During the final week of May (May 25–31), the crypto market maintained an overall consolidation pattern. Bitcoin repeatedly changed hands within a relatively elevated trading range, while capital continued to search for hot sectors backed by strong narratives and liquidity advantages. According to data from the HTX platform, this week’s top-gaining assets spanned multiple sectors, including Perp DEXs, AI, Layer-1, and the BSC ecosystem. Among them, the Perp DEX leader HYPE sustained its strong performance, the AI sector regained momentum, and the BSC ecosystem experienced a sharp breakout over the weekend, driven by market expectations.
Perp DEX Sector Maintains Its Heat, Veteran Layer 1 Projects Rebound
The most noteworthy theme this week was the Perp DEX sector. As the on-chain trading experience continues to improve, high-frequency traders’ demand for transparency and autonomous control over their assets keeps strengthening. Consequently, more and more users are turning to on-chain derivatives trading. Decentralized perpetual contract platforms (Perp DEXs) have become one of the most highest-growth niche sectors of this cycle.
● HYPE (Hyperliquid): Rose 15% over the week, becoming one of the most representative leading assets in the current derivatives narrative. Hyperliquid is a high-performance Layer 1 built from the ground up, with a vision to create a fully on-chain, open financial system. As on-chain trading volume continues to grow, its ecosystem value is constantly being reassessed by the market.
● XLM (Stellar): Up 78% in a single week. Stellar is a veteran public blockchain project. As an open payment network, Stellar bridges diverse financial systems, empowering anyone to create low-cost financial services for their communities. In recent years, Stellar has continuously advanced institutional cooperation and ecosystem construction.
AI Sector Regains Attention, BSC Ecosystem Explodes Over the Weekend
After several weeks of adjustment, the AI sector once again became a focal point for capital. Whenever market liquidity improves, AI remains one of the trending directions where capital most easily reaches consensus. At the same time, market expectations regarding Binance launching U.S. stock-related businesses continued to heat up, driving BNB stronger and further activating the entire BSC ecosystem.
Previously, HTX fully launched its TradFi sector, providing users with the ultimate experience of “24/7 U.S. stock futures trading.” Currently, the U.S. Stock Futures TradFi Trading Contest has kicked off simultaneously. Users can trade designated pairs to compete for a share of a generous 50,000 USDT prize pool.
● WLD (Worldcoin): Rose 21% this week. Backed by the involvement of OpenAI founder Sam Altman, it consists of three parts: World ID (a privacy-preserving digital identity), Worldcoin Token (distributed globally for free), and the World App. The narrative of the convergence between AI and crypto remains one of the directions the market is bullish on for the long term.
● FHE (Mind Network): Achieved a weekly gain of 19%. As a representative project focusing on privacy computing and encrypted AI infrastructure, the AI + privacy computing sector where FHE resides is attracting increasing attention from institutions. With AI applications continuing to expand, data security and privacy protection needs are rising simultaneously, creating new growth space for related projects.
● BNB: Rose 10% for the week. As the core asset of the BSC ecosystem, its rise drove increased activity across the entire ecosystem. Binance Life (币安人生): Increased by 20% during the week. As a Chinese meme project on BSC, it was one of the most talked-about assets this week.
DeFi and BTCFi Sustain Growth, Emerging Narratives Keep Surfacing
The DeFi and BTCFi sectors also remained active this week. More and more market participants are beginning to realize that Bitcoin is not only a store of value but also expected to become an important underlying asset for the future on-chain financial system. As a result, the BTCFi sector has become one of the key structural directions of this market cycle.
● WARD (Warden Protocol): Grew by 13%. Warden Protocol is a full-stack Layer 1 blockchain specifically designed for developers to build smart applications. With the improvement of on-chain capital utilization and the continuous enrichment of yield strategies, the DeFi sector is welcoming a new round of product innovation cycles.
● Newly Listed Project ZEST (Zest Protocol): Gained 10%. Zest Protocol is a Bitcoin lending protocol. As the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to expand, a new ecosystem centered on improving BTC asset utilization, enhancing yields, and building financialized applications is rapidly forming.
Quality Assets Keep Emerging, HTX Helps Users Seize Structural Opportunities
Despite the broader market remaining in a consolidation phase this week, sector-specific opportunities were still evident, with Perp DEXs, AI, Layer 1, the BSC ecosystem, and BTCFi all seeing periodic strength.
As a leading global crypto asset trading platform, HTX always adheres to a global asset layout strategy, continuously uncovering high-quality projects with long-term growth value and innovative potential. Through a strict asset selection mechanism, it provides users with richer, safer, and more diversified investment options. In the future, HTX will continue to leverage its platform advantages to help global users discover high-quality assets early, capture the next wave of growth, and share in the crypto industry’s long-term development.
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