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July 08, 2025

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GM, the clock is clicking loudly.

The market went from cheering for Trump merely half a year ago to absolutely despising the guy by now. Once again, just around BTC teased the all-time high breakout, the Orange Man decided it was a perfect time to start sending out letters to countries and slapping tariffs on them left and right.

Oh, and then delay them just a few hours later.

Nevertheless, the price will do what price does, with or without headlines accompanying it. For now, we want to see BTC continue above $110k. It should be considered a red flag if it fails to do so and keeps stalling around here as more time passes.

In the short term, the $106.5k and, at best, $108k should keep holding. If we see daily closes below, again, there are red flags, especially as August and September times approach. Check last year’s price action if you weren’t around for that.

Don’t get me wrong, the long-term bull hopium is still well and alive. There are no signs of recession, global liquidity is at all-time highs, and even the outlook for ETH, as a notorious underperformer, is improving (I expect to see more headlines like these from here).

Lastly, back to the short term, watch this S&P 500 all-time high level. Simply said, it should hold. If not, then the timeline changes again, and it’s possible to see deeper retraces in both stock and crypto lands.

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The important bits.

  • Tari token WXTM is now listed on Kraken, details here

  • Euphoria, MegaETH project, covered in new blocmates article, read here

  • Giza’s AI agent-powered DeFi platform explained in blocmates article, read here

  • OpenServ explains the importance of buybacks & burns, read here

  • Mira Network explains 5 reasons to build with Mira, read here

  • Premia launches Premia Labs, read about the project evolution here

  • Altitude offers “free money” on BTC loans, details here

  • Asymmetry announces upcoming fixed-interest BTC loans, read here

  • INFINIT announces V2: One-Click Agentic DeFi is entering Private Alpha

  • Sophon announces Remilux NFT collection, join here

  • Kinetiq, the long-awaited Hyperliquid staking protocol, announces launch date

  • Liquity deploys the BOLD stablecoins to Morpho, details here

  • International Meme Fund is live on Infinex, learn more here

Even more important bits.

Charts and stats of the day.

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See what whales are buying, follow top-performing traders, and analyze token trends before the crowd.

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PEPEUSDT 6H Binance Log Chart

Mog looks even stronger today, but we featured it last week. My bags are packed. Pepe looks like Mog did a week or two ago here. I’m using the 6H timeframe because there’s a Bollinger Band squeeze alert flashing (bottom of the chart). I’m thinking we squeeze up.

Price has been walking up a rising channel since late June. Volatility is low, which is what you see before a big move. A stop below the channel makes sense to me and gives tight invalidation. Price will really get moving if we break out of the channel and claim the 200-day moving average (blue line).

My plums are tingling for new BTC highs in the coming month or so, and I am also betting these two big cap memes will be great spot holds as BTC launches towards $130k and potentially higher.

Lastly, the $RAY chart needs a mention, because this current Bonk launchpad meta is driving value in their direction too.

Come by the Lucky Luke Discord channel for comments, to roast my picks or to pump your own bags. All banter is welcome any time!

There’s a lot of action in the Bonk ecosystem right now, so that’s where we focus.

The best way to operate here (or any other launcher) is by using the Telemetry trading terminal:

  • Find, buy, or sell newly graduated tokens (last 24h):

    Source: Telemetry

  • Check on whale movements (last 24h):

Source: Telemetry

  • Check trending:

Source: Telemetry

I’m currently exploring this trading terminal myself, and it already seems like one of those tools you simply must have in your arsenal.

Lastly, I highly recommend watching this breakdown from Grant:

This week we bring you Robot Corner. It’s AI adjacent, I guess? @563defi has a cracking new Meal Deal research piece out today on emerging crypto robotics protocols.

If you grab the free Meal Deal trial currently on offer, you can read that behind your free Meal Deal login.

Here’s a teaser on what’s worth watching in Crypto x Robotics:

BitRobot

BitRobot is a fork of Bittensor that focuses entirely on robotics. The project is very early stage, but 563 has a full rundown of the roadmap in his piece. Their mission-statement is to drive Embodied AI research forward using crypto incentives.

Check out the site for details or sign up for a free MD sub (link above) to read the article.

XMAQUINA DAO

A lean investment DAO (bloated DAO’s suck and almost always fail), XMAQUINA is laser-focused on private or pre-IPO robotics investments. This means you won’t get access to this equity in the public markets or through any other crypto ticker.

Exposure comes in the form of their $DEUS token - still pre-TGE, but the Genesis auction is close at hand, with the initial preparations already taking place. Check out the site for more, or read 563’s breakdown in the Meal Deal article.

To save you doom scrolling.

I`m seeing more non-crypto people smashing bundled scam tokens they found on TikTok, and they are winning. Do I really need to become a TikTok doomscroller?

Speaking of factors to watch, it will be interesting how the market reacts to this event on July 12th.

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