Crypto Week Recap: Bitcoin Breaks Out, Alts Heat Up, and Volatility Lingers

July 18, 2025

Good morning my tasty friends, I hope you all have a wonderful start to your weekend.

It was a hell of a week for crypto.

We saw the bulls stampede in and push BTC to a fresh all-time high. ETF flows were strong, shorts got steamrolled, and altcoins finally showed a pulse. ETH outperformed. XRP is quietly breaking out. Even SOL is starting to move again. It’s all happening.

Volatility? Still low. But the price action says otherwise.

Crypto Week reminded us just how quickly this space can turn. The macro setup is supportive, momentum is building, and the rotation is starting to broaden beyond bitcoin. That’s a big deal.

Keep your head on a swivel. And stay tasty.

— Ryan

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Dan's Stone Cold Crypto Pick of the Week

Each week, we give you one new idea from the world of decentralized finance to take a look at.

My lock for this week: ETH ($ETH)

Overview:

ETH has been on a tear up over 40% in the last month with the ETH/BTC ratio also trending upwards for the first time in over a year, it currently sits at 0.0298 off the lows of 0.018 back in April. Comparatively, ETH has outperformed both BTC and XRP over a 1 month and 3 month period, but still lags on a year to date basis.

Driven by record inflows of over $700 million on Jul 16th into the ETH spot ETFs and publicly traded treasury companies like $SBET and $BMNR, continuing to buy up spot ETH we should continue to see ETH outperform on a relative basis.