Weekly Deal Updates - June 16, 2025 (1)
Deal Meeting Date
Jun 16, 2025
Sponsor
Pond AI
ISO Week
65
Number of Deals
2
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- 📰 Top News 📰
- 📈 Market Data 📉
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- Bondemi $10mm Pre-seed SAFT
Bondemi aims to be the first tokenized gateway to UAE sovereign bonds, sukuks, and USD certificates, offering yields of 4–11% with a minimum investment of just $500. Backed by the UAE National Bonds Commission, these products are fully government-guaranteed, short-duration fixed-income products that are now made globally accessible for the first time.
- Astralane $3mm at $25mm seed SAFT
Astralane is building a low-latency middleware for high-frequency operators to harness the full potential of blockchain networks. One of its flagship products, Iris, is a transaction broadcasting service that aggregates over custom SWQOS, Jito, and custom TPU ports, and is integrated with some of the largest trading bots, including Axiom.
📰 Top Crypto News 📰
Here's the latest scoop from the blockchain, crypto, and Web3 world. 🚀🌐
- 📈 Bitcoin below $100K now ‘less likely’ as BTC price eyes liquidity at $106K - Bitcoin price consolidates around $105,000 as liquidity builds up above the spot price. A support/resistance flip at $106,00 is a must for the bulls as $100,000 remains a key level.
- 🏦 U.S. Senate Passes GENIUS Act to Regulate Stablecoins, Marking Crypto Industry Win - The legislation to set rules for stablecoin issuers is the first major digital assets bill to ever clear the Senate and now moves on to the U.S. House.
- 💼 Connecticut's Ban Throws Water on 2025 Trend of States Setting Up Crypto Investments - The Connecticut legislature has barred that state's government from setting up the kind of digital assets reserves seen forming elsewhere in the U.S.
- 🤑 Sweden's H100 Group Rallies Another 30% After Raising $10M for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy - Bitcoin OG Adam Back was among the investors in the health and longevity company's capital raise.
- ⚖️ Czech government survives no-confidence motion over bitcoin scandal - The Czech centre-right government on Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence, called after the acceptance of a payment to the state by an ex-convict worth $45 million in bitcoin sparked controversy within the ruling coalition months before an election.
- 🪙 ‘Stablecoin summer’ as Coinbase, Circle surge on stablecoin bill - Crypto entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano says Coinbase’s stock surge indicates that “Wall Street wants Bitcoin and crypto assets.”
- 🇪🇺 The crypto fund domicile decision: EU or the UK? - As the EU’s MiCA regulation and the UK’s evolving crypto laws diverge, fund managers face a key choice: to opt for the EU’s legal certainty and passporting or the UK’s flexible, innovation-driven approach.
- 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says Trump's crypto push will 'lock in' dollar supremacy - Bessent’s comments come a day after the Senate passed landmark stablecoin legislation.
- 🇰🇷 Bank of Korea warns local stablecoins could boost dollar demand against presidential goals - South Korea’s central bank governor expressed concerns that local currency-based stablecoins could spur more demand for U.S. dollar stablecoins.
- 💹 Institutions warm to ‘invisible DeFi’ as crypto-native yield platforms mature, Artemis report finds - Crypto research firm Artemis and DeFi project Vaults argue there is growing “institutional appetite” for onchain yield, in a report published on Wednesday.
- 💸 a16z crypto leads $33 million seed round for Yupp as it exits stealth to build crypto-incentivized AI model evaluation platform - Yupp is a free platform that allows users to compare answers from multiple AI models side by side, using crypto rails for rewards and payouts.
📈 Market Data 📉
DEX Weekly Transaction Volume by Chain
Top Cryptocurrencies
| Token | June 10, 2025 | June 18, 2025 | % Change |
| BTC | $110,213 | $104,723 | -5.0% |
| ETH | $2,808.50 | $2,521.33 | -10.2% |
| BNB | $673.48 | $643.77 | -4.4% |
| SOL | $164.96 | $146.28 | -11.3% |
| XRP | $2.31 | $2.17 | -6.1% |
Source: CoinGecko Closing Prices.
Significant Gainers and Losers
Criteria: 1) Volume (24h) > US$50,000; 2) Have gained or lost the most in the last 7 days.
- Active Gainers:
| Token | Price | % Price Change(7d) | Volume (24hr) |
| Aerodrome Finance (AERO) | $0.9235 | 68.73% | $148,617,478 |
| AB (AB) | $0.01554 | 31.98% | $3,516,212,540 |
| Jito (JITO) | $2.36 | 13.02% | $70,194,847 |
- Active Losers:
| Token | Price | % Price Change (7d) | Volume (24hr) |
| Story (IP) | $2.80 | -29.83% | $76,312,734 |
| Arbitrum (ARB) | $0.3091 | -21.71% | $204,251,474 |
| Immutable (IMX) | $0.4137 | -19.06% | $40,217,550 |
Source: CoinMarketCap as of June 11th, 2025
Market Sentiment and Indicators
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index: The index started at 71 (Greed), remained steady early in the week, then dropped to the low 60s (Greed) before rising again to 68 (Greed) and suddenly falling to 52 (Neutral) by the week's end. This index is recalculated daily to reflect the market's emotional state, which can influence trading behaviors.
Source: Crypto Fear and Greed Index
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