Cryptoverse: Bitcoin beats the heat in a jumpin’ July

It’s been a good month for bitcoin – and we haven’t said that for a while.

After months of freefall, it jumped more than 17% in July, its best performance since October. Ether rose 57%, its strongest monthly gain since January 2021.

The rally was in step with gains of riskier assets such as stocks as investors bet that economic weakness could deter the Fed from aggressively tightening monetary policy.