Bitcoin is the frontrunner in the crypto market, while 36% of altcoins trade near their all-time lows. Do altcoin price metrics suggest an altseason is next? Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent recovery above $71,000 suggests that the price bottom is officially in, and bullish momentum can be seen across the crypto market. TOTAL2, which tracks the market cap of all crypto assets excluding Bitcoin, has held support at its 200-week moving average, but is an altcoin season in the making? The divergence between Bitcoin’s rally and the muted altcoin price action is beginning to draw attention to altseason indicators, raising the question of whether the broader market may soon follow BTC’s lead. The TOTAL2 market cap peaked near $1.7 trillion in October 2025 but currently sits at $970 billion, a drawdown of roughly 43%. The decline accelerated in January after the market cap broke a three-year ascending trendline near $1.15 trillion. Read more
The crypto exchange company is often used as a proxy to gauge the health and growth of the nascent crypto industry in the United States. Crypto exchange Coinbase landed on TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies in 2025 list as a "disruptor" after the company was thrust into the limelight for being one of the crypto industry's leading policy advocates in 2024. Coinbase’s stock is up approximately 42% year-to-date and experienced a sharp rally following the Senate passing the GENIUS stablecoin bill on June 17. The news catapulted Coinbase's stock from roughly $303 per share to a local high of $382 per share. TIME wrote: Read more
Blockchain project Space and Time, backed by Microsoft, has launched its permissionless mainnet for ZK-proven data infrastructure. Space and Time, a blockchain project supported by Microsoft, has launched its public, permissionless mainnet to bring zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data infrastructure to crypto applications. Built by MakeInfinite Labs, Space and Time offers a decentralized, verifiable database for smart contracts to query historical, crosschain and offchain data, according to a news release shared with Cointelegraph. The platform indexes data from major networks like Ethereum and makes it accessible through a decentralized network of validators. Developers can query this data using Space and Time’s Proof of SQL — a sub-second ZK coprocessor that delivers cryptographic proofs with every query. Read more