On-chain Weekly Digest: $birb will come soon on @solana
Art Blocks Curated ends with ‘Quine’ by Larva Labs, minting Oct 9, DefiLlama to delist Aster volumes on integrity concerns...
On-Chain Overview
Aster is delisted from DefiLlama due to suspicious volume patterns, NFT strategies have drawn market attention with several copycat projects emerging, and ETF inflows continue to support risk appetite. Meanwhile, perp DEX volumes show notable divergence—Aster still leads with volumes far exceeding Hyperliquid, and Apex is growing the fastest.
Crypto market surged +9.87% to $4.23T despite a -13.77% drop in DEX volume to $120.88B, as Solana ($26.08B) surpassed Ethereum to become the top DEX chain, while Aerodrome ($3.65M, -14.92%) led in revenue and the DEX-to-CEX ratio held at 18.87%.
（Data accurate as of: 6 Oct, 2025, 6:00 am, UTC）
Altcoin, Meme coin, NFT and RWA
Altcoin market cap rose +6.48% to $1.15T, driven by meme tokens (+7.82% to $73.08B, $58.11B weekly volume), while NFT market cap climbed +7.64% to $12.68B with volume soaring +45.57%, and tokenized RWA assets grew +9.28% to $33.22B.
（Data accurate as of: 6 Oct, 2025, 6:00 am, UTC）
Macro, Stocks & Commodities
Gold (+3.07%) and U.S. equities (S&P 500 +1.52%, Nasdaq 100 +1.53%) edged higher alongside a modest rise in DXY (+0.35%) and VIX (+3.14%), while oil slid –3.68% and 10Y yields held steady at 4.148%.
（Data accurate as of: 6 Oct, 2025, 6:00 am, UTC）
Key Events of the Week
Meme | $birb will come soon on @solana (2 Oct)
Art | Art Blocks Curated ends with ‘Quine’ by Larva Labs, minting Oct 9 (3 Oct)
Art Blocks announces its final Curated release ‘Quine’ by Larva Labs—500 total supply (477 available) starting at 0.25 ETH, minting October 9 with the theme “Code Generates Art <> Art Generates Code.”
DEX | DefiLlama to delist Aster volumes on integrity concerns (5 Oct)
Aster’s XRP perpetual volumes now closely track Binance’s with a near 1 to 1 ratio while Hyperliquid shows decorrelation prompting delisting due to lack of lower level data to verify wash trading.
Looking Ahead
AI Agent | The AI16Z token has a built-in expiration date on October 25, 2025 (25 Oct)
All principal investments and profits will be distributed to token holders that day.
DEX | ASTER will have a token unlock event releasing 183M tokens on October 17 (17 Oct)
Defi | Meteora’s MET TGE will take place on Oct 23 (23 Oct)
Wrapping Up
From a market data perspective: Crypto market surged nearly 10% to $4.23T, with Solana overtaking Ethereum in DEX activity and NFT, meme, and RWA sectors showing strong gains.
From a market events perspective: Aster was delisted from DefiLlama due to suspiciously mirrored volumes with Binance, while NFT strategy projects gained traction and ETF inflows continued to support broader market risk appetite.
