This week in crypto saw meme magic and institutional murmurs collide. TNQ, a barely known token, rocketed nearly 500%, while TradFi giants hinted at major blockchain pilots. We decode the madness and the macro.
• Memecoin rallies are back, led by TNQ’s absurd 491% breakout on social buzz.
• Institutional engagement is rising, with hints from BlackRock and Goldman Sachs.
• Altcoin mini-rallies suggest accumulation in Asia trading hours.
• Liquidations are hitting midcap tokens with poorly timed unlock events.
• Attention remains the most valuable trading signal—price often follows virality.
If you blinked, you missed it—because TNQ (The Nothing Quantum) just did a Van Gogh in the crypto art gallery, surging an absurd 491% in 24 hours. Was it fundamentals? Absolutely not. Was it a well-orchestrated memetic explosion in a liquidity-starved pocket of the market? Absolutely yes—and we loved every second of it.
In classic memecoin form, TNQ’s moonshot wasn’t about use case or supply burn. Instead, it was driven by a viral thread from CT (Crypto Twitter) influencer @cyberalchemy who posted a sardonic chart of TNQ with the caption: “This is AI-driven, quantum-backed, L2 consensus... Just kidding. But number up.” The tweet racked up 5,000+ retweets and triggered a cascade of FOMO across speculative Telegram groups—proof that in 2025, memes still move markets.
Underneath the TNQ madness, other altcoins showed signs of smart money accumulation. SUN posted a healthy 5.213% gain and KET trailed with 4.303%, both powering ahead on low volatility and rising open interest. Market data suggests quiet accumulation from Asia-based wallets, particularly during Seoul and Singapore trading hours.
KET, a relatively quiet L1 focused on stablecoin remittances, revealed a new liquidity partnership in a now-deleted tweet—leading to speculation about large CEX listings in July. Coupled with subtle TVL growth on its native DEX (+8.1% week-over-week), KET is creeping back onto radar screens.
Let’s get it out of the way: USELESS has unfortunately lived up to its name, dropping -20.4% as its so-called “community treasury relaunch” failed to attract new buyers. The tongue-in-cheek coin relied heavily on influencer giveaways, which dried up faster than VC term sheets in a bear market.
SPX and JTO both fell double digits (-11.6% and -10.5% respectively), mired in protocol delays and disappointing token unlock dynamics. POPCAT, another memecoin darling, stumbled -10.5% as whales rotated profits—likely into stronger narratives like TNQ or KET.
If TNQ showed the power of irony, Twitter was aflame with a different energy: institutions. BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets teased “expanding tokenization pilots,” while @chainbrains leaked screenshots of Goldman’s internal blockchain sandbox, allegedly running simulations of cross-border USDC settlements interbank.
It’s clear that the TradFi giants aren’t just testing infrastructure—they’re increasingly comfortable with crypto rails replacing legacy. The whisper of the week? A potential custodial announcement from a major bank “not named JPMorgan” coming mid-July. Translation: the on-chain summer might extend into a TradFi autumn.
Why does a 491% move in a memecoin parallel growing institutional interest? Because the two are no longer at odds—they’re increasingly symbiotic. While retail drives virality and liquidity for new coins, institutions silently build rails for custody, compliance, and cross-border flow. Friday might belong to memes, but Monday’s for the money.
We’re seeing a bifurcated yet interconnected market—where speculative pumps act as liquidity bootstrapping mechanisms that, ironically, inform institutional traders of community engagement and demand strength. Or in simpler terms: if a token can rally 5x on a tweet, someone’s watching it—especially from a Bloomberg terminal.
Volume continues to concentrate in high-beta altcoins under $100M market cap. These small-cap plays are enjoying faster cycle rotations, spurred by social signals. Watch for coins with three traits: meme momentum, low float, and stealth institutional overlap (like KET’s recent wallet flows).
Meanwhile, avoid overleveraged positions on coins with pending unlocks or weak tokenomics. Our desk noted upticks in long liquidations in JTO and SPX, hinting at broader market exhaustion in mid-cap narratives without community tailwind.
From meme-fueled moonshots like TNQ to institutional pilot chatter, the unifying theme this week is attention as capital. The assets winning now capture not just transaction volume, but imagination. Whether it’s a unicorn-backed stablecoin platform or a joke coin about quantum L2s, if it’s got the internet’s attention—it’s likely got volume behind it.
The next leg of the bull run won’t just be “smart contracts at scale” or “tokenization of everything”—it’ll be that, plus virality, plus memes, plus a bit of chaos. And if that doesn’t describe where crypto is heading in Q3 2025, we don’t know what does.
If you blinked, you missed it—because TNQ (The Nothing Quantum) just did a Van Gogh in the crypto art gallery, surging an absurd 491% in 24 hours. Was it fundamentals? Absolutely not. Was it a well-orchestrated memetic explosion in a liquidity-starved pocket of the market? Absolutely yes—and we loved every second of it.
In classic memecoin form, TNQ’s moonshot wasn’t about use case or supply burn. Instead, it was driven by a viral thread from CT (Crypto Twitter) influencer @cyberalchemy who posted a sardonic chart of TNQ with the caption: “This is AI-driven, quantum-backed, L2 consensus... Just kidding. But number up.” The tweet racked up 5,000+ retweets and triggered a cascade of FOMO across speculative Telegram groups—proof that in 2025, memes still move markets.
Underneath the TNQ madness, other altcoins showed signs of smart money accumulation. SUN posted a healthy 5.213% gain and KET trailed with 4.303%, both powering ahead on low volatility and rising open interest. Market data suggests quiet accumulation from Asia-based wallets, particularly during Seoul and Singapore trading hours.
KET, a relatively quiet L1 focused on stablecoin remittances, revealed a new liquidity partnership in a now-deleted tweet—leading to speculation about large CEX listings in July. Coupled with subtle TVL growth on its native DEX (+8.1% week-over-week), KET is creeping back onto radar screens.
Let’s get it out of the way: USELESS has unfortunately lived up to its name, dropping -20.4% as its so-called “community treasury relaunch” failed to attract new buyers. The tongue-in-cheek coin relied heavily on influencer giveaways, which dried up faster than VC term sheets in a bear market.
SPX and JTO both fell double digits (-11.6% and -10.5% respectively), mired in protocol delays and disappointing token unlock dynamics. POPCAT, another memecoin darling, stumbled -10.5% as whales rotated profits—likely into stronger narratives like TNQ or KET.
If TNQ showed the power of irony, Twitter was aflame with a different energy: institutions. BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets teased “expanding tokenization pilots,” while @chainbrains leaked screenshots of Goldman’s internal blockchain sandbox, allegedly running simulations of cross-border USDC settlements interbank.
It’s clear that the TradFi giants aren’t just testing infrastructure—they’re increasingly comfortable with crypto rails replacing legacy. The whisper of the week? A potential custodial announcement from a major bank “not named JPMorgan” coming mid-July. Translation: the on-chain summer might extend into a TradFi autumn.
Why does a 491% move in a memecoin parallel growing institutional interest? Because the two are no longer at odds—they’re increasingly symbiotic. While retail drives virality and liquidity for new coins, institutions silently build rails for custody, compliance, and cross-border flow. Friday might belong to memes, but Monday’s for the money.
We’re seeing a bifurcated yet interconnected market—where speculative pumps act as liquidity bootstrapping mechanisms that, ironically, inform institutional traders of community engagement and demand strength. Or in simpler terms: if a token can rally 5x on a tweet, someone’s watching it—especially from a Bloomberg terminal.
Volume continues to concentrate in high-beta altcoins under $100M market cap. These small-cap plays are enjoying faster cycle rotations, spurred by social signals. Watch for coins with three traits: meme momentum, low float, and stealth institutional overlap (like KET’s recent wallet flows).
Meanwhile, avoid overleveraged positions on coins with pending unlocks or weak tokenomics. Our desk noted upticks in long liquidations in JTO and SPX, hinting at broader market exhaustion in mid-cap narratives without community tailwind.
From meme-fueled moonshots like TNQ to institutional pilot chatter, the unifying theme this week is attention as capital. The assets winning now capture not just transaction volume, but imagination. Whether it’s a unicorn-backed stablecoin platform or a joke coin about quantum L2s, if it’s got the internet’s attention—it’s likely got volume behind it.
The next leg of the bull run won’t just be “smart contracts at scale” or “tokenization of everything”—it’ll be that, plus virality, plus memes, plus a bit of chaos. And if that doesn’t describe where crypto is heading in Q3 2025, we don’t know what does.
BlackRock and Goldman Sachs quietly expand blockchain testing while memecoins like TNQ ignite social media. Cross-sector traction hints at a maturing but still wild market where both memes and money matter.
Monitor wallet flows on low-cap alts using on-chain scanners during APAC trading windows. Early Asia accumulation often front-runs big CEX listings and liquidity events.
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