CoinW Academy: Cryptocurrency Weekly Report (Apr 6 – Apr 13)Stealth Inflows Amid Lingering Fear

Market Overview

• Global Market Cap: $2.49 Trillion (up 1.63% WoW).
• BTC Dominance: 57.02% (Market Cap: $1.42 Trillion).
• Fear & Greed Index: 13 (Extreme Fear), indicating very cautious sentiment despite the slight market recovery.
• ETF Capital Flows:
  • BTC ETFs: Weekly net inflow of $786 Million (Cumulative inflow: $56.74 Billion).
  • ETH ETFs: Weekly net inflow of $187 Million (Cumulative inflow: $11.67 Billion).

Capital Flows & Stablecoins

• Total Market Cap: $310.3 Billion (slight increase of 0.12%).
• Competitive Landscape: USDT (59.44%) leads, while USDC (25.33%) saw a notable growth of 1.41% this week.
• New Supply: 2.2 Billion newly issued this week (100% USDC), down 25.37% from last week, yet signaling continued institutional interest.

On-Chain Ecosystem Performance

DeFi Overview

• Total TVL: $94.871 Billion (up 0.36%).
• Distribution by Chain: Ethereum (56.69%), Solana (6.02%), BNB Chain (5.64%).

Layer 1 Activity

• Solana: Leads with 4.086M daily active addresses and $986M DEX volume; transaction fees dropped significantly by 86.3%.
• Ton: The breakout performer with DEX volume surging 226.83% and TVL increasing by 9.64%.
• Aptos: Daily active addresses spiked by 57.48%, showing a major recovery in ecosystem engagement.
• BNB Chain: Maintaining steady growth in daily active users (2.49M) and DEX volume.

Layer 2 Dynamics

• Total TVL: $31.59 Billion (up 2.89%).
• The Top Two: Base (35.60%) maintains its dominant lead over Arbitrum (16.58%).

Key Projects & Industry Updates

New Projects to Watch

• Enhanced Finance: Next-gen on-chain structured products infrastructure for yield enhancement.
• NanoVita: A DeSci platform integrating Nanotech, AI, and RWA to revolutionize health research.
• Splyce Finance: A Solana-based RWA protocol providing "Real Yield" from tokenized treasuries and credit.

Key Event Reminders

• Apr 13: EarnPark (PARK) launches Token Sale Tier 5.
• Apr 28: Data infrastructure Cognibase (COG) starts a new round of IDO.
• July 2026: Crypto project discovery platform Crypto D.app (OBS) plans its TGE.
• Funding News: Institutional L1 Pharos Network raised $44M in Series A; RWA-focused SimpleChain secured $15M in seed funding.

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