Outpoll Weekly Recap: Crypto (September 22 – 28, 2025)

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This week, the crypto markets delivered a masterclass in Bitcoin's undeniable supremacy while the altcoin circus continued its predictable sideshow. Bitcoin decisively broke through the $65,000 resistance, a move that wasn't just a technical breakout but a fundamental reaffirmation of its store-of-value thesis amidst renewed institutional inflows.While the pretenders floundered, BTC stood firm, its dominance climbing as smart money rotated out of speculative junk and into the only digital asset that truly matters. Over in prediction markets, the real action was political; Polymarket saw a frenzy of betting on the upcoming French legislative elections, with traders effectively acting as a decentralized polling agency and pushing volumes to new heights, a stark reminder that while politicians talk, capital on the blockchain votes.The so-called 'DeFi summer 2. 0' narrative being pushed by Ethereum maximalists proved to be all hype and no substance, with Total Value Locked stagnating as yield farmers discovered, once again, that unsustainable APYs built on token emissions are not a financial revolution.Meanwhile, a new NFT project promising 'AI-generated art with soul' crashed and burned on launch, a fitting metaphor for the entire altcoin space—all sizzle, no steak. The real story this week, and every week, is Bitcoin. Everything else is just noise, and the signal is getting stronger by the day.

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