HTX DeepThink: Rotation Signals Emerging—Crypto Credit and InfoFi Poised as New Market Focal Points

SINGAPORE, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As May draws to a close, the crypto market continues its upward momentum, fueled by a renewed wave of macro liquidity. Bitcoin demonstrates resilience, with improved on-chain capital structure and a steady rise in risk appetite. High-beta assets and quality altcoins are drawing increasing attention, signaling an emerging rotation trend. This week, Chloe (@ChloeTalk1) from HTX Research explores the evolving potential and structural value of crypto credit and InfoFi as key sectors in this next phase.

As of May 21, 2025, the Federal Reserve's net liquidity has rebounded to 6,022.869, recovering strongly from its early-May low. Although it has not yet reached the key range of 6,100–6,200, this trend signals an initial return of liquidity, providing macro-level support for the crypto market.

Despite last week's long-bond auctions disappointing on both sides of the Pacific—with the U.S. 20-year yield pushed above 5 %, and Japan's long-end rates setting 25-year highs—stoking global liquidity-squeeze fears, the impact is somewhat mitigated. The U.S. Treasury is primarily absorbing cash mainly via 3- to 6-month T-Bills, which tends to drain money-market funds rather than risk assets. Furthermore, the Fed retains the ability to pause quantitative tightening (QT) or open its repo facilities at will, capping potential spillover effects.

Bitcoin has held firm. Spot ETFs continue to post modest daily inflows, over 70 % of Bitcoin supply has remained dormant for six months or more, exchange balances are falling, and Asian/Middle-East buyers continue to buy dips. Even if net Treasury issuance jumps to roughly $1.25 trillion in Q3, short-dated supply and repo backstops dilute the drag on high-beta assets, while ETF passive holdings and "hard hands" diffuse selling pressure; a weaker-dollar narrative adds further support.

On-chain data shows that public chains like Solana and Base are seeing sustained increases in activity, with capital gradually shifting from BTC-dominated safe-haven assets to high-beta altcoins. BTC Dominance remains elevated and has not yet experienced a significant pullback, but if it drops below 52% in the coming sessions, coupled with further liquidity expansion, a new altcoin season could kick off.

Wall Street Doubles Down on Crypto Credit: Maple Becomes the Institutional Capital Gateway

Cantor Fitzgerald has launched a Bitcoin-collateralized credit program with a total size of $2 billion, signaling Wall Street's formal and large-scale entry into the crypto credit market. Initial recipients of this facility include crypto broker FalconX and the decentralized lending protocol Maple Finance. FalconX has already drawn over $100 million under this framework, and Maple Finance has completed its first loan issuance through the program.

The $SYRUP token, associated with Maple Finance, is available on HTX through spot trading, perpetual futures, and earn products. Since its spot listing, $SYRUP has surged by 110%, with strong performance also seen in derivatives—underscoring growing market recognition and investor confidence in the project. Maple's newly launched syrupUSDC/USDT perpetual institutional credit pool offers 8–12% annual yields with high collateral transparency, rapidly attracting large volumes of idle institutional stablecoins. This month, the TVL surged from $800 million to $1.3 billion—markets are "voting with their feet," fully validating the appeal and growth potential of the SYRUP model.

InfoFi Rising Star: $COOKIE Poised to Trigger the Next Revaluation Cycle

Based on current on-chain trends and macro liquidity data, $COOKIE is expected to be on the verge of explosive growth within the InfoFi sector. Compared to similarly positioned projects like Kaito, CookieDotFun's current market cap is just one-fifth. Once the Cookie leaderboard, ad slot bidding, and other InfoFi monetization mechanisms go live, $COOKIE' valuation ceiling could be lifted.

HTX has launched COOKIE/USDT perpetual futures, while KAITO—previously featured in the HTX DeepThink column—has also been listed on HTX, with a remarkable 138% gain over the past 30 days.

*The above content is not an investment advice and does not constitute any offer or solicitation to offer or recommendation of any investment product.

HTX DeepThink is a flagship market insights column created by HTX, dedicated to exploring global macro trends, key economic indicators, and major developments across the crypto industry. In a world where volatility is the norm, HTX DeepThink aims to help readers "Find Order in Chaos."

HTX Research is the dedicated research arm of HTX Group, responsible for conducting in-depth analyses, producing comprehensive reports, and delivering expert evaluations across a broad spectrum of topics, including cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and emerging market trends.

SINGAPORE, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As May draws to a close, the crypto market continues its upward momentum, fueled by a renewed wave of macro liquidity. Bitcoin demonstrates resilience, with improved on-chain capital structure and a steady rise in risk appetite. High-beta assets and quality altcoins are drawing increasing attention, signaling an emerging rotation trend. This week, Chloe (@ChloeTalk1) from HTX Research explores the evolving potential and structural value of crypto credit and InfoFi as key sectors in this next phase.

As of May 21, 2025, the Federal Reserve's net liquidity has rebounded to 6,022.869, recovering strongly from its early-May low. Although it has not yet reached the key range of 6,100–6,200, this trend signals an initial return of liquidity, providing macro-level support for the crypto market.

Despite last week's long-bond auctions disappointing on both sides of the Pacific—with the U.S. 20-year yield pushed above 5 %, and Japan's long-end rates setting 25-year highs—stoking global liquidity-squeeze fears, the impact is somewhat mitigated. The U.S. Treasury is primarily absorbing cash mainly via 3- to 6-month T-Bills, which tends to drain money-market funds rather than risk assets. Furthermore, the Fed retains the ability to pause quantitative tightening (QT) or open its repo facilities at will, capping potential spillover effects.

Bitcoin has held firm. Spot ETFs continue to post modest daily inflows, over 70 % of Bitcoin supply has remained dormant for six months or more, exchange balances are falling, and Asian/Middle-East buyers continue to buy dips. Even if net Treasury issuance jumps to roughly $1.25 trillion in Q3, short-dated supply and repo backstops dilute the drag on high-beta assets, while ETF passive holdings and "hard hands" diffuse selling pressure; a weaker-dollar narrative adds further support.

On-chain data shows that public chains like Solana and Base are seeing sustained increases in activity, with capital gradually shifting from BTC-dominated safe-haven assets to high-beta altcoins. BTC Dominance remains elevated and has not yet experienced a significant pullback, but if it drops below 52% in the coming sessions, coupled with further liquidity expansion, a new altcoin season could kick off.

Wall Street Doubles Down on Crypto Credit: Maple Becomes the Institutional Capital Gateway

Cantor Fitzgerald has launched a Bitcoin-collateralized credit program with a total size of $2 billion, signaling Wall Street's formal and large-scale entry into the crypto credit market. Initial recipients of this facility include crypto broker FalconX and the decentralized lending protocol Maple Finance. FalconX has already drawn over $100 million under this framework, and Maple Finance has completed its first loan issuance through the program.

The $SYRUP token, associated with Maple Finance, is available on HTX through spot trading, perpetual futures, and earn products. Since its spot listing, $SYRUP has surged by 110%, with strong performance also seen in derivatives—underscoring growing market recognition and investor confidence in the project. Maple's newly launched syrupUSDC/USDT perpetual institutional credit pool offers 8–12% annual yields with high collateral transparency, rapidly attracting large volumes of idle institutional stablecoins. This month, the TVL surged from $800 million to $1.3 billion—markets are "voting with their feet," fully validating the appeal and growth potential of the SYRUP model.

InfoFi Rising Star: $COOKIE Poised to Trigger the Next Revaluation Cycle

Based on current on-chain trends and macro liquidity data, $COOKIE is expected to be on the verge of explosive growth within the InfoFi sector. Compared to similarly positioned projects like Kaito, CookieDotFun's current market cap is just one-fifth. Once the Cookie leaderboard, ad slot bidding, and other InfoFi monetization mechanisms go live, $COOKIE' valuation ceiling could be lifted.

HTX has launched COOKIE/USDT perpetual futures, while KAITO—previously featured in the HTX DeepThink column—has also been listed on HTX, with a remarkable 138% gain over the past 30 days.

*The above content is not an investment advice and does not constitute any offer or solicitation to offer or recommendation of any investment product.

HTX DeepThink is a flagship market insights column created by HTX, dedicated to exploring global macro trends, key economic indicators, and major developments across the crypto industry. In a world where volatility is the norm, HTX DeepThink aims to help readers "Find Order in Chaos."

HTX Research is the dedicated research arm of HTX Group, responsible for conducting in-depth analyses, producing comprehensive reports, and delivering expert evaluations across a broad spectrum of topics, including cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and emerging market trends.

** The press release content is from PR Newswire. Bastille Post is not involved in its creation. **

HTX DeepThink: Rotation Signals Emerging—Crypto Credit and InfoFi Poised as New Market Focal Points

As the generative AI industry matures, Higgsfield is taking an important step towards equipping creators and studios with a new tool designed to help assess potential similarity with characters, celebrity likeness, and brands.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Higgsfield, the AI-native video and image platform for professional creators, announced the launch of a similarity-scoring feature for Team Plan customers. The tool evaluates AI-generated content and flags potential visual similarities to celebrity likenesses, characters, brand logos, and other potential intellectual property.

The feature arrives as Higgsfield's platform scales rapidly into commercial production. The company has doubled its user base in under two months, surpassing 20 million users, with a growing share of usage now coming from production teams running commercial campaigns. As AI-generated content moves deeper into professional workflows and elite festivals, creators and teams are increasingly expected to consider similarity, likeness, and whether a generated asset may resemble something protected.

Despite this rapid mainstream adoption, the lack of standardized safeguards remains a bottleneck for wider commercial use. Recognizing this industry-wide challenge, Higgsfield is introducing new features that empower users to make safer choices when using AI generated assets.

The new tool evaluates generated content and assigns it a similarity score to help users identify potential conflicts. Going beyond basic detection, Higgsfield's system is designed to be more nuanced than existing market solutions. The feature evaluates content to known properties, including:

• Characters from popular movies, TV, and video games (e.g., Harry Potter, Spider-Man).
• Likeness of public figures, including stylistic alterations (e.g., a celebrity rendered in unusual forms or wearing obscuring props).
• Brand logos and text assets, such as trademarked taglines.
• Famous artworks and distinct visual concepts.
• Cinematic signatures, such as distinct visual styles associated with specific directors or films (e.g., Wes Anderson, Denis Villeneuve, Alfred Hitchcock).
• Audio content, such as music and other audio content incorporated into video output.

To validate the system's efficacy, the Higgsfield Research Team conducted internal benchmark studies across diverse datasets of AI-generated and reference media. In video detection, Higgsfield's model achieved an 86.6% overall accuracy rate. Higgsfield also significantly reduced false positive rates, flagging incorrect similarities in video only 13.4% of the time.

When a potential similarity is detected, the tool identifies the nature of the similarity, the possible rights holder, and exactly where the similarity occurs in the video. Building on this initiative, Higgsfield has also launched an image model "Soul Cast", which limits image reference uploads, reducing the risk of generating someone else's likeness.

"Generative video is still a new frontier and studios, platforms, and policy experts are all still navigating the complexities of IP and likeness," said Higgsfield CEO Alex Mashrabov. "By activating our content-scoring feature, we give creators a practical way to understand their outputs before final production. We believe that proactive similarity tools like this will soon become standard across the entire generative AI ecosystem."

Higgsfield's initiative reflects a broader company commitment to the ethical and responsible commercialization of AI. For example, the company recently launched the Higgsfield Action Contest with a $500,000 prize pool, accepting nearly 8,800 submissions from all over the world. Content safety is integral to the review process along with originality and storytelling as part of the company's broader approach to building responsibly in this emerging space.

By building tools that empower human creativity while respecting intellectual property, Higgsfield aims to encourage the responsible use of AI technologies.

For more information about Higgsfield's new content-scoring feature, visit https://higgsfield.ai/app/similarity-score.

About Higgsfield

Higgsfield is an AI-native generative video platform built for professional creators, brands, agencies, and marketing teams producing high-fidelity videos at scale. The company develops its own generative video and image models and integrates leading third-party models such as OpenAI's Sora, Google's Veo and Nano Banana, Alibaba's WAN, Kuaishou's Kling, Bytedance's Seedream and Seedance, MiniMax, and others into a single, production-ready workflow, allowing teams to select the best model for each creative task without rebuilding pipelines.

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Higgsfield Launches Similarity-Scoring Tool for Responsible AI Use in Media and Entertainment