Summary Despite some uncertainty around macroeconomic factors that led to global market volatility, portfolio performance was positive for Q2 0 continued to see demand by institutional investors including corporate treasuries, reaching a historic price milestone of ~$112k in mid-May. Ethereum's highly anticipated network upgrade Pectra brought improved scalability and security while launching new 1 a relative basis, all sectors contributed to the portfolio's positive 2 3 passed the GENIUS Act for stablecoin 4 Takeaways Markets: US stocks were volatile due to concerns over the impact of Trump's tariffs on economic growth, inflation, and Fed policy, with fears of recession or 5 traditional market volatility, positive momentum around regulation led cryptocurrency markets to rebound during the second quarter of 2025 (Q2 25).
Contributors: Most holdings were positive contributors to the portfolio, including tokens in the Currency, Smart Contract Platforms, Infrastructure, and Decentralized Finance sectors. Detractors: Two tokens from the Smart Contract Platforms sector, Polkadot (DOT-USD) (DOT) and Optimism (OP-USD) (OP), and one Infrastructure token, Filecoin (FIL), had slight negative contributions to the portfolio. Outlook: We believe that new blockchain technologies have the potential for capital appreciation that can be captured through strategic selection of their underlying 6 believe emerging blockchain technologies offer capital appreciation opportunities through selective exposure to their underlying 7 moves by the Trump Administration and several 8 governments to establish cryptocurrency reserves, establish rules for stablecoins and provide regulatory clarity on the market structure for digital assets aim to position the 9 a leading crypto 10 Review
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