Crypto Market Overview
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BTC (+1.91% | Price: 103,556 USDT): Yesterday, the U.S. April unadjusted CPI came in at 2.3% year-over-year, below expectations. BTC briefly dipped on the news before rallying to $105,000 and then pulling back slightly. Notably, BTC has been forming bearish hourly candles for eight consecutive hours since 4:00 AM UTC+8 today.
BTC ETFs recorded a net outflow of $91.3 million yesterday, all from Fidelity's FBTC, with no inflows or outflows elsewhere.
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ETH (+9.06% | Price: 2,640.55 USDT): ETH volatility widened sharply yesterday, with an intraday range of 13%. After touching $2,700, it retreated, while the ETH/BTC pair broke above 0.0255, marking a weekly breakout.
ETH ETFs saw a net inflow of $13.3 million yesterday, led by Grayscale Mini Trust ETH ($7.36M), followed by VanEck ETHV ($2.95M) and Franklin EZET ($3.06M).
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Altcoins: Meme, AI Agent, and Solana ecosystem tokens rallied broadly. PEOPLE, BOME, and SATS led the gains. The Fear & Greed Index sits at 74, with the market in greed territory for six consecutive days.
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Macro: U.S. equities were mixed yesterday. The Dow fell 0.64%, weighed by healthcare, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rose 1.61% and 0.72% respectively, driven by tech and semiconductors. The S&P 500 implied volatility index dropped to 18.2, signaling a clear rebound in risk appetite.
As of 12:00 AM UTC+8 on May 14, 2025, spot gold was at $3,229.25/oz, down 0.68% on the day.
Featured Tokens
PEOPLE ConstitutionDAO (+58.85%, Circulating Market Cap: $181M)
ConstitutionDAO, launched in 2021, was a decentralized autonomous organization that crowdfunded ETH to bid on a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution. Over 10,000 people worldwide contributed, raising $47 million. Although the bid failed, the effort became a landmark experiment in DAO-driven collective action and cultural asset ownership.
PEOPLE, the project's governance token, was distributed to donors. While refunds were offered after the project concluded, many chose to retain their tokens as a commemorative asset, turning PEOPLE into a symbol of decentralized collaboration and a Web3 governance experiment with strong meme-like appeal.
PEOPLE hit an all-time high of $0.205 in 2021 but has since fallen over 80%. Recent gains are tied to the broader altcoin recovery and renewed interest driven by its unique backstory and symbolic value. As a low-cap, high-volatility meme asset, PEOPLE attracts short-term speculative capital. While it lacks clear utility, it retains speculative potential during periods of heightened Web3 community activity. Its future direction will hinge on sentiment and narrative—best suited for those tracking sentiment cycles with modest position sizes.
SATS Ordinals (+48.31%, Circulating Market Cap: $2.507B)
SATS Ordinals is a meme project built on Bitcoin's Ordinals protocol, tokenizing the smallest unit of Bitcoin—the satoshi—to give it cultural and tradable properties. Using Ordinals and BRC-20 standards, each inscribed satoshi is made unique and tradeable, diversifying the Bitcoin ecosystem with meme assets.
SATS is not a utility token but rather a symbolic asset for grassroots Bitcoin participation. It gained traction during the 2023 Ordinals boom, rising in price before cooling off. Recently, as BTC reclaimed $100,000, SATS rebounded, confirming its appeal to speculative capital.
Going forward, SATS' direction will depend on the evolution of the Bitcoin ecosystem, Ordinals development, and market sentiment. Though lacking fundamental utility, its early-mover status in the meme asset space leaves room for speculative trading.
PI Pi Network (+20.72%, Circulating Market Cap: $9B)
Since its 2019 launch, Pi Network has aimed to democratize blockchain access through a low-energy, mobile-first mining model. Its innovative consensus and mobile mining design have lowered barriers to entry, attracting tens of millions of users.
On February 20, 2025, Pi Network completed its mainnet launch, entering a mature operational phase. As the ecosystem matures, PI's utility and intrinsic value are gaining market recognition, driving a positive cycle of user growth and application expansion.
After peaking at $3 in late February, PI pulled back to a low near $0.55. With the broader market recovery, PI has more than doubled from that low. Notably, only 7.11% of PI's total supply is currently circulating, implying a fully diluted market cap of $125.79 billion.
Alpha Insights
Trump Turns Bullish on Stocks for the Third Time; Crypto Surges from Lows
Last night, Trump declared "the stock market is going to go way up" and renewed his call for the Fed to cut rates. At the close, the Dow fell 0.6%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained 0.7% and 1.6% respectively. Tesla rose nearly 5%, Nvidia 5.6%, and Apple 1%.
The S&P 500 had plunged early last month amid tariff concerns, but it has since rallied 14% since Trump's April 9 "now is a good time to buy" post. That same day, he paused reciprocal tariffs. Last Friday, he again urged adding positions, and soon after, the U.S. and China announced mutual tariff reductions, fueling further gains.
This macro backdrop lifted BTC and ETH as well, driven by improved expectations for monetary easing, stronger liquidity outlook, and rising risk appetite. Trump's rate-cut pressure stoked hopes for accommodative policy—particularly positive for crypto, which is highly sensitive to liquidity conditions. U.S.-China détente also reduced geopolitical risk, pushing capital into high-volatility assets. Historically, Trump's bullish signals have often coincided with crypto rallies, underscoring his influence on market sentiment. This round of BTC and ETH gains reflects repricing based on shifting macro expectations.
Bitcoin Illiquid Supply Hits 14 Million, Tying All-Time High
According to Cointelegraph citing Glassnode, approximately 14 million BTC is now classified as "illiquid supply"—held by addresses that rarely sell. This metric shows Bitcoin is increasingly moving to firm holders, especially amid recent price appreciation.
On-chain data confirms whale accumulation. Over the past 30 days, illiquid supply increased by 180,000 BTC—the largest monthly rise since December 2022. Key whale tiers (10–10,000 BTC) added over 83,000 BTC, while retail shows signs of panic selling, reflecting a shift from weak to strong hands.
This supply-demand dynamic reinforces bullish expectations for BTC's medium-term trend. Rising illiquid supply with whale concentration is typical of mid-to-late bull cycles, as seen in 2017 and 2020–2021. With no clear bubble signals yet, if the macro environment remains stable, BTC could gradually challenge its all-time high and potentially target the $150,000 range amid capital concentration and tightening liquidity.
LetsBonk's 24-Hour Token Launches Approach PumpFun's Volume; Multiple Tokens Break $1M Market Cap
On April 26, Solana's veteran meme coin BONK launched its own launchpad, LetsBonk.fun. Within 24 hours, the platform saw 800,000 visits, $300M in trading volume, and 2,700 tokens created—over 70 successfully launched. The namesake token Let's BONK surged to a $30M market cap in just six hours.
As of May 14, the platform has issued 45,980 tokens, with 760 successfully launched. Twelve tokens have market caps above $1 million, including IKUN, Petunia, LetsBONK, BONKAI, NEXUS, DOOM, FLOPPY, CHACHA, Dazhuang, and Glonk (each in the $1M–$10M bracket). Hosico and USELESS have broken $10M, reaching $27.5M and $15.3M respectively.
LetsBonk.fun's explosive growth and market cap milestones have significantly boosted BONK's profile while creating a new Meme ecosystem gateway. The combination of ecosystem expansion, active user engagement, and platform effects will provide sustained positive support for BONK's price over the medium to long term, helping it evolve from a single meme project into a platform-level leader.
Gate.io HODLer Airdrop
Airdrop Details
- Project: Nexpace
- Token: NXPC
- Subscription Period: Until May 15, 2025, 10:00 (UTC+8)
- How to Participate: Hold GT to claim for free (GT ≥ 1)
- Individual Participation Limit: 5,000 GT
- Total Airdrop Supply: 300,000 NXPC
- Unlock: 100% unlocked
- Trading Starts: May 15, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+8)
Project Overview
NXPC is the core digital asset of the MapleStory Universe, issued by Nexpace, with a capped total supply of 1 billion. It powers rewards, NFT trading, and gas fees, bridging in-game and external economies and offering diverse opportunities for players and creators.
NXPC features a self-regulating supply mechanism. The "Fission" mechanism mints new tokens during periods of high NFT demand, while the "Fusion" mechanism reduces circulating supply when prices overheat, curbing inflation and speculation. Additionally, NXPC grants creative rights to players, breaking traditional game content monopolies.
The entire MapleStory Universe runs on Henesys L1, a high-performance chain natively linked to Avalanche C-Chain, purpose-built for gaming economies with efficient transactions and cross-ecosystem interoperability. As the platform's value bearer, NXPC is set to grow alongside the expanding ecosystem.
References:
- Gate.io, https://www.gate.io/trade/BTC_USDT
- Farside Investors, https://farside.co.uk/btc/
- Gate.io, https://www.gate.io/trade/ETH_USDT
- Farside Investors, https://farside.co.uk/eth/
- CoinGecko, https://www.coingecko.com/categories
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- Investing, https://investing.com/currencies/xau-usd
- Cointelegraph, https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-illiquid-supply-14m-btc-hodlers-bull-market-record
- Dune, https://dune.com/adam_tehc/memecoin-wars
- Gate, https://www.gate.io/zh/hodler-airdrop/2307?airdrop_name=NXPC
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