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Meme coins ended the week modestly higher as a softer macro backdrop lifted broader crypto markets.

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After a slow couple of weeks, the BNB Chain sector is showing signs of strength—gaining 1.7% since our last update.

The Solana ecosystem is reassessing its security practices after hackers drained one of the network’s best-known decentralized trading platforms.

The AI sector is back in top form, with the vast majority of popular AI tokens surging on the back of a market-wide rally.

Crypto heavyweights including Binance, Paradigm, and Pump.fun all made fresh moves into prediction markets, where trading activity has surged over the past year.

Binance Alpha closed the week with a market cap of $12.55B and a 24-hour trading volume of $4.12B.

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Meme coins ended the week little changed as persistent tensions in the Middle East sapped market momentum and a high-profile exploit unleashed tens of millions of dollars in selling.

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The sector shed 2.7% of its market capitalization this week, largely driven by weakness in the BNB token, which lost 5.1% week-over-week, holding just above $600.

Solana (SOL) slid roughly 8% week-over-week as continuing tensions in the Middle East rattled markets and overshadowed another week of on-chain progress.

The AI sector has continued to demonstrate reduced volatility this week, but has shed a further 1.5% since our last update.

Prediction markets drew a fresh burst of attention from Washington this week as lawmakers weighed several new bills aimed at tightening oversight of the fast-growing industry.

Binance Alpha's market cap sits at $12.58B, but its 24-hour trading volume jumped 17.67% to $4.08B.

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Meme coins climbed roughly 5% this week, even as geopolitical turmoil kept broader markets on edge.

The BNB Chain ecosystem is a mixed bag this week, with a small subset of tokens seeing extraordinary growth, while the large majority traded roughly flat or slightly red.