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- Standard Chartered says UNI could 40x. Here's why.
Standard Chartered says UNI could 40x. Here's why.
ETH risk, Kraken's big move, a $100 UNI call, and one very pivoting penguin. This week was a lot. We broke it all down so you don't have to.

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SELLERS, REGULATORS, AND ONE CONFUSED PENGUIN ๐ง
Happy Friday! This week crypto handed us a full plate - ETH is staring down a dangerous support level, Kraken just did something US traders have been waiting years for, a major bank thinks UNI could be the dark horse of the decade, and Pudgy Penguins said goodbye to one of its games. Four stories. Zero fluff. Let's get into it.
๐ฐ TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
๐ด ETH Risks Drop Below $1,700 as Selling Pressure Builds
CryptoQuant data is raising red flags for Ethereum. Around 57,700 ETH flowed into Binance recently, a classic sign of sellers getting ready to sell. At the same time, ETH futures open interest dropped 31% to its lowest since April 2025, and leverage ratios hit their biggest unwind since October. New buyer activity? Nearly nonexistent, with new depositors hovering near just 320 addresses. The $1,700 level is being watched closely, a break below it could expose $1,384, or even lower zones. On the bright side, the weekly RSI is near oversold territory, which sometimes precedes a bounce.
๐ Kraken Brings Regulated Perpetual Futures to the US Market
US traders have long used offshore platforms just to access perpetual futures โ until now. Kraken officially launched CFTC-regulated perpetual futures through Kraken Pro, covering BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and more. Contracts run on Bitnomial (which Kraken's parent company acquired this year), meaning it's fully onshore and fully compliant. The best part? Perps and standard futures share the same collateral wallet, no more splitting funds across multiple platforms. Annual perp trading volume globally topped $60 trillion in 2025. Now a big slice of that can stay in the US legally.
๐ฆ Standard Chartered Predicts UNI Could Hit $100 by 2030
Standard Chartered just dropped a bold call: UNI token could reach $100 by 2030, which would be roughly a 40x from where it sits today (~$3). The bank's thesis? Tokenized assets on-chain are expected to explode from $340 billion now to $4 trillion by 2028, with DeFi capturing 30% of that activity. Uniswap, as the dominant DEX, stands to benefit more than anyone. The bank even mapped out a step-by-step price path: $6.50 by end of 2026, $20 in 2027, $40 in 2028, $65 in 2029, and $100 by 2030. Risks? Competition, execution, and the usual regulatory uncertainty. But the headline is hard to ignore.
๐ง Pudgy Penguins Shuts Down Pudgy Party โ Players Are Not Happy
Pudgy Party, the mobile game that hit #1 on the App Store and racked up over 1 million downloads, is officially done. Pudgy Penguins announced it's winding down the game to go all-in on Pudgy World, its browser-based title that launched in March. The community backlash was immediate, players who spent real money on in-game NFT items have no clear answer on refunds or what happens to their assets. CEO Luca Netz reportedly acknowledged the company lost millions supporting the game. The brand continues to grow in other areas (toy sales, Visa and Manchester City partnerships), but this shutdown is a rough moment for Web3 gaming credibility.
๐ TOP GAINERS & LOSERS
๐ข Gainers | ๐ Weekly change | ๐ฐ Price |
|---|---|---|
๐ช Jito (JTO) | +33.49% | $0.7146 |
๐ท Aerodrome Finance (AERO) | +25.45% | $0.4484 |
๐ Worldcoin (WLD) | +23.74% | $0.599 |
๐ด Losers | ๐ Weekly change | ๐ฐ Price |
|---|---|---|
๐ต Audiera (BEAT) | -80.22% | $1.65 |
๐งฉ DeXe (DEXE) | -20.89% | $16.55 |
๐บ๐ธ OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) | -16.06% | $1.84 |
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