🚀 Crypto Bulls Charge: Ripple, Solana & Bitcoin Price Predictions – American Wrap 17 July 2025

Markets tremble as crypto heavyweights Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Bitcoin (BTC) show bullish momentum. Traders scramble—will institutional FOMO ignite the next rally?

XRP: The Legal Shadow Lifts

Ripple’s courtroom wins finally translate to price action. Whispers of a Fed pivot send cross-border payment tokens into overdrive.

SOL: The Speed Demon Awakens

Solana’s network upgrades crush Ethereum’s gas fees narrative. NFT degens migrate—is this the flippening’s dark horse?

BTC: The Halving Effect Kicks In

Bitcoin’s scarcity playbook works… again. Mining rewards drop, but Wall Street’s ETF cashfire hose keeps burning. (Gold bugs weep into their spreadsheets.)

As always, the ‘smart money’ is late to the party—retail traders already front-ran the move. Will macro headwinds spoil the fun? Watch Jerome Powell’s poker face next week.

Bonk (BONK) has continued to gain bullish momentum, standing out among other meme coins with intraday gains exceeding 12% on Wednesday. On the backdrop of a 110% surge over the past 30 days, Bonk trades at around $0.00003377 at the time of writing. The surge in Bonk has had a positive impact on the market capitalization, marking a 55% increase in July to $2.55 billion, according to CoinGecko.

Bitcoin (BTC) price recovers slightly, trading near $119,000 at the time of writing on Wednesday after falling nearly 2% the previous day. This recovery comes following the announcement by the US President Donald Trump early on Wednesday that the GENIUS Act is ready to pass through the House of Representatives during the legislative “Crypto Week”, fueling optimism in the crypto markets. Moreover, institutional demand continues to strengthen, as the spot bitcoin exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded over $400 million in inflows on Tuesday, continuing the streak of inflows since July 2.