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While the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, Chair Kevin Warsh stressed that inflation concerns remain a higher priority than supporting economic growth.
Crypto markets edged lower after the Fed reinforced expectations that rates will remain elevated for longer, signaling a continued hawkish stance.
Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, traded near $63,900, down more than 1% over the past 24 hours. Major altcoins, including XRP, ether (ETH), BNB, and solana (SOL), also posted similar losses.
The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) declined over 1.2%, while the DeFi Select Index (DFX) fell 5%, marking the sharpest drop among major benchmarks.
Some tokens bucked the trend. Provenance Blockchain’s HASH surged 15%, while Stellar (XLM) gained nearly 10%.
Marex analysts said sentiment has weakened significantly, with fear gauges in extreme territory. They noted Bitcoin is now roughly 48% below its $126,000 peak from October, describing current positioning as defensive with low conviction, despite potential contrarian signals.
Derivatives positioning
Over $440 million in crypto futures positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours, with longs accounting for the majority of losses as traders positioned for a post-Fed rebound.
Bitcoin futures open interest fell from 742,000 BTC to 730,000 BTC, indicating reduced risk appetite. Ether open interest also declined.
XRP open interest rose to 2.30 billion tokens, its highest level since October and above its recent peak of 2.29 billion. However, negative funding rates and a negative 24-hour cumulative volume delta (CVD) suggest bearish pressure remains dominant.
Across the broader market, most top-25 tokens—excluding TRX and SOL—posted negative CVD readings, indicating aggressive selling via market orders.
Volatility remains subdued. Bitcoin’s BVIV index sits near 41%, well below a recent spike close to 59%.
Options data from Laevitas shows rising demand for June 21 put options, pointing to increased hedging activity ahead of the weekend.
Token talk
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token continues to rally, up 34% for the week, supported by record activity on its perpetuals exchange. However, its HyperEVM ecosystem has yet to produce a breakout application.
Concerns are growing within the community about slowing developer momentum, with several projects losing traction while activity remains concentrated among a small number of participants.
On-chain data shows HyperEVM holds about $1.5 billion in TVL, compared with more than $5 billion in daily trading volume on the core exchange. Despite over 175 deployments, only a handful of projects have gained meaningful traction.
Usage is concentrated in a few protocols, including Unit for HIP-3 perpetual listings and Kinetiq in liquid staking, raising questions about ecosystem durability.
Some of the challenges appear structural, with developers citing concerns over incentive design, including fears that successful ideas could be replicated at the protocol level and weak long-term rewards.
Despite strong performance in trading activity and token price, Hyperliquid’s broader ecosystem has yet to replicate the breakout growth seen in networks like Solana or Ethereum, leaving its expansion narrative uncertain.
