VIX climbed to 31. On the capital side, BTC and ETH ETFs recorded about $500 million in net outflows mid week, followed by a modest rebound.

This week’s recap highlights continued market pressure as weak sentiment and macro uncertainty kept Bitcoin and Ethereum subdued, with broader risk appetite remaining limited. Meanwhile, institutional activity, infrastructure expansion, and selective narrative-driven sectors signaled ongoing evolution across the Web3 ecosystem.

This week’s recap highlights continued market fragility as Bitcoin and Ethereum remained under pressure amid weak sentiment and ongoing ETF outflows. Despite this, selective narratives showed resilience, while institutional initiatives, ecosystem progress, and venture activity signaled steady development across Web3 markets.

Lending is shifting from direct protocol access to a stack combining protocols with a strategy layer, while RWAs evolve into yield-generating, composable primitives. This piece explores curator vaults, verifiable risk frameworks, and the CEX–DeFi split, outlining the path toward an integrated “earn–grow–spend” financial loop.

This week’s recap highlights cautious market conditions as Bitcoin and Ethereum traded under pressure amid uncertain macro signals and mixed capital flows. Meanwhile, infrastructure funding and institutional initiatives continued to advance, reflecting sustained development momentum across the Web3 ecosystem.

This week’s recap highlights continued market pressure as Bitcoin and Ethereum traded lower amid persistent ETF outflows and cautious sentiment. Select narratives and tokens showed relative resilience, while major institutional initiatives, ecosystem updates, and venture financings underscored ongoing development across the Web3 landscape.

Gate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Gate, a global leader in crypto asset trading, has officially announced a strategic investment in Utexo. Utexo is an infrastructure platform dedicated to native Bitcoin settlement, aiming to facilitate private, instant, and non-custodial stablecoin transactions on the Bitcoin network.

Gate Ventures announced its strategic investment in Mesh, a leading crypto payments network building the connective infrastructure that unifies wallets, exchanges, payment service providers, and fiat rails into a single integration. Gate Ventures believes Mesh is connecting the fragmented crypto payments landscape into a single, developer-friendly network.

This announcement highlights Gate Ventures’ strategic investment in Sats Terminal, underscoring the firm’s conviction in expanding Bitcoin-native finance beyond store-of-value into a unified financial layer. Sats Terminal’s modular SDK and self-custodial super-app aim to simplify access to trading, borrowing, and yield for BTC holders and integrate Bitcoin finance more seamlessly across wallets and Web3 platforms. The move reflects broader industry momentum toward productive Bitcoin use cases and foundational infrastructure development in the decentralized financial ecosystem.

This week’s recap highlights persistent market softness with Bitcoin and Ethereum under pressure amid continued ETF outflows and weak sentiment. Select tokens outperformed on narrative catalysts, while institutional activity, ecosystem upgrades, and venture financings illustrated evolving dynamics across Web3 markets.

This week’s recap highlights continued ETF outflows and weakening sentiment, with Bitcoin and Ethereum modestly down even as the ETH/BTC ratio ticked higher. Select protocols like WLFI outperformed on RWA and stablecoin settlement news, while major institutional moves, CME 24/7 derivatives plans, and notable venture rounds illustrated ongoing Web3 ecosystem activity.