​​⚡️AI Sector Recorded a Fifth Straight Quarter of Funding Growth

AI remains one of crypto's fastest-growing sectors. Funding has climbed for five consecutive quarters, rising from $60M in Q2 2025 to $600M in Q2 2026 so far — a 10x increase in just one year, and that's with the latest quarter still underway.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/funding-analytics

​​June 2026 Could Become Solana's Worst June on Record

SOL is currently down 23% month-to-date, putting June 2026 on track to become one of the weakest June performances in the asset's history.

Historically, June has not been a particularly strong month for SOL. Across completed years, the average June return stands at -1.6%, while the median return is -9.0%.

There is still time left in the month for a recovery, but based on current performance, June 2026 is already shaping up to be one of the weakest months in Solana's history.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/charts/quarterly-returns

​​📈 Market Overview

Bitcoin edged higher to $62,823 after U.S. inflation data came in at 4.2% YoY, helping stabilize market sentiment.

Bitcoin: $62,823 +2.48%
Ethereum: $1,657 +1.81%

Market Cap: $2.24T
BTC Dominance: 56.2%
Fear & Greed Index: 12 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 45/100

👉 Latest News

• Raydium DEX’s AMM Program Exploited For $1.34 Million
• World Series of Poker adds Solana payments for tournament buy-ins
• President Trump Loves Inflation, and Bitcoin Could Feel the Impact

👉 Small Cap Gainers

DeepNodeAI +143.4%
olaxbt +78.6%
HOPR Token +54.8%
Yooldo +50.3%
Fanable +45.3%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Mnx $6.4M Pre-Seed round backed by Scott Moore
- Tvl capital $5M Seed round led by Framework Ventures
- Neura Strategic round backed by Animoca Brands

​​Projects on the Community's Radar Before TGE

Polymarket tops the list with $2.88B in funding, followed by:

— OpenSea ($425M),
— Variational ($61.8M),
— Andrena (DAWN) ($48.5M),
— GRVT ($33.3M),
— Ekiden ($2M).

Notably, several projects come from the derivatives sector, one of the fastest-growing areas of crypto over the past few months.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/drophunting

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​​📈 Market Overview

A de-escalation in the Iran conflict pushed oil prices lower and lifted global markets, helping crypto recover after a volatile week. Sentiment improved after Trump said the U.S. was close to a deal with Iran and had effectively "ended the war."

Bitcoin: $62,878 +0.15%
Ethereum: $1,655 -0.07%

Market Cap: $2.24T
BTC Dominance: 56.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 12 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 44/100

👉 Latest News

• Circle Issues $1B More USDC on Solana in 24 Hours
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO fever sparks $1 billion crypto bet before Nasdaq debut
• LG launches layer 2 blockchain with Arbitrum

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Yooldo +93.3%
Naoris Protocol +43.9%
Infinex +37.1%
InfinityGround +36.4%
Codatta +32.9%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Shopagentic $2.2M Pre-Seed round led by Greenfield Capital
- Canton network $335M Strategic round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto)
- Kiavi $717M M&A round backed by Figure

Solana Leads Public Fundraising Across Blockchains

Solana ranked first in public fundraising over the last 12 months, with $884M raised across its ecosystem.

Ethereum ranks second with $529M, followed by BNB Chain at $451M.

Together, these three ecosystems account for the majority of public capital raised during the period.

Public market investors are increasingly concentrating capital in ecosystems with strong developer activity, active user bases, and clear narratives.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/ico-analytics

​​⚡️Recent Funding Rounds for Projects With Live Tokens

Funding doesn't stop after token launch — several projects with live tokens announced new funding rounds over the past two weeks.

• Canton Network (CC) — $335M
• Morpho (MORPHO) — $175M
• Taiji (TAIJI) — $3.5M
• Ethena (ENA) — N/A
• Helium Mobile (MOBILE) — N/A

Canton Network led with a $335M raise backed by a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, and other investors.

👉 CryptoRank.io/funding-rounds

​​📈 Late-Stage Funding Keeps Climbing

Since 2023, annual late-stage funding (Series B+ and Strategic rounds) has grown from $1.66B to $6.47B YTD in 2026, representing a nearly 4x increase in deployed capital.

Another notable trend is the growing share of Strategic funding, which now accounts for the majority of late-stage capital raised.

Investors appear to be prioritizing projects with clear revenue models, and stronger ecosystem positioning rather than pursuing broad market exposure.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/funding-analytics

​​📈 Most Visited Tokens on CryptoRank This Week

Bitcoin remained the most visited asset on CryptoRank this week, while Audiera ($BEAT) climbed to second place following its strong growth in June and recent entry into the top 50 cryptocurrencies by market cap.

Humanity Protocol ($H) ranked third after a major security incident that led to roughly 447M $H being stolen/minted, triggering significant volatility this week.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/listings

​​📈 Market Overview

Bitcoin moved closer to the $66,000 level over the weekend as market sentiment improved following reports of a U.S.–Iran agreement and easing geopolitical tensions.

Bitcoin: $65,803 +2.43%
Ethereum: $1,719 +2.63%

Market Cap: $2.32T
BTC Dominance: 56.7%
Fear & Greed Index: 20 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 49/100

👉 Latest News

• Amazon warning triggered US crackdown on Anthropic AI models
• Millions of EU crypto users face exchange cutoff as MiCA deadline hits in days
• Elon Musk’s trillionaire status puts his net worth above crypto’s entire market cap outside Bitcoin

👉 Small Cap Gainers

Puffer Finance +76.6%
Asteroid Shiba +75.1%
DeepNodeAI +64.6%
Jelly-My-Jelly +45.3%
Yei Finance +43.9%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- Messari M&A round backed by Blockworks
- Siiibo securities $13M M&A round backed by Metaplanet Inc.
- Shopagentic $2.2M Pre-Seed round led by Greenfield Capital

​​🔓 Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week

The following tokens with the largest unlock value are scheduled to unlock this week:

SPK — $51.45M
ZRO — $27.11M
STBL — $11.19M
KAITO — $8.55M
ARB — $8.02M
VANA — $7.19M
GWEI — $6.70M

Notably, Spark (SPK) will undergo its first post-cliff unlock covering Team, Ecosystem, and Sky Farming allocations. A total of 25.3% of the supply will be unlocked, equivalent to 139.7% of its current market capitalization.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/token-unlock

​​Prediction Markets and DeFi Continue to Dominate Recent Funding Activity

* Only projects with M/C > $50M and backing from Tier 1 funds were included in the sample.

Kalshi led the latest funding activity with a $1.20B raise, underscoring growing investor interest in prediction markets and event-driven trading platforms.

Infrastructure and DeFi also remained major beneficiaries of capital inflows:
Canton Network — $335M
Exa — $250M
Arc — $222M
Morpho — $175M
OpenRouter — $153M

👉 https://cryptorank.io/funding-rounds

​​📈Market Overview

Bitcoin recovered above $66K after early losses, with the Bank of Japan's rate hike to a 31-year high emerging as a potential market catalyst.

Bitcoin: $66,370 +0.86%
Ethereum: $1,769 +2.90%

Market Cap: $2.37T
BTC Dominance: 56.1%
Fear & Greed Index: 23 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 51/100

👉 Latest News

• Pudgy Penguins winds down Pudgy Party mobile game
• Michael Saylor's Strategy acquires another 1,587 bitcoin for $100 million
• How Hyperliquid Did $1.4 Billion in SpaceX as 3 Major Exchanges Ran Out of Shares

👉 Small Cap Gainers

龙虾 (Lobster) +52.8%
Synapse +44.1%
Spacecoin +37.7%
PUMPCADE +28.7%
Bedrock +27.9%

👉 Recent Funding Rounds

- El dorado $9M Series A round led by Paradigm
- Xeffy Grant round backed by XPHERE
- Xeffy Strategic round backed by XPHERE

​​📉 $110B Gone: The Collapse of the Meme Coin Boom

In November 2024, the category's combined market cap reached $135.06B, but by June 15, 2026, it had fallen to $24.48B. This represents an 81.9% decline from its all-time high.

The sector has also remained under pressure throughout 2026, posting a -31.3% YTD performance.

Despite several rebounds throughout 2025, the meme coin market has been unable to regain the momentum of the previous cycle.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/categories/meme

​📊 From Retail Frenzy to Selective Capital: The Evolution of Public Token Sales

Public fundraising isn't disappearing — it's becoming increasingly selective.

Key findings:

• Q4 2021 marked the peak of the cycle with $1.51B raised across 937 sales
• 2024 brought back launch activity, with sales nearly returning to 2021 levels
• The average raise per sale reached $3.15M in 2026 YTD, the highest level of the current cycle
• IDOs continue to dominate, accounting for roughly 71% of all public sales since 2020

Instead of hundreds of speculative launches competing for attention, capital is flowing into a smaller number of higher-conviction opportunities.

Full research 👉 https://cryptorank.io/insights/research/the-evolution-of-public-token-sales

​​⚡️Stablecoin dominance nearly doubled since crypto's September 2025 peak, but supply grew by just 10.6%

While the total crypto market cap declined from $4.21T to $2.10T (-50%), stablecoin supply rose modestly from $286B to $316B (+10.6%).

🔍This suggests that the surge in stablecoin dominance was driven primarily by the broader crypto market falling, rather than a major wave of new stablecoin issuance.

👉 Read the Full Stablecoin Recap: https://cryptorank.io/insights/reports/stablecoins-after-the-crypto-market-peak