GM. This is Milk Road, the newsletter delivering your weekly crypto nutrients.
Hereβre the quick highlights from the week:
- βοΈ 5 big surprises
- ποΈ How Ethereum Becomes the Worldβs Most Valuable Asset w/ Vivek Raman & Danny Ryan
- π Should we be worried about a bank crisis?
- π² Red charts arenβt always bad
SX Bet is on pace to hit its first ever $40M betting month! Find out why it's the sports prediction market of choice, here. π€
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (P1)
Crypto headlines you shouldnβt miss
π We broke down the 5 biggest surprises from a16zβs βState of Crypto 2025β report (read more)
π Institutional investors (67%) and retail investors (62%) agree: Bitcoin is going above $130k in the next 3-6 months (read more)
π Yikes! Gold is outperforming $BTC in 2025β¦ But zoom out and you get a clearer picture: over the last 10yrs, $BTC is massively outperforming Gold (read more)
π We found the best AI/crypto play out there! Galaxy ($GLXY) (read more)
π Borrowing against your $BTC is now cheaper than ever. Ledn has dropped all trade spreads from 1.75% to just 0.50% across every $BTC transaction* (read more)
Top podcasts of the week ποΈ
π How Ethereum Becomes the Worldβs Most Valuable Asset w/ Vivek Raman & Danny Ryan (listen in)
π Ignore the Headlines. The Charts Are Screaming Bull Market w/ Caleb Franzen (listen in)
π Milk Road Crypto PRO AMA - Oct 22, 2025 (listen in)
SX BET: HOME OF ONCHAIN SPORTS PREDICTIONS
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And itβs putting up numbers right now!
- π Highest-ever betting volume day on Saturday Oct 19th
- πΈ Bought back ~400,000 SX tokens with parlay fees
- π 90% increase in their token this month
(Looks like that obsession is paying off.)
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WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (P2)
All the macro stuff you might have missed π
π Should we be worried about a bank crisis? Credit fears have been rocking markets (read more)
π QT is ending. What is it and what happens after it dies? (read more)
The wild sh*t from the degen world π²
π Airdrop season is here (almost). This will be a much-needed stimulus for alts (read more)
π Red charts arenβt always bad: 3 tokens that are due to pump (read more)
π No more gas fees?! ETHGas is working towards an "instant" Ethereum where users don't have to worry about gas fees anymore* (read more)
Alright, thatβs the lot of βem?
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