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Sui Reclaims $3 After Week-Long Rally Sparked by Lion Group’s Treasury Plans

The native token of the Sui network is up 15% over the past 7 days.

By Helene Braun, CD Analytics|Edited by Aoyon Ashraf
Jul 3, 2025, 6:31 p.m.
SUI is trading at $3, up about 4% in the past 24 hours.
SUI is trading at $3, up about 4% in the past 24 hours.

What to know:

  • Sui (SUI) is trading around $3 after a week-long rally fueled by Lion Group’s $600 million crypto treasury plan announced on June 26.
  • The token surged nearly 15% over the past seven days, with technical indicators showing a strong bullish breakout and support forming at $2.87.
  • Sui’s Layer-1 network is positioning itself as a major competitor to Solana, with developer growth up 54% over two years despite broader ecosystem declines.

SUI$0.9855 is trading at $3, up about 4% in the past 24 hours, as the token continues to rally following an announcement by Lion Group Holding Ltd. (LGHL) that it intends to acquire SUI tokens as part of a broader $600 million crypto treasury strategy.

The strategy was announced on June 26, triggering a rally in the price of the token, which is currently up nearly 15% over the past 7 days.

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SUI experienced a significant bullish breakout over the past 24 hour period, according to CoinDesk Research's technical analysis model. The token established a strong support level at $2.87 during early hours on Thursday, before surging dramatically with high volume.

Sui’s network has emerged as Solana’s SOL$86.50 primary challenger in the Layer-1 blockchain space, recording remarkable 54% developer growth over two years while most crypto ecosystems face significant developer attrition, according to a report from Electric Capital.

The network’s token is outperforming the broader crypto market as measured by the CoinDesk 20 Index, which rose about 5% over the same period.

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