Over the past week, the crypto market exhibited a volatile and divergent trend, driven by shifting expectations regarding Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Bitcoin briefly dipped below the $64,000 mark and Ethereum lost the $1,800 level, causing market sentiment to temporarily pivot toward a defensive posture. However, macroeconomic policy uncertainties failed to disrupt the structural positioning of on-chain capital, with the DeFi, BTCFi, and infrastructure sectors recapturing significant investor attention. According to data from the HTX platform, several popular assets reached recent highs between June 15 and June 21, led by BICO with a staggering 231% weekly gain, while newly listed tokens RE and O both delivered over 100% returns on debut.
DeFi Sector: Broad-Based Rally as Newly Listed Tokens Post Strong Debuts
The DeFi sector was undoubtedly the best-performing sector this week, with multiple representative assets posting strong gains across segments such as DEX aggregators, liquid restaking, Layer 2 governance, and AI-powered data verification. Among them, newly listed assets RE and O on HTX rose 115% and 107%, respectively, positioning themselves as standouts among newly listed DeFi tokens.
● BICO (Biconomy): Surged 231% this week, securing the top spot on HTX’s gainer list. As a crucial project in the cross-chain infrastructure domain, Biconomy provides plug-and-play APIs integrated across more than 70 dApps to simplify the decentralized user experience. BICO’s core mission centers on making the decentralized web effortlessly accessible to everyone.
● RE (Re): Rose 115% this week. The Re protocol leverages blockchain innovation to streamline and optimize data transmission and processing across decentralized networks. This framework empowers ordinary users to efficiently participate in secure transactions and privacy protection protocols on decentralized infrastructure.
● O (O1 exchange): Climbed 107% this week. O is the native utility token of o1.exchange, an on-chain trading platform that functions as a meta-DEX aggregator, trading terminal, and mobile interface. By consolidating spot trading, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets into a single interface, it allows users to construct and execute advanced trading strategies across diverse asset classes and blockchains.
● ROCK (Rock Dao): Up 153% this week. Rock DAO (ROCK) is a Web3 gaming ecosystem token initiated by Gala Games and natively operated on the TRON blockchain.
● OBOL (OBOL): Rose 119% this week. Obol Network is an infrastructure protocol built on Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) for Ethereum, dedicated to enhancing the decentralization and overall security of the Ethereum staking network.
● EIGEN (EigenLayer): Gained 39% this week. As the governance token of EigenLayer, the pioneer of the restaking sector and a central pillar of Ethereum’s shared security architecture, EIGEN maintained a steady upward trajectory this week.
● UNI (Uniswap): Increased 35% this week. As the longest-standing decentralized trading protocol with among the deepest liquidity pools in the DeFi sector, Uniswap delivered a solid performance. Driven by expectations that regulatory frameworks for DeFi are becoming increasingly transparent, mainstream DeFi blue-chips have begun to recapture the focus of institutional capital allocators.
Capturing Long-Term Value: BTCFi and AI Narratives Continue to Mature
The core logic of BTCFi (Bitcoin ecosystem financialization) lies in transforming long-dormant BTC holdings into composable, productive assets. With the continuous refinement of the Bitcoin Layer 2 ecosystem and the maturation of native staking yield products, the BTCFi sector saw a marked surge in market traction throughout the second quarter of 2026. Concurrently, as narratives surrounding AI agents and decentralized AI computing continue to deepen, the “AI + Identity” sector championed by WLD has consistently demonstrated long-term structural value.
● BTW (Bitway): Gained 116% this week. Bitway functions as a Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for Bitcoin-native financial applications. Its third consecutive week on the top performers list signals sustained market confidence in the Bitcoin ecosystem buildout.
● WLD (Worldcoin): Rose 22% this week. Co-founded by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman in 2019, Worldcoin represents a flagship protocol bridging artificial intelligence with biometric identity verification. Its core product, World ID, is rapidly evolving into the foundational human identity layer for the decentralized AI era.
HTX: The Premier Gateway for High-Quality Listings, Continuing to Deliver Wealth-Generation Opportunities
Looking back at this week’s market performance, it is clear that even under macro policy headwinds and broader market pressure, assets with genuine use cases and strong narrative backing can still deliver differentiated outperformance. The coordinated surge across DeFi, BTCFi, and AI highlights where structural opportunities currently lie in the crypto market.
As a leading global Web3 gateway, HTX consistently prioritizes “premium initial listings” as the core anchor of its new asset listing strategy. This week, the debut listings of RE and O both delivered significant returns, outperforming broader market averages and creating substantial value for participating users. Moving forward, HTX will continue to double its project discovery efforts across frontier sectors such as DeFi, BTCFi, AI, Layer 2, DePIN, and RWA. Through a comprehensive, cross-sector token listing ecosystem, the platform remains dedicated to helping users capture long-term wealth appreciation opportunities.
The post first appeared on HTX Square.
