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The Iran and Israel war came to a halt as the USA intervened. Owing to this, safe haven assets like gold and silver saw a decline in prices. The bias in gold has now changed to sell; however, a retracement can be expected this week to major key levels from where traders can look to enter further sell positions. Let’s discuss the key pivot levels for gold buying and selling in this weekly forecast from June 30th to July 4th, 2025. Table of Contents Key economic events of this week Gold HTF Overview Gold Forecast for June 30th to July 4th, 2025 Trading Strategies & Investment Recommendation Key economic events of this week Some significant U.S. economic reports are scheduled for release this week that are expected to impact XAUUSD . Tue, Jul 1 – Fed Chair Powell Speaks, ISM Manufacturing PMI, JOLTS Job Openings Powell’s speech might increase volatility because hawkishness could hurt gold while dovishness could weaken the USD and increase gold. Despite being marginally better than expected, the ISM Manufacturing PMI still indicates contraction, which provides some minor support for gold. Gold upside may be constrained by labor market resiliency, as evidenced by stronger-than-expected JOLTS job postings. Wed, Jul 2 – ADP Non-Farm Employment Change Labor market strength is indicated by a strong beat in ADP jobs statistics (105K vs. 37K). As rate hike expectations are renewed, this might strengthen the USD and put pressure on gold. Thu, Jul 3 – Average Hourly Earnings, Non-Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, ISM Services PMI Gold is favored by weaker NFP (120K vs. 139K) and slower wage growth (0.3% vs. 0.4%), which indicate cooling labor and inflation. Further evidence for this story comes from a higher unemployment rate (4.3% vs. 4.2%). Gold may have greater upward momentum as concerns about an economic slowdown increase if the ISM Services PMI likewise exhibits weakness. Read more: XAUUSD weekly forecast: $3600 next target for gold? Gold HTF Overview Today is the last day of June, which means that the monthly close may decide where July can take the price of gold. Here we can see that the price has already swept the high of May 2025, and $3122 low is now pending. A red monthly candle close can take gold to $3122; however, a good bullish close can push it again to test $3441. XAUUSD 1m chart – Source: Tradingview Gold Forecast for June 30th to July 4th, 2025 The best zone to short gold is the $3320-3337 level, due to the POC, breaker block, and the golden fib level on the 3h timeframe. XAUUSD 3h chart – Source: Tradingview Meanwhile, the closest level in the 30m chart of gold for selling is at $3301-3313. Here we can see how the price has broken its support and now it is acting as resistance. XAUUSD 30m chart – Source: Tradingview Major buying in gold is now expected from the $3232-$3202 level, which is a 4h order block and FVG in gold. XAUUSD 4h chart – Source: Tradingview Read more: Goldman Sachs scraps recession forecast as Trump pauses tariffs Trading Strategies & Investment Recommendation To conclude, gold can give both buys and sells this week. Lower time frames are suggesting sells, while higher time frames are still favoring a buy position in gold. Resistance Levels $3301-3313 – support turned resistance $3320-3337 – POC, breaker block, and golden fib level Support Levels $3232-$3202 – 4h order block and FVG Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only.
US air taxi start-up Joby Aviation has just completed a series of piloted flights in Dubai, bringing the company closer to launching its first commercial service as early as the end of this year. According to the company, the flights, which saw the aircraft successfully transition from vertical take-off to horizontal cruise before returning to land vertically, have been lauded as a significant milestone on the road towards commercial deployment. The future of cleaner, quieter urban travel just landed in Dubai. Today marks a significant milestone on our path to commercialization: we successfully completed a series of piloted, full-transition, electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing flights in Dubai. https://t.co/hhcCX7w8da pic.twitter.com/efq6bz1jfK — Joby Aviation (@jobyaviation) June 30, 2025 Successful flight tests mean commercial services are not far behind April saw Joby complete its first “transition” flight in California, but this is the first time the start-up has performed tests as part of a test flight campaign before commercial launch. The successful tests, scheduled to take place throughout the summer, are a critical moment for the industry, Paul Sciarra, executive chair of Joby noted while pointing out that the concept of air taxis has excited people for quite some time. “…but the real question has been ‘when’ and ‘in what way’ are these products going to get into people’s hands and begin to provide valuable service,” he told the Financial Times. As far as he is concerned, the tests are proof that commercial air taxi services are now within grasp, and will happen first in Dubai, where construction on the first Joby commercial landing port has begun, before becoming a broad phenomenon around the world. Joby was founded in 2009 and is among the several start-ups and aerospace incumbents struggling to make the vision of emission-free “urban air mobility” a reality via the launch of “electric vertical take-off and landing” (eVTOL) aircraft. While there were early promises of a speedy revolution in air travel, the companies have been slow to deliver, with several of them forced to call on investors for more funding while pushing back certification milestones as the challenges of developing these aircraft become clearer. There are also other issues, including building the necessary infrastructure and winning public acceptance. However, Joby, which listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, has some of the deepest pockets in the sector , having raised over $2 billion in funding. The company’s air taxi will be able to transport a pilot and up to four passengers at speeds of up to 200mph. Joby chose Dubai as ground zero for its air taxi flights Paul Sciarra expects Joby to start commercial services by the end of this year or early next year as construction on its first commercial landing port at Dubai’s international airport is already underway. Why Dubai? According to Sciarra, Joby witnessed a “real willingness to get new modes of transportation into the ecosystem as quickly as possible” in the Arab nation and decided to take advantage. The company is currently going through the certification process of its aircraft with Dubai’s local regulator and is also working toward getting full approval from the US aviation safety regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration. Joby is expected to secure approval first in Dubai, after which the US certification is supposed to follow. “We feel like from this toehold of commercial service in Dubai, then to US FAA certification . . . that allows us global reach in the short-term.” Joby has come far in its air taxi ambitions, but competition in the sector is heating up with counterparts from different countries, including China, Japan and Europe. China’s Ehang received the necessary approvals from the country’s aviation regulator earlier this year to start pilotless flights for its autonomous air taxi. However, these flights are limited to exhibitions and showcases. Archer Aviation, a US-based startup developing eVTOL aircraft for urban air mobility, is also one of the notable companies in the sector. It currently has partnerships with United Airlines and Stellantis, with plans to launch air taxi services in Los Angeles by 2026. Cryptopolitan Academy: Want to grow your money in 2025? Learn how to do it with DeFi in our upcoming webclass. Save Your Spot
Hut 8, a Bitcoin miner tied to the Trump family, is building a new office in Dubai, locking in on the city’s crypto-friendly environment. The company, which is based in Miami, officially registered its expansion last week through the Dubai International Financial Centre, with a spokesperson confirming it’s recruiting staff to lead trading and Bitcoin hoarding operations out of the UAE. According to Bloomberg, CEO Asher Genoot said the Dubai expansion will “enhance the precision and efficiency of Hut 8’s capital strategy.” The company, which ran mining operations in Texas, New York, and Alberta through 2024, had a team of 220 employees as of December. Genoot didn’t elaborate on headcount for the Dubai team but said the capital plan is about going after efficiency. Dubai’s free zones and zero corporate tax offer that edge, and it’s a city that’s been openly courting crypto companies in a push to move its economy away from fossil fuels. Hut 8 tightens Trump family ties through American Bitcoin While expanding in Dubai, Hut 8 is also entangled in a new crypto venture with Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The brothers have partial ownership of American Bitcoin, a fresh company that’s absorbing most of Hut 8’s existing mining hardware. The plan is to take American Bitcoin public later in 2025 by merging with another listed firm. Once that goes through, Hut 8 will walk away with an 80% stake in the combined company. Genoot and several others from Hut 8 are also joining the board of directors. Despite the overlap, a spokesperson for the company clarified that the Dubai setup isn’t part of American Bitcoin. It’s a separate buildout focused entirely on trading and accumulation, not public listings or family business. That said, the connections are impossible to ignore — the Trump name is now linked to both sides of Hut 8’s future strategy, one targeting the Middle East, and one consolidating its position back in the US Altcoins bleed out as Bitcoin dominance surges in 2025 This all comes during a year that’s been brutal for everything not named Bitcoin. While Bitcoin smashed past its previous all-time high, helped by a second Trump administration and a bullish legislative outlook, more than $300 billion in altcoin value has already disappeared. Coins that once claimed to be the next big thing have been slaughtered. “I think they’re just going to die, frankly,” said Nick Philpott, co-founder of Zodia Markets. “They’ll just wither away. Technically, a lot of this stuff will just sit there and gather dust in perpetuity.” Bitcoin’s share of the entire crypto market has jumped nine points to 64%, its highest point since early 2021. That’s left the rest of the sector in a chokehold. A MarketVector index tracking the lower half of the top 100 coins — which briefly doubled after Trump’s November 5 election win — has collapsed and is now down nearly 50% in 2025. Even Ether, the second-largest token by market cap, is still halfway below its all-time high, despite minor boosts from ETF inflows. “Historically, Bitcoin’s moved and then that’s passed down into altcoins,” said Jake Ostrovskis, an OTC trader at Wintermute. “We’ve not really seen that yet this cycle.” And many don’t expect to. The altcoin market is starting to look like a graveyard of abandoned projects. Back in 2022, the collapse of TerraUSD and FTX triggered the fall of hundreds of tokens. Now, even more coins are going dead — with nothing left but ghost chains and token wallets with zero activity. Regulation is the key difference in 2025. This time, institutional money is involved, and that money is going almost entirely into Bitcoin and stablecoins. The stablecoin market alone has grown $47 billion in value in the last year. Even Amazon is exploring its own stablecoin. That kind of institutional entry has killed the idea that altcoins are still a path to innovation. Instead, developers are considering merging projects and transferring governance to more active chains, just to survive. At the same time, more firms are copying the Michael Saylor model: hoarding Bitcoin. A new company, Twenty One Capital, launched in April with backing from Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether, and SoftBank, seeded with $4 billion in Bitcoin. Meanwhile, Trump Media has raised $2.3 billion to create a Bitcoin treasury of its own. Smaller attempts are happening with coins like Solana, BNB, and Ether, but none are touching Bitcoin’s volume. Bitcoin has become the clear winner in 2025, and everyone else is being left behind. Not everything is burning, though. A few altcoins like Maker and Hyperliquid have shown strength thanks to real-world revenue from decentralized finance projects. But that’s the exception. The big players — Hut 8, the Trumps, and the institutional whales — are all circling Bitcoin. And Dubai, with its lax laws and no taxes, just became the next base of operations. KEY Difference Wire helps crypto brands break through and dominate headlines fast
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Bitcoin is standing still while the rest of the market is running laps. Over the past month, as the S&P 500 continues to clock record highs and new IPOs explode out of the gate, Bitcoin hasn’t broken past its last high set on May 22. Adam Parker, the founder of Trivariate Research, told clients that Bitcoin’s behavior is starting to look less chaotic. “Bitcoin appears to be trading slightly differently now than previously,” Adam said, adding that the coin’s movement is now more in sync with “high-quality growth stocks” rather than the “hyper-growth junk stocks” it used to mirror. That change, he said, is why some in traditional finance circles are beginning to treat Bitcoin like a real asset. Institutional investors pour into Bitcoin ETFs despite flat prices Even though Bitcoin’s trading has been rangebound for weeks, big players aren’t backing off. The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) pulled in more than $4 billion over the past month, based on data from FactSet. That’s a huge inflow considering the coin’s price hasn’t moved much. Adam explained this by pointing to Bitcoin’s growing connection to the traditional financial system, especially through products like ETFs and financial advisor custody offerings. He also pointed out a basic math problem that could drive the price higher over time. “The number of millionaires on Earth now far exceeds the number of Bitcoins,” Adam said , adding that this imbalance between rising global wealth and Bitcoin’s fixed supply could push demand even further. He argued that some investors believe the asset could still deliver annual returns near 60%, just as it has over the last fifteen years. While Bitcoin’s price is stable, crypto speculation hasn’t disappeared. Attention has moved to names like Circle Internet Group, which went public at $31 and has since surged nearly 500%. That rise hasn’t convinced everyone. Kenneth Worthington from JPMorgan slapped Circle with an underweight rating—even though JPMorgan helped run the IPO. That contradiction highlights the skepticism still lingering around newer crypto-related companies. Cryptopolitan Academy: Tired of market swings? Learn how DeFi can help you build steady passive income. Register Now
Altcoins are waking up. XRP and Litecoin—two of the market’s longest-running assets—are starting to behave like they did in the lead-up to the 2021 bull cycle. From legal clarity and ETF prospects to surging network activity, the signals are increasingly difficult to ignore. Analysts now call these moves a “macro preview” of what could come next for the broader altcoin market. MAGACOIN FINANCE: Early Entry Window May Be Closing Fast While XRP and Litecoin gather institutional steam, MAGACOIN FINANCE is accelerating through a different lane: retail-driven FOMO. Tapping into both meme culture and politically-charged narratives, this token has started drawing attention from early traders looking for breakout asymmetry. Analysts tracking high-variance assets say MAGACOIN FINANCE is building the same kind of early energy that preceded the rise of Shiba Inu and PEPE—only this time, it’s happening ahead of any exchange listings. XRP Reclaims Momentum as Institutional Barriers Fall XRP has re-entered the spotlight following Ripple’s high-profile legal win over the SEC. With the settlement finalized in March 2025, XRP is now one of the leading contenders for an altcoin ETF approval, expected as early as Q3. Analysts say approval could unlock billions in institutional capital, a factor that helped drive Bitcoin and Ethereum’s previous ETF-fueled surges. Technically, XRP is building momentum between $1.95 and $2.53. A clean break above $2.88 could confirm the kind of breakout that historically delivered multi-fold returns. Analysts are watching closely as on-chain activity, EVM-compatible sidechains, and cross-border partnerships continue to expand—paving the way for broader utility and adoption. Litecoin Rebuilds After Pullback, Eyes ETF Fuel Litecoin has seen a 20% pullback this quarter, but that hasn’t shaken long-term sentiment. In fact, analysts note that this sort of dip has historically preceded its largest runs—particularly when paired with bullish regulatory tailwinds. As of June, LTC is among the top ETF contenders after XRP, driven by its longevity, capped supply, and use as a lightweight payment asset. Price targets for Litecoin in 2025 vary, with some firms suggesting $130–$200 in baseline scenarios, and $700+ in ETF-driven upside cases. While it lacks the flash of newer DeFi protocols, LTC’s structure and timing could make it a safe-haven altcoin for institutions rotating out of Bitcoin. What It Means for the Altcoin Market The convergence of bullish signals from XRP and Litecoin isn’t happening in a vacuum. Altcoin seasons historically begin with high-cap movement and then flow downstream to early-stage tokens. With macro trends turning favorable—stable interest rates, easing inflation, and regulatory breakthroughs—analysts say the stage is set for a sector-wide rotation. Investors watching from the sidelines during 2021 know how fast sentiment can shift. The conditions today are eerily similar. And that’s why attention is also beginning to shift to more speculative, narrative-driven tokens—particularly those with early-stage positioning. To learn more about MAGACOIN FINANCE, visit: Website: https://magacoinfinance.com Exclusive Access: https://magacoinfinance.com/entry Continue Reading: Why XRP and Litecoin Are Acting Like 2021 Again—And What That Means for the Altcoin Market