Weekly Deal Updates - June 9, 2025
Deal Meeting Date
Jun 9, 2025
Sponsor
Pond AI
ISO Week
64
Number of Deals
2
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In this newsletter:
- 💰New Deals💰
- 📰 Top News 📰
- 📈 Market Data 📉
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🧠 🤖 Pond AI 🤖 🧠
Pond is a crypto-native AI model using graph deep learning trained with on-chain data to predict on-chain behaviors and streamline the development of AI-powered crypto-native applications in DeFi, social, trading, MEV, and security sectors.
The technical team brings extensive research and engineering experience from world-leading graph ML and AI companies, with over 40 publications in prestigious AI journals and conferences, including IEEE, Nature, Harvard Business Review, ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, and PNAS. 🚀
💰 New Deals 💰
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- NodeOps $4mm SAFT
NodeOps is a DePIN compute orchestration platform that enables builders to launch, manage, and monetize nodes and verifiable compute with just one click. The NodeOps Network provides builders with a chain-agnostic, AVS-secured layer for verifiable compute. Atop this sits a no-code Console for node-as-a-service, an Agent Terminal that integrates AI with blockchain sandboxes, a permissionless Cloud marketplace where anyone can buy or sell excess compute, and a non-custodial Staking Hub designed for institutions.
- Fasqon $3.9mm Seed SAFT
Fasqon is a platform for banking, transacting, earning, and engaging. It aims to shape the future of banking by providing a borderless, crypto-native neobank designed for Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha, seamlessly integrating crypto and fiat into a user-friendly, self-sovereign, regulation-compliant financial ecosystem.
📰 Top Crypto News 📰
Here's the latest scoop from the blockchain, crypto, and Web3 world. 🚀🌐
- 📈 Bank of Japan pivot to QE may fuel Bitcoin rally — Arthur Hayes - BOJ’s potential quantitative easing in mid‑June could trigger a global asset rally, benefiting Bitcoin and crypto markets.
- 🏛️ Crypto market-structure hearing devolves into partisan claims - Allegations on the president’s ties to the crypto industry and claims of “Trump derangement syndrome” clouded attempts to reach an agreement on a market structure bill in Congress.
- 🇫🇷 Société Générale‑Forge launches USD‑denominated stablecoin - French bank’s token, USDCV, to launch on Ethereum and Solana, custodized by BNY Mellon—blending traditional finance and DeFi.
- 🇯🇵 DeFi leader Aave debuts on Sony‑backed Soneium blockchain - Aave integrates into Sony’s L2, Soneium, paving way for its stablecoin GHO to support real‑world use cases in Japanese ecosystem.
- 🇪🇺 The Blockchain Group unveils $342M share issuance to buy more bitcoin - European-listed firm rolls out share issuance program to expand its Bitcoin portfolio—an institutional push into BTC.
- 💰 60% of Fortune 500 firms working on blockchain initiatives — Coinbase Survey - Survey finds 60% of Fortune 500 exploring blockchain; nearly half of SMBs plan adoption in 3 years—regulatory clarity flagged as key.
- 🏦 Gemini files confidential S‑1 with SEC - Winklevoss exchange submits for U.S. IPO—marking another prospect of mainstream crypto firms going public.
- 💼 Peter Thiel‑backed crypto exchange Bullish files for US IPO - Bullish, backed by Peter Thiel, submits confidential S‑1—a continuous wave of crypto firms eyeing public markets.
- 🤖 OpenLedger commits $25M to fund AI‑blockchain startups - Launches OpenCircle launchpad: $25M dedicated to decentralized AI projects, promoting community contributions and shared value.
- 🌐 Why is Web3 losing the AI race? - Criticism of Web3-AI: lacking infrastructure, data, and talent. A wake-up call for foundational focus.
📈 Market Data 📉
DEX Weekly Transaction Volume by Chain
Top Cryptocurrencies
| Token | June 3, 2025 | June 10, 2025 | % Change |
| BTC | $104,813 | $110,213 | 5.2% |
| ETH | $2,610.34 | $2,808.50 | 7.6% |
| BNB | $663.70 | $673.48 | 1.5% |
| SOL | $153.53 | $164.96 | 7.4% |
| XRP | $2.20 | $2.31 | 5.0% |
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) |
| Kaia (KAIA) | $0.1673 | 46.48% | $152,341,597 |
| AB (AB) | $0.01138 | 33.25% | $143,744,160 |
| SPX6900 (SPX) | $1.56 | 33.01% | $97,863,617 |
- Active Losers:
| Token | Price | % Price Change (7d) | Volume (24hr) |
| Stacks (STX) | $0.7067 | -9.93% | $35,157,273 |
| Jupiter (JUP) | $0.50 | -8.30% | $86,377,133 |
| Immutable (IMX) | $0.5343 | -7.33% | $54,210,023 |
Source: CoinMarketCap as of June 11th, 2025
Market Sentiment and Indicators
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index: The index started at 57 (Neutral), dropped early in the week to 45 (Neutral), then climbed back to the Greed zone, ending at 71 (Greed). 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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