In brief
- Asian session’s 46% cumulative returns over the past year tower over the U.S. 31% and the EU’s 29%.
- While the Asian session may temporarily knock back U.S. and EU institutions, it won’t be enough to kickstart the second half of the bull run.
- Liquidity, leverage, and macroeconomic conditions will determine how long this cycle will last.
Crypto market data shows that cumulative returns in the Asian session are outpacing those in the U.S. and EU. Despite this growing divergence in returns, an analyst told Decrypt the U.S. still plays a pivotal role in shaping how this cycle progresses.
Over the past year, the cumulative returns noted in the Asian session hovered around 47%, closely followed by the U.S. and EU with roughly 31% and 29%, per Velo data.
Ryan Lee, chief analyst at Bitget, told Decrypt that this is due to “a 69% year-over-year increase in APAC trading volumes, reaching $2.36 trillion by mid-2025.” The primary reason for this uptick, he explained, is regulatory clarity in Hong Kong, boosting institutional and stablecoin adoption.
The divergence in returns betw
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Author: Akash Girimath
