Bitwise Reports Crypto Market Down 15.4% in Q2 as Negative Return Streak Extends

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The post 3 Surprising Tokenization Stats Reshaping On-Chain Markets in 2026 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Exclusive analysis of the RWA.xyz database surfaces three surprising tokenization stats. They show that tokenization’s growth engine has quietly moved. The money is no longer where the headlines say it is. Three figures from RWA.xyz data between May 31 and July 9, 2026 tell one story. The famous category has stalled, a $20 billion giant hides in plain sight, and stablecoins are quietly rotating. How to Read These Tokenization Stats All figures come from one source, RWA.xyz, using its dashboard convention. That means distributed on-chain value, or tokens natively issued on a blockchain, counted once per asset. Want more token insights like this? Sign up for Editor Harsh Notariya’s Daily Crypto Newsletter here. Growth rates use the dashboard’s 30-day change, or daily API snapshots normalized to daily averages. Tokenized Stocks Are Growing Nearly 40x Faster Than Tokenized Treas

The post Bitwise Reports Crypto Market Down 15.4% in Q2 as Negative Return Streak Extends appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitwise says crypto fell 15.4% in Q2, but RWAs, stablecoins, and prediction markets continued to expand. Crypto markets faced another difficult quarter as Bitwise reported its third straight period of negative returns. While the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell 15.4% in Q2, parts of the industry continued to grow despite weaker prices. Even with weaker prices, several parts of the industry continued to expand, suggesting that development has not stopped despite the market downturn. Bitwise: Eight of Top 10 Crypto Assets End Q2 in the Red  Crypto asset manager Bitwise reported that its Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell 15.4% during the second quarter, with eight of the index’s ten assets posting negative returns. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Cardano, Chainlink, Litecoin and Sui all ended the quarter lower. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid stood out as the st

The post EURC’s Record Network Growth Could Signal a Major Shift in Europe’s Crypto Economy appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. EURC’s biggest-ever surge in addresses and wallets highlights rising interest in regulated euro stablecoins. Euro Coin (EURC) saw a sharp increase in on-chain activity as both daily active addresses and new wallet creation reached all-time highs in its four-year history, according to Santiment. The surge likely reflects growing demand for regulated euro-denominated stablecoins as the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework encourages exchanges, payment providers, and crypto applications to adopt compliant digital assets. Biggest On-Chain Spike Circle’s EURC has emerged as one of the leading euro-backed stablecoins in this environment, particularly as usage for these tokens continues to expand beyond traditional US dollar trading pairs. Santiment said the latest on-chain data indicates euro liquidity is becoming increasingly important across blockchai

EURC's biggest-ever surge in addresses and wallets highlights rising interest in regulated euro stablecoins.

The post Bitwise Report: Crypto Fundamentals Are Getting Stronger Despite Third Straight Negative Quarter appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Usage metrics tell a different story from price action, with adoption continuing to outpace market performance this cycle. Bitwise’s Q2 2026 crypto market review shows its 10 Large Cap Crypto Index dropped 15.4% last quarter, the third straight quarter in the red and the longest such stretch since 2022. However, the same report argued that even as prices fell, the crypto sector, including stablecoins, tokenized assets, and prediction markets, has been strengthening. Crypto Prices Down, But Fundamentals Are Improving According to Bitwise, eight of the index’s 10 constituents finished Q2 in the red, with the worst performer in the basket being Cardano (ADA), which slipped nearly 40% in Q2 and is down more than 56% year to date. Ethereum and XRP lost 24.66% and 20.79% of their values, respectively, while Solana’s dip was more modest in comparison

Usage metrics tell a different story from price action, with adoption continuing to outpace market performance this cycle.

The post Polymarket Applies for US License to Offer Margin Trading appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The filing would let Polymarket users open positions without posting full collateral, following Kalshi’s FCM-backed perpetuals launch. Polymarket has applied for a US futures commission merchant license to offer margin trading on its prediction markets, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The move would let traders open positions without posting full collateral upfront. The application, filed July 3 with the National Futures Association through Polymarket affiliate Coming Home GBA LLC, seeks FCM registration, according to documents cited by Bloomberg. Polymarket must also win approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to amend its rulebook to permit non-fully collateralized trades, the filing shows. A Polymarket representative confirmed to Bloomberg that the application had been submitted, with the goal of attracting more institutional investors to the platform. Under the propos