Ethereum outpaced Bitcoin in July as stronger investment-product demand and corporate accumulation powered its first sustained relative advance in months. Data from CryptoSlate shows that ETH gained 19% during the month, climbing as high as $1,970 before retreating to $1,868 as of press time.
Institutions kept moving Ethereum while its price struggled to find firm ground.
Ethereum (ETH) options positioning tilted modestly bullish even as overall exposure shrank, suggesting traders are reducing risk while keeping upside bets in place. Call options continued to dominate open interest, and near-dated flow leaned slightly toward calls—an indication of cautious optimism rather than an outright risk-on stance.
July was ETH's strongest month in a year.
BitMine Immersion Technologies ($BMNR) is drawing renewed attention from crypto-focused equity traders as it doubles down on an Ethereum (ETH)-centric treasury strategy—an approach that has amplified the stock's day-to-day volatility and tightened its perceived link to ETH price moves. Shares rebounded into the mid-to-high teens in late July, trading roughly in the $16–$18 range before hovering near $16.04 in recent sessions.
Arthur Hayes disposed of 2,364.38 ETH for 4.3 million USDC last Friday, according to tracking platform Lookonchain, resulting in a possible loss of $241,000. The sale happened as the price of crypto, in general, was on the decline with the whole cryptocurrency market falling by about 2 percent within the past 24 hours.
The company raised its ceiling to 4,375 ETH, but only 1,714.8 ETH now sits outside the disclosed pledge.
TD Cowen has cut SharpLink's price target to $13 after lowering its 2026 Ethereum forecast, while keeping a Buy rating.
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Ethereum's staking queue highlights the tension between network stability and liquidity, impacting market dynamics and institutional strategies. Ethereum's 43-day staking queue is about mechanics, not hype, says Sygnum's Thomas Brunner.
Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee believes the next major winner in the artificial intelligence boom will not be chipmakers but Ethereum, arguing that blockchain networks will become the payment infrastructure for AI agents. Speaking during a Fundstrat panel, Lee compared todays AI market to the mobile phone revolution of the 1990s.