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While the Federal Reserve held rates steady, Chair Kevin Warsh emphasized that inflation remains a greater concern than slowing growth.

Crypto markets slipped after the Fed reinforced expectations that interest rates will stay higher for longer, maintaining a hawkish policy stance.

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, traded near $63,900, down over 1% in the past 24 hours. Major altcoins including XRP, ether (ETH), BNB, and solana (SOL) also saw similar declines.

The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) fell more than 1.2%, while the DeFi Select Index (DFX) dropped 5%, the worst performer among major benchmarks.

A few tokens moved against the trend. Provenance Blockchain’s HASH surged 15%, while Stellar (XLM) gained nearly 10%.

Marex analysts said sentiment has deteriorated sharply, with fear readings in extreme territory. They noted Bitcoin is now roughly 48% below its $126,000 peak from October, describing market positioning as defensive with weak conviction despite contrarian signals.

Derivatives positioning

More than $440 million in crypto futures were liquidated over the past 24 hours, mostly long positions, as traders were caught offside after positioning for a post-Fed rebound.

Bitcoin futures open interest declined from 742,000 BTC to 730,000 BTC, signaling reduced risk appetite. Ether open interest also weakened.

XRP open interest climbed to 2.30 billion tokens, its highest level since October and above the recent peak of 2.29 billion. However, negative funding rates and a negative 24-hour CVD suggest bearish pressure continues to dominate.

Across the broader market, most top-25 tokens—excluding TRX and SOL—showed negative CVD readings, indicating aggressive selling via market orders.

Volatility remains muted. Bitcoin’s BVIV index sits near 41%, down significantly from a recent spike close to 59%.

Options data from Laevitas shows rising demand for June 21 put options, pointing to increased hedging activity into the weekend.

Token talk

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token continues to outperform, up 34% on the week as its perpetuals exchange posts record volumes. However, its HyperEVM ecosystem has yet to produce a breakout application.

Community concerns are rising over slowing developer momentum, with several projects losing traction while activity remains concentrated among a small group of participants.

On-chain data shows HyperEVM holds about $1.5 billion in TVL, compared with more than $5 billion in daily volume on the core exchange. Despite over 175 deployments, only a handful of projects have meaningful traction.

Activity is concentrated in a few protocols, including Unit for HIP-3 listings and Kinetiq for liquid staking, raising concerns about ecosystem resilience.

Some of the structural challenges stem from incentive design, including fears that successful ideas could be replicated at the protocol level and weak long-term reward visibility.

Despite strong trading performance and token gains, Hyperliquid’s broader ecosystem has yet to match the breakout growth seen in ecosystems like Solana or Ethereum, leaving its expansion narrative unresolved.