Good morning. In 2010, a single algorithm caused the infamous Flash Crash, wiping nearly $1 trillion off U.S. markets in just 36 minutes—before bouncing right back.

Moral of the story? Even the bots have bad days.

-Pat Lewis, Shaun A, Jonathan Kibbler

MARKETS

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CRYPTO

If you're looking to take your crypto game to the next level, or just stop making stupid trades, it’s time to pay attention to CoinGecko’s Categories feature.

This isn’t just another tool for tracking prices, it’s a game-changing way to discover trends, identify strong performers, and spot emerging narratives before they go mainstream. With over 17,000 crypto assets to track, CoinGecko’s Categories help you navigate the crowded market with ease and insight. Whether you're a newbie or a seasoned analyst, it’s a feature that can make your research process faster, smarter, and more effective. Basically, you no longer have any excuses for making bad trades.

CoinGecko’s Categories essentially group crypto assets based on shared narratives, use cases, or technologies. This categorization allows users to explore specific sectors—like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Real World Assets (RWA), or DeFi—giving you a clearer picture of what’s happening in each space. It’s more than just sorting tokens; it’s about understanding trends, making comparisons, and refining your investment strategy.

The Categories feature is designed to simplify the overwhelming task of analyzing thousands of crypto assets. By clustering tokens with similar attributes, CoinGecko makes it easier for users to track market movements within specific sectors. For example, if you're interested in AI-driven projects, you can head straight to the AI category and see all related tokens in one place. Similarly, the "Stablecoins" category shows all the projects that fall under that narrative, making it easy to find the coins that suit your portfolio’s needs.

But CoinGecko doesn’t stop at just grouping coins, it goes deeper. Each category includes a Key Stats tab, offering performance metrics like trading volume, market cap, and top gainers. This means you can not only see how a particular sector is performing but also drill down into individual tokens to compare their performance relative to one another.

For me, the most powerful feature of CoinGecko Categories is the ability to spot trends early. The crypto market moves fast, and identifying emerging sectors can give you a competitive edge. For example, if you start noticing that AI-related tokens are consistently outperforming others, it could be an indication that the sector is heating up. By keeping an eye on trending categories, you can jump on opportunities before they gain mass adoption.

CoinGecko’s heatmaps are particularly useful for spotting these trends. The Categories Heatmap visually represents the 24-hour performance of various sectors, helping you identify which sectors are gaining momentum and which are cooling off. A sea of green means there’s a bullish trend in that sector, while red could indicate a market pullback. This kind of insight allows you to make decisions based on real-time sector performance, rather than getting caught up in market hype or noise.

CoinGecko also offers custom filters, allowing you to fine-tune your research process even further. Whether you want to focus on tokens built on a specific blockchain (like Ethereum or Solana), filter by market cap (small, mid, or large), or track 24-hour trading volume, these filters let you zero in on exactly what you’re looking for. This makes it easy to find specific types of tokens that match your trading strategy.

For instance, let’s say you’re interested in memecoins, but you specifically want to track Solana-based tokens with a 15% increase in the last 24 hours. With CoinGecko’s filtering options, it’s as simple as applying your criteria, and voilà, you’ve got a tailored list of tokens ready for analysis.

CoinGecko has upped its game by adding Key Stats for each category, providing a snapshot of how that sector is performing relative to the overall crypto market. These insights give you a better understanding of the bigger picture. For example, if a particular sector shows consistent growth over time, it could be a sign of long-term market interest. On the flip side, if a sector is stagnating or underperforming, it might be time to reevaluate its potential.

The Category-Level Analysis section on CoinGecko even goes further, offering detailed charts on market cap, price movement, and dominance for each sector. You can track how sectors evolve over time, spot rising stars, and even predict where the next wave of investor interest might go.

For larger categories like AI or Memecoins, CoinGecko goes one step further by introducing subcategories. These subcategories focus on micro-narratives within a broader sector, giving you even more granular insight into specific themes. For example, within the AI category, you might notice that tokens related to AI Agents are seeing greater market interest than other types of AI projects. This kind of analysis can help you focus on the areas within a sector that are gaining traction, rather than wasting time on tokens that aren’t seeing much movement.

CoinGecko’s subcategory charts are a fantastic way to compare the performance of these micro-narratives over time, allowing you to pinpoint rising trends early on. Plus, the ability to adjust timeframes, whether you're looking at the past 7 days, 30 days, or even year-to-date, gives you a comprehensive view of how trends are unfolding.

At the end of the day, CoinGecko’s Categories feature is a tool that gives you a bird’s-eye view of the crypto market, helping you cut through the noise and focus on what matters. By grouping assets into logical sectors, providing real-time performance data, and offering advanced filtering and charting tools, CoinGecko is literally telling you how to trade now.

For newcomers, it’s an easy way to start exploring crypto’s various narratives, while for seasoned traders, it’s a valuable resource for in-depth analysis and decision-making. If you’re serious about staying ahead in the fast-moving crypto space, CoinGecko’s Categories feature is something you can’t afford to overlook.

-Pat Lewis

NEWS

Markets breathed a sigh of relief as the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump’s July 8 and 9 tariff deadlines aren’t set in stone.

While global traders have been nervously eyeing those dates for potential tariff snapbacks, the message from Washington this week? Chill, it’s flexible.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made it clear: the July deadlines to reinstate Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are “not critical.” That means the president could push them back, again. Markets rallied on the hint, with traders betting that cooler heads (or political priorities) might delay the fireworks.

This ain’t a hard stop, it’s a moving goalpost, especially with election season heating up.

Leavitt also emphasized that if other countries don’t come to the table with trade deals, Trump can just slap on a tariff rate he deems “advantageous for the American worker.” That’s code for: he makes the rules, and if talks stall, expect tariffs tailor-made to hit hard.

It’s looking like a volatility magnet, especially if the chosen rates spook global supply chains.

Back in April, Trump launched reciprocal tariffs across the board, but gave a 90-day grace period beyond the 10% base rate to allow countries to strike deals. That pause expires on July 8. So far, only China and the UK have inked something resembling agreements, and even those are still more “frameworks” than real deals.

If others miss the deadline, tariff hikes could snap back fast, unless Trump delays again.

Trump had also threatened a 50% tariff on EU goods in late May. But after some back-and-forth with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, he gave her a timeout until July 9 to get something done.

So yes, the deadline moved, but the threat didn’t vanish. Traders should keep July 9 on the radar for a potential EU headline spike.

When Trump first hit pause on the full tariff rollout, the administration floated a bold claim: they could close 90 trade deals in 90 days. Reality check, we’re near the deadline, and just two deals (China and the UK) are on the board.

That means any trade headlines, or lack thereof, in early July could seriously shake market direction.

Traders shouldn’t count on Trump’s tariff deadlines as immovable. July 8 and 9 are more like warnings than detonators, but they’re still loud enough to move markets. Until more deals are signed and sealed, USD and risk assets remain tethered to tariff talk.

-Shaun A

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