Crypto Assets Weekly Report: Ether Breaks the $4000 Barrier

This week, the Crypto Assets market continues to maintain a strong upward momentum, with Ether breaking the $4000 mark, reaching a new high in over two years. Let's review the important events and market trends from this week.

Market Overview

Last week, the Layer 2 ecosystem showed overall positive growth, with Starknet being the most outstanding performer, increasing by 19.64%. In the LSD sector, both the deposit and total withdrawal amounts for Ether increased, with stETH's market share growing by 13.01%, which was the most remarkable. The RWA sector's total market value increased by 20.27%, and the 24-hour trading volume rose by 9.37%.

Important Events

Ether has broken through the $4000 mark, reaching a new high in over two years. This breakthrough is mainly driven by expectations for the approval of the U.S. spot ETH ETF. Analysts believe the probability of the ETH ETF approval is between 50%-60%, stating that it "will happen sooner or later."

Protocol Focus: NetMind

NetMind is a decentralized AI computing platform aimed at utilizing idle GPU resources from global users to provide distributed computing power for AI model training and inference. Its native token $NMT has increased by 107.9% in the last 7 days, with a current market capitalization of $4.3 billion. NetMind is actively expanding its ecosystem, including enhancing Ether network liquidity and launching cross-chain transfer functions.

Investment Dynamics

• Kravata raised $3.6 million in funding, focusing on connecting traditional finance and crypto assets.
• GoPlus Security completed $4 million in Series II financing, providing blockchain security services.
• Oyl raised $3 million in funding to develop a Bitcoin native asset trading application.

Industry Update

• MakerDAO temporarily raises fees to prepare for potential Dai demand surge.
• Aevo provides pre-market trading of its tokens before the airdrop.
• BlackRock plans to purchase spot Bitcoin ETFs for its global allocation fund.
• The Optimism Foundation plans to privately sell OP tokens worth 89 million USD.
• Base indicates that it will support EIP-4844 "from day one" after the Dencun upgrade.

Outlook for Next Week

In the coming week, the market will focus on important economic data and events such as the German Consumer Price Index, the U.S. Core Consumer Price Index, and the 10-year Treasury auction. The crypto assets market is expected to maintain its strength, but potential correction risks should also be taken into account.