[비즈한국] We provide a summary of the market trends and key movements for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization over the past week. We synthesize essential information, including major developments for key assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, altcoin market highlights, and global policy variables. You can understand the volatile cryptocurrency market as easily and interestingly as watching Netflix.
In this week's cryptocurrency market, robust infrastructure took the spotlight over flashy memes. Bridges that move assets between blockchains, interchains that connect multiple chains, and DeFi infrastructure that efficiently exchanges stablecoins topped the list of gainers.
On one side, there was demand to move funds out of blockchains nearing service termination, while on the other, discussions continued among various nations to incorporate the stablecoin market into institutional finance. It was a week where underlying connection infrastructure, which usually goes unnoticed, emerged to the forefront of the market.
According to the global virtual asset market tracking site CoinMarketCap, from 7:00 AM on June 5th to 7:00 AM on June 12th, Audiera ranked first in the cryptocurrency market with a weekly gain of 535.38%. The current price of Audiera is 14,723 won, having risen 23.55% over the past 24 hours.
Audiera is a Web3 entertainment project that combines music and dance games, AI-based content, and blockchain reward structures. Its ecosystem token, BEAT, is used for game participation rewards, content creation, and community activities.
This rise occurred as short-term buying pressure concentrated while the trading accessibility Audiera secured through Binance Alpha was highlighted once again. Binance Alpha is a channel that exposes projects in the stage before formal spot market listing. Audiera has expanded its user touchpoints through previous Binance Alpha support and trading events. Recently, updates related to new music content and additional rewards have also followed.
However, it is difficult to explain a price that has risen more than fivefold in a single week based on a single announcement. Assets with rapidly increasing trading volume experience large gains when buying pressure surges, but the drop can be equally steep if the direction changes. The token schedule site also lists additional circulation dates in early July. It is necessary to look at supply changes and trading concentration rather than chasing the rally.
Stargate Finance ranked 2nd with a weekly gain of 179.18%. The current price of Stargate Finance is 952 won, having surged 55.31% over the past 24 hours.
Stargate Finance is a cross-chain bridge protocol that consolidates and provides the liquidity needed to move assets between different blockchains. Users can move assets to the destination chain while reducing complex intermediary steps, and liquidity providers can earn fees generated during the bridge usage process.
This week's rise in Stargate Finance coincided with the Fantom Opera network termination schedule. Sonic Labs announced that it would end the existing Fantom Opera network operation on June 30th. Stargate also advised Stargate V1 liquidity providers remaining on Fantom Opera to withdraw their funds before the termination date.
In other words, the termination of one blockchain affected the trading volume and price of another protocol. However, whether this event-driven capital movement leads to long-term demand growth should be verified separately. Moving companies getting busy during moving season is different from a new city growing.
Curve Finance token rose 31.02% over the week to rank 3rd. The current price of the Curve Finance token is 381 won, and it has risen 18.55% based on the last 24 hours.
Curve Finance is a decentralized trading protocol focused on reducing price impact during trades when exchanging assets with similar prices. It is particularly highly utilized in stablecoin trading, thanks to its structure that lowers exchange costs between assets that should maintain similar values.
Curve's rise is more linked to the liquidity reallocation flow of the DeFi market than to a one-time theme. According to data released by Curve, the protocol's 2025 trading volume was approximately $126 billion, an increase from the previous year, and activities related to lending and its own stablecoin, crvUSD, have also expanded. This is why Curve reacts quickly when market interest shifts back to stablecoins and DeFi infrastructure.
The policy environment is also not irrelevant to this trend. The United States is concretizing detailed implementation regulations after establishing a federal regulatory framework for payment-type stablecoins. As anti-money laundering obligations, reserve assets, and supervisory frameworks become clearer, stablecoins are moving beyond payment tools within cryptocurrency exchanges to become part of the financial infrastructure.
In Europe, a sense of caution in the opposite direction is also appearing. The European Central Bank has taken a cautious stance on proposals to relax regulations to grow the euro-based stablecoin market. This is due to concerns that as stablecoins grow, they could affect bank deposits and monetary policy. The US is pushing for market expansion on the premise of regulation, while Europe appears to be more strongly monitoring financial stability.
Cosmos rose 13.47% for the week to place 4th. The current price of Cosmos is 3,083 won, showing a 16.01% gain over the past 24 hours.
Cosmos is an ecosystem designed to allow various blockchains to exchange data while maintaining their individual independence. While there is no single announcement that clearly explains this rise, it is noteworthy that it reached the top tier along with Stargate Finance. This is because the theme of asset movement and chain connection has expanded beyond individual assets into a single market narrative.
Terra Classic rose 10.54% weekly to take 5th place. The current price of Terra Classic is 0.11 won, having risen 8.02% over the past 24 hours. Terra Classic is a token whose chain is maintained and operated by the community after the collapse of the past Terra ecosystem. Unlike other infrastructure assets in the top tier, Terra Classic's rise can be seen as being relatively more influenced by community supply/demand and short-term volatility.
Meanwhile, Lyter rose 10.02% weekly and is trading at 2,398 won. Kite is trading at 289 won, up 9.75%.
At the same time, Canton Network is at 246 won, up 8.63%. PancakeSwap recorded a 8.02% gain and is trading at 2,032 won. Morpho rose 7.65% to 2,950 won.
The top 10 assets this week included many projects involved in actual asset movement and liquidity provision, such as bridges, interchains, decentralized exchanges, and lending protocols. With PancakeSwap and Morpho joining the rally, a trend of capital spreading to DeFi infrastructure rather than simple trendy tokens was also detected.
Of course, it is difficult to conclude that the market's fundamental nature has changed based on one week's gains. Audiera surged over a short period, and Stargate Finance was affected by the specific event of a network shutdown. Assets like Terra Classic, which are more influenced by short-term supply/demand than long-term fundamentals, are also mixed in. The fact that SpaceX is scheduled to list on the US stock market on the 12th (Korean time) is also cited as a variable.
Nevertheless, the message the market sent this week is relatively clear. As the number of blockchains increases, the importance of technologies that connect chains, move assets, and efficiently deploy liquidity grows. Eye-catching content gathers the audience, but it is the cables and plumbing behind the stage that move the theater. In the 24th week of 2026, the spotlight was turned on that plumbing in the cryptocurrency market.
※ This article was written by Bizhankook and MetaVX's generative AI.