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Ether-Led Rally Pushed Crypto Market Cap to $3.7T in July: JPMorgan
Ether outperformed last month as volumes, ETF flows hit records, the report said.
Aug 14, 2025, 1:40 p.m.
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What to know:
- Crypto market cap rose 14% in July to $3.7 trillion, with ether’s 49% gain far outpacing bitcoin’s 8%, the report said.
- The bank noted that average daily crypto trading volumes jumped about 50% last month, with ether volumes up 60%, alongside strong gains in DeFi and NFT activity.
- JPMorgan cited the GENIUS Act, a robust crypto IPO pipeline and growing TradFi/DeFi partnerships as key drivers of the rally.
The crypto market staged a sharp rebound in July, with total market capitalization climbing 14% from the previous month to $3.7 trillion, Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Thursday.
Average market cap rose 12% in the same period, driven by broad-based gains across tokens, decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs), but ether stole the spotlight, the report said.
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Ether’s market cap surged 49% last month, far outpacing bitcoin’s 8% gain. JPMorgan attributed the move partly to the Ethereum blockchain’s dominant role in stablecoin issuance and growing institutional flows into ETH-linked products.
U.S. spot ether ETPs saw a record $5.4 billion in net inflows, lifting total ETH ETP assets to $21.5 billion, JPMorgan said. Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) added $6 billion, bringing their combined assets under management to $152 billion.
Trading activity accelerated, with average daily volumes across the ecosystem jumping 49% in July, the bank noted. CoinDesk data showed token volumes rising 51% MoM. Ether token volumes surged 60%, four times bitcoin’s 15% increase. DeFi and NFT markets also logged significant volume growth.
JPMorgan pointed to the passage of the GENIUS Act, a growing roster of crypto-linked initial public offerings (IPOs), and deepening partnerships between traditional finance and decentralized finance as key drivers behind the rally.
The bank said these factors, alongside a broader risk-on sentiment in global markets, suggest the recent gains in prices and volumes could prove sustainable.
Read more: Ether Price Target Lifted to $7.5K at Year-End and $25K in 2028 at Standard Chartered
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