Crypto Market Stalls While Tech Stocks Soar: The Hidden Forces at Play in 2025
Wall Street's darlings are flying high—so why is crypto stuck in neutral?
Tech stocks hit record highs as Nasdaq rockets 18% YTD, leaving digital assets eating dust. Meanwhile, Bitcoin flatlines at $30K—a far cry from its 2021 glory days.
The liquidity paradox
Traders chase AI-driven tech rallies while treating crypto like a 2021 meme stock. Fed rate cuts? Priced in for equities, ignored for BTC.
Regulatory purgatory
The SEC's 'regulation-by-enforcement' approach keeps institutional money sidelined. No ETF approvals since 2023 means pension funds still can't touch this market.
The cynical take
Maybe crypto just needs another Elon tweet or Dogecoin pump to remind Wall Street how irrational markets really are. Until then—enjoy watching boomer stocks 'disrupt' finance... again.
The crypto market remains stagnant as tech stocks take flight | Source: crypto.news
Tech and crypto stocks reach record highs
Most of the tech stocks listed under the umbrella of “Magnificent Seven,” which refers to the top seven technology firms in the stock market, have reached major gains based on their performance during pre-market period and previous closing prices.
As previously reported by the Wall Street Journal, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite closed just below their respective all-time highs in an unexpected comeback fueled by tech stocks after the Fed declared markets may suffer from impacts of Trump’s tariffs.
Alphabet Inc., more widely known as Google, saw its price soar by 2.20% during intraday trading. This indicated a rise by 3.84 points to the internet giant’s stock. Amazon is not far behind, with a 2.85% gain adding to its current 223.30 share value. Meanwhile, it previously closed on the market with a meager 0.63% gain.
According to the Financial Times, Nvidia hit a record-high last week, becoming the main driver of the Wall Street AI rally. The same can be said about Peter Thiel’s Palantir which saw a surge of more than 50% in the second half of this year. Meta Platforms has also seen a 25.3% rise in the past six months.
Microsoft and Tesla saw a dip in their stocks in the past day of trading, falling by 0.30% and 0.61% respectively. Though that may be the case, Microsoft’s stock has risen by 17% in the past six months while Tesla has continued its downward trend, going down by 20%.
On the crypto side, Coinbase also enjoyed a 1.64% boost in the past 24 hours. According to the Financial Times, COIN’s value has doubled in the past weekend as investors flock to crypto-related stocks.
Moreover, Strategy or MSTR closed at 5.53, enjoying a brief 1.44% surge before dipping by 0.66% on June 30. MSTR has enjoyed a week-long rally thanks to its BTC accumulations strategy, seeing 5.83% gains in the past five days.
Why are tech stocks outperforming while the crypto market stays flat?
Analysts identified the main driver for the tech stock rally to be the advancement of AI technology and market clarity which has helped boost investor confidence in the sector. For instance, both Amazon and Meta announced significant investments in the AI sectors leading up to the rally.
Not only that, most of the tech sector giant have also been reporting strong second-quarter earnings. Both factors have led investors to inject more cash FLOW into the market, lifting share prices off the ground.
Meanwhile, the crypto market has seen a decline in trading volume. The daily trading volume has fallen by 43% compared to the previous day. Just a day prior, the daily trading volume for the overall crypto market reached $132.63 billion.
However, it has since fallen far on June 30, being able to reach only around $75 billion, shedding nearly $60 billion in just 24 hours.
On the other hand, Bitcoin’s price gains this month, which range from 0% to 2% at most, are relatively minimum compared to its ETFs. Bitcoin ETFs saw its third week of consecutive inflows, reaching $2.2 billion in net inflows. Although institutional demand for BTC has seen a major rise, retail investors seem to have pulled back from the race.
On the other hand, investors are still on a wait-and-see basis when it comes to crypto regulatory clarity. As a result, even though interest rates and inflation are easing, which pose a benefit to risk assets like tech, the regulatory ambiguity continues to constrain the crypto market’s full momentum.
