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Current trends and drivers of cryptocurrency growth

Institutional involvement and legislation

1. • The United States has passed the GENIUS Act, which regulates the issuance of stablecoins, requires them to be 100% reserved, and provides a legal status outside the jurisdiction of the SEC.
   • Banks such as JPMorgan are preparing to provide cryptocurrency loans, and microcapital investments in BTC/ETH are growing rapidly.

ETFs and ICO activity

1. • Positive sentiment and growth of ETF products: BitGo, Grayscale, Gemini, and Circle funds are preparing for IPOs amid the success of Bitcoin ETFs.
   • Capital inflows – up to $50 billion in BTC in 2025, Deutsche Bank notes the institutionalization of bitcoin.

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization

1. • Major players (Robinhood, Kraken, BlackRock) are actively promoting the digitalization of real estate, stocks, and commodities, and the market is expected to grow to $2 trillion.

Technologies and AI tokens

1. • Integration of AI into the crypto industry: growth of AI tokens to $36 billion in two years, projects such as BitTensor/TAO stand out.

Security and hacker attacks

1. • The higher the growth, the more popular the attacks: in the 1st half of 2025, more than $2.17 billion was stolen due to major hacks of ByBit and CoinDCX.

Forecast for the end of July and August

Bitcoin (BTC)

• The current price is ≈ $118,500. Dominance – 60%, sentiment – greedy (Fear & Greed ~70).
• Technical analysis: an important resistance level is $121,600-$122,000, support is $111,800-$115,000.
• Forecast: end of July – $119k-$129k; August – $127k-$130k, with a breakout over $120k, growth will continue, otherwise, a correction to support is possible.

Ethereum (ETH)

• Trading around $3,670, recently tested $3,848, some forecasts indicate a possible rise to $4,000 and even $15,000 by the end of the year.
• Current drivers: institutional buying, ETFs, large holdings.

Growth and pressure factors

Growth.

• Clarity of stablecoin regulation and institutional interest.
• Strict financial standards and infrastructure investments.
• AI integration and promising tokenization.

Risks:

• Hacker attacks and vulnerability of exchanges.
• Possible market overheating and correction.
• Macroeconomics: Rising rates, geopolitics, SEC/Fed regulation.

Source: https://www.fixygen.ua/news/20250722/oglyad-kriptovalyut-na-22-chervnya-2025-roku-vid-fixygen.html