During last week, which was rightly baptized “Crypto Week”the market of cryptocurrency has overcome one for the first time in its history capitalization of 4 trillions dollars, based on the data released by Coingecko, reaching around 3.92 trilioni before the closure of Friday 18 July 2025. A Important signal of maturity in the sectorwhich aspires to abandon his speculative aura to fully fit into the panorama of global finance. The US legislator is operating in this direction, which is completing the regulation of this market, last the Stablecoin legislation.
The role of US regulation
A decisive push came from passage to the room of the US representatives of the First federal law that regulates the so -called stablecoin, Digital coins anchored to the trend of the dollar, now directed to President Trump for the signature. In fact, having already been approved in the Senate, the law will come into force when there is the signature of Trump, who is a great supporter of the cryptocurrencies.
It is the so -called “Genius Act”a historical legislation that sanctions the federal and state regulation of Stablecoin anchored to the dollar. The goal is twofold: on the one hand to establish Transparency and safety – with verified reserves and reporting obligations – and on the other, promote adoption on a large scale.
At the exam of the US legislator there are also two other bills, approved by the Chamber and now awaiting the passage in the Senate: one is related to one New market structure For cryptocurrencies and the other aims to prohibit the Federal Reserve to issue a new digital currency.
Price dynamic
At the same time, cryptocurrencies continue to mark new records. The Bitcoin broke the wall of 120,000 dollarstouching new absolute maximums, while Ether has more than doubled its value in the last quarter. Bernardston, weight broker, has estimated that Bitcoin could reach 200,000 dollars by the end of 2025. It is clear that the eyes of investors, especially institutional, are focused on these assets, which are often seen as a refuge asset in the period of uncertainty of the equity market or as speculative levers in the long term.
Institutional investments and related equity market
More and more listed companies they are allocating part of their own reserve capital At Bitcoin, consolidating trust in the sector as “refuge asset”. The stock market also reflects this momentum: actions like Coinbase and Robinhood they touched historical records, Thanks to the Rally of the Crypto world.
Furthermore, the lightning growth of titles related to Ether – and more generally at Altcoin – testify to a Ecosystem in full expansion. It is therefore a turning point: once marginal, the sector appears increasingly integrated in traditional regulatory and financial circuits.
