Welcome to the latest edition of The Algo Insights Report, recapping ecosystem metrics and momentum in June 2025.
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Welcome to the latest edition of The Algo Insights Report, recapping ecosystem metrics and momentum in June 2025.
Several key indicators signaled renewed growth and ecosystem strength for Algorand in June.
Stablecoin market cap experienced a significant rebound, rising 49.5% to $64.97M, recovering from a previous dip. This resurgence suggests restored liquidity and renewed interest in on-chain financial activity. Smart contract deployments climbed by 22.64%, reversing a two-month decline, a strong signal of revitalized builder engagement.
On the DeFi front, Total Value Locked (TVL) saw healthy expansion: TVL(USD) grew 18.31%, while TVL (in ALGO terms) rose by 22.6%, reaching 761.3M ALGO. Additionally, Real-World Assets (RWA) TVL surpassed $90M, led by Lofty, reflecting a 6.62% increase month-over-month and highlighting Algorand’s growing footprint in tokenized real estate and tangible assets.
On the social side, Algorand Foundation’s X account saw an increase of 6.5%, officially surpassing 200K followers.
In the setbacks column, ASA (Algorand Standard Asset) creation dropped 62.71%, primarily due to TravelX pausing its on-chain activity. – Simon Bonanno, Head of Business Intelligence
Continue reading for updates from the Foundation and across the ecosystem.
News & Updates
From the Foundation:
Community and engagement:
The AlgoBharat team in India hosted a 24-hour live hack and the Grand Finale of its first hack series. Congratulations to the winners!
Algorand celebrated its 6th anniversary on June 19! Watch our commemorative video.
Algorand's first Galxe quest ran throughout June, reaching over 8k users!
Listen to the recording of ALGO Radio - the June 2025 community town hall.
Research and insights:
We released a new research report on the “surprising irrelevance” of TVL on cryptocurrency returns. Analyzing over 300 tokens from 2023-2024, the findings reinforce a shift already playing out among investors from valuing the quantity of capital to the quality of users. Read the report and a summary of its significance.
Partnerships and impact:
We announced a new partnership with Paycode to help bring Algorand-powered payments to underserved communities in Afghanistan, Ghana, the DRC, and beyond.
Advocacy and leadership:
Foundation CLOO Jennie Levin joined the Advisory Council of the Digital Economy Initiative. She also wrote about the Foundation’s joining the Blockchain Association, a leading group for crypto engagement in Washington, D.C.
Ecosystem and builder spotlight:
We released new content profiling builders and apps across the ecosystem, including:
- An episode of "Solutions that Scale" on Danish payments platform ComplyPay
- A case study on Enel Group's collaboration with Conio to introduce tokenized solar & wind farms.
- An ecosystem spotlight on Alpha Arcade, an Algorand-based prediction market.
Around the ecosystem:
DeFi and trading innovation
ALGO soft staking went live on Binance, enabling 275M+ to stake and get rewarded with just a single click.
Pact launched its $POW token.
Tinyman launched limit orders and DCA (recurring buys).
Folks Finance listed Tinyman's liquid staking token, enabling users to lend and borrow tALGO.
AI-powered trading terminal AIDA integrated with Algorand.
Myth Fianance released UI/UX improvements, and DeFiLlama is now tracking dualSTAKE.
Payments and real-world use cases
AEON Pay integrated with Algorand, enabling ALGO and USDCa payments across 20M+ merchants, including McDonald’s and Uniqlo.
Lavazza recorded another 14,000kg+ of coffee beans on the Algorand blockchain.
Wallet and infrastructure enhancements
Pera Wallet launched Universal Wallets, with one 24-word phrase enabling multiple Algorand accounts, easy backup and recovery, and seamless switching between accounts. (Also available for Android users.)
GoPlausible launched Algorand Remote MCP, supporting dedicated agent secure accounts, full wallet functionality, and more.
Growth and milestones
Lofty surpassed $80M in TVL and launched several updates, including carousel images on property cards and a new view for the fees breakdown.
Alpha Arcade prediction market surpassed $1M in transaction volume, just 3 months after launching long-term markets. The team also launched its Split & Marge feature. DeFiLlama is now tracking Alpha Arcade.
Reti Pooling surpassed 400M ALGO staked.
New integrations and expansions
Astro Explorer partnered with Fracctal labs on the forthcoming Fracctal Monsters on-chain trading card game, hitting open beta in ~2 Weeks!
WTR announced it will expand to Brazil, just weeks after its adoption in Italy.
👉Each week, the Foundation’s Head of DeFi, Fred Estante, recaps everything happening in the ecosystem. Check out his June summaries to discover when apps are running incentives, opportunities for beta testing new apps and feature upgrades, and more: June 1 | June 8 | June 15 | June 22d
Algorand in the news:
Messari released its Q1 2025 report on Algorand. Highlights include community ALGO stake hitting 67% (a 121% increase). [Messari]
CLOO Jennie Levin wrote an op-ed on how global crypto companies can navigate the American regulatory maze. [CfC-StMoritz.com]
CEO Staci Warden spoke about real AI use cases at the AI Rush conference, alongside speakers from LinkedIn, IBM, and VINCI. [AI Rush]
Head of Dev Rel, Brian Whippo, spoke about why web developers shouldn’t dismiss blockchain at the JSNation conference in Amsterdam. [JSNation]
Pera Wallet’s Joseph Cecala joined Genfinity to discuss the Pera Card powered by Immersv. [Genfinity]
CLOO Jennie Levin joined Cointelegraph’s The Clear Crypto Podcast to talk about smart contract exploits, legal grey zones, white hat hacks, and more. [Cointelegraph]
CryptoSnackable featured Algorand in a new blog post, “Is Algorand Quantum Resistant? Everything You Need to Know” [CryptoSnackable.com]
Head of BD & payments, Luther Maday, spoke on a panel at the HODL Summit. [HODL Summit]
The EasyA team joined Genfinity to talk about their partnership with Algorand Foundation and ambition to onboard 1M+ to begin building on Algorand. [Genfinity]
📆 👥 Upcoming in July:
Info on these events & more can be found here: https://algorand.co/events
8 July: AlgoDevs on-site at WeAreDevelopers World Congress
22 July: Sign up for the AlgoKit Python workshop
23 July: Sign up for the AlgoKit TypeScript workshop
End of July: Updated Algorand roadmap
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