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06/17/2025

Crypto Bull Market: Wall Street Kicks Off a New Growth Cycle

While the on-chain crypto market is still hesitating at resistance zones, a powerful growth wave has already begun on Wall Street — driven not by tokens, but by stocks with crypto DNA: from Circle to companies holding Ethereum, Solana, and even a "TRON treasury." This may be the first time a crypto bull cycle has been ignited from traditional stock exchanges. 🟢 Circle up 390% in 10 days: A manifesto for stablecoin legitimacy Since listing

Crypto Bull Market: Wall Street Kicks Off a New Growth Cycle

While the on-chain crypto market is still hesitating at resistance zones, a powerful growth wave has already begun on Wall Street — driven not by tokens, but by stocks with crypto DNA: from Circle to companies holding Ethereum, Solana, and even a "TRON treasury."

This may be the first time a crypto bull cycle has been ignited from traditional stock exchanges.

🟢 Circle up 390% in 10 days: A manifesto for stablecoin legitimacy

Since listing on Nasdaq on June 7, shares of Circle (CRCL) have posted a stunning gain — from $31 to a high of $165.60, representing a nearly 390% increase in just 10 trading days.

At the time of writing, the stock is holding around $150–$160, pushing Circle's market cap toward $36.7 billion — well above the $21 billion mark just a week earlier.

💡 Why is the market repricing Circle?

  • Stable revenue model: 99% of Circle's 2024 revenue (~$1.7 billion) comes from U.S. Treasury yields earned on its USDC holdings.
  • Transparency and regulatory compliance: As the first publicly listed stablecoin issuer, Circle publishes detailed reserve breakdowns, audits, and governance disclosures — setting a new standard for "on-chain dollars."

🧊 Other crypto stocks are exploding too

Circle isn't alone — a wave of blockchain-linked stocks is surging alongside it:

🔸 SRM Entertainment (SRM): +534%

Ran from under $1.50 to over $9 after announcing a "TRON treasury" strategy and securing $100 million in investment. Dubbed the "MicroStrategy of TRON," the company is positioning itself as a digital asset fund tied to the TRON ecosystem.

After announcing it had spent over $463 million to acquire 176,000 ETH, SBET quickly surged from ~$10 to $35. However, the market reacted negatively to the share dilution used to raise that capital, sending the stock down 70% in just two days (June 12–13). That said, SBET recovered +45% to ~$13.40 on June 16.

🔸 DeFi Development (DFDV): +30%

Billed as a "Solana treasury" play, the company holds over 600,000 SOL and announced a $5 billion credit facility to keep buying. Over 10 days, the stock climbed more than 30% as capital flows began recognizing its long-term digital asset strategy.

🔸 MicroStrategy (MSTR): Steady

The world's largest Bitcoin proxy stock, holding over 200,000 BTC, MSTR is trading around $382. The price hasn't surged dramatically, but its market cap remains stable above $100 billion, serving as a "safe haven" for investors who prefer regulatory clarity.

🔸 Coinbase (COIN): Modest gains

Trading around $255, up approximately 5–6% from the start of June. As America's leading compliant crypto exchange, COIN reflects a slow but steady recovery in confidence toward Web3's legitimate infrastructure layer.

📈 The beginning of a "structural bull market"

Unlike rallies driven by memecoin speculation, this wave is rooted in infrastructure — specifically the legitimization of digital assets within the traditional financial framework.

What the outperforming stocks have in common:

  • Tied to on-chain assets (ETH, SOL, TRX, BTC...)
  • Building a crypto treasury strategy
  • Publishing transparent data and making regulatory commitments
  • Reflecting Wall Street capital repricing Web3

🧩 Conclusion: The 2025 Bull Market — opening act on Nasdaq

While many investors are still waiting for spot ETH ETFs to start trading or for the SEC to issue a clear regulatory framework for DeFi, U.S. equity markets have already begun "pricing in" the future of Web3.

Far from the pump-and-dump schemes of old, this cycle is evolving into a structural bull market — one where market cap growth is grounded in real on-chain assets, clear profit models, and high regulatory compliance.

A few years ago, crypto was seen by Wall Street as a "systemic risk."
Today, Wall Street itself is the place where the new bull run begins.