Crypto Posts Longest Losing Streak Since 2022, Yet On‑Chain Fundamentals Surge: Bitwise
The post Crypto Posts Longest Losing Streak Since 2022, Yet On‑Chain Fundamentals Surge: Bitwise appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A sharp divergence is opening up between crypto price performance and the underlying protocol economy. The latest Bitwise market update shows the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index dropped 15.4% in the second quarter, with eight of its ten constituents posting negative returns. It marks the third consecutive quarter of losses—the longest such streak since the 2022 bear market. Yet the same report details a parallel universe of on-chain expansion. Ethereum transaction activity is now roughly 13 times higher than the 2022 bear-market bottom. DeFi total value locked has climbed more than 60%. Stablecoin assets under management have roughly doubled. Prediction market volume hit a record $43.2 billion during the quarter, while tokenized real‑world assets rose 50.3% year to date to $32.89 billion. The ETF Drain and Where Capital Is Fleeing Spot Bitcoin ETFs rec