Bankless Nation, it is the fourth week of July, the final week of July. It is time for the Bankless Weekly rollups. David, we got alltime high on the uh total crypto market cap. Do you know that? I just saw this while I was preparing the agenda. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 4.001% trillion. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's great. Like Yeah. For $4 trillion. It's incredible. Also, the genius bill was signed last Friday. The question is, what's next? I think this is a big big big deal. And what do you do if you're the White Hou ...

New day, new #memecoins. Which one has caught your eye? 🐶 ...

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Market Trends & Dynamics - The OTC market review report by Wintermute indicates a divergence in market approaches between retail and institutional investors, with institutions focusing on major cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum, while retail is shifting towards altcoins [1] - The report highlights a 412% jump in OTC options trading compared to the first half of 2024, and the number of traded contracts for difference (CFDs) has doubled [1] - Trading volumes spiked in early 2025 but normalized in Q2 as macro catalysts subsided, with activity increasingly concentrated around established assets like BTC and ETH [1] - Spot trading on centralized exchanges grew by 7%, while OTC volumes rose by 18%, indicating that institutional investors prefer executing large trades outside of exchanges [1] - In 2024, both institutional and retail investors were rotating into smaller, riskier projects, but in the first half of 2025, institutions stuck with larger cryptos while retail pushed deeper into smaller altcoins [1] - After dominating in 2024, memecoin activity dropped in 2025, with flows shifting from legacy names to newer tokens [12] Regulatory Landscape - The report points to the improving regulatory landscape with regulatory clarity coming from the EU markets in crypto assets bill (MiCA) and the Genius Act in the US [1] - The US has taken greater steps towards regulatory clarity with President Trump signing the Genius Act into law on the 18th of July, providing some much-needed clarity on stable coins [31] Institutional vs Retail Behavior - From 2023 to 2024, institutional OTC shares dropped from 74% to 67% and retail shares from 55% to 46%, between 2024 and 2025, though, institutional allocation didn't budge, while retail fell further to 37% [2] - Institutions are sticking to a smaller range of meme coins, while retail investors have more than doubled the amount of meme coins they're willing to trade [13] Sector Performance - Capital has been consolidating around currency networks (including Bitcoin), general-purpose blockchain networks (including Ethereum), and blockchain utility and tools [8] - Stable coins overtook memecoins to become one of the top three sectors [10] - Annualized memecoin activity in 2025 has dropped 29% from 2024 and 17% compared to the first half of 2024 [14]

Market Trends - Trade-deal optimism is driving investors towards riskier assets like memecoins [1] - Larger tokens such as $BTC and $ETH are experiencing a drop [1]

Event Overview - Bitget Wallet is introducing the "MemeScan Tester" content creator event to encourage users to explore and share their experiences with the MemeScan feature [1] - The event aims to gather user feedback, bug reports, and insights on trading new memecoins using the MemeScan tool [1] Participation & Rewards - Participants are required to trade New, Finalizing, and Launched memecoins using the MemeScan feature and share their trading experience on social media [1] - The event offers a total creator rewards pool of $7,500 with 300 awards [2] - Rewards are distributed among Top Testers ($200 each for 10 winners), Active Creators ($50 each for 30 winners), and Selected Participants ($15 each for 260 winners) [2] Submission & Evaluation - Participants must include MemeScanTester and @BitgetWallet in their posts and submit the post link via a Google Form [2] - Evaluation is based on content quality, and results will be announced within 3 days after the event ends [2] - The submission period is from July 23 to August 1, UTC+8 [2]