Crypto Stocks Are Beating Bitcoin

Written by Louis Sykes, Senior Crypto Analyst at All Star Charts in partnership with Spot Trading

First it was Bitcoin.

Now it's everything else.

That’s how bull markets usually work, and right on cue, crypto stocks are finally starting to outperform. For most of this cycle, it’s been all about BTC. And for good reason. Institutions can buy it. ETFs made it accessible. The narrative was clean: "digital gold" with a ticker.

But now we’re seeing something shift.

Crypto-related equities, miners, exchanges, infrastructure names, are starting to outperform Bitcoin. They’re highly volatile. They’re massively levered to price. And they’re usually late to the party.

So when they start leading? That’s a sign.

It means we’re entering a new stage of the cycle, one where risk appetite is expanding beyond the core. When this black line is going up, as it is now, it means that crypto stocks are outperforming Bitcoin itself.

These aren’t slow movers. They’re turbocharged plays on crypto momentum. And the fact they’re outperforming Bitcoin says one thing:

The market wants more risk.

What This Means for You

This is how crypto cycles tend to evolve:

Stage 1: Bitcoin leads

Stage 2: Ethereum and majors follow

Stage 3: Crypto stocks and high-beta names start to outperform

Stage 4: Memecoins and small caps rip

We’re now somewhere between Stage 3 and Stage 4.

And while that doesn’t mean you should chase anything with a dog logo, it does mean the window for broader participation is opening.

The baton is being passed from Bitcoin to the rest of the ecosystem.

And when that happens, things tend to move fast.

hen risk assets around the world start moving in sync? That’s a powerful signal.

It tells us something important: capital is flowing into risk. Not just tech stocks or Bitcoin — but across the board.

This is the kind of environment where crypto tends to thrive.

Because crypto is still on the fringe of traditional portfolios. When money starts rotating into risk, crypto moves from the edge toward the center.

See What’s Moving on Spot Trading Today

When crypto stocks start flying, altcoins usually aren’t far behind.

The later stages of the cycle are where we see real rotation; into new sectors, small caps, and speculative narratives that haven’t moved yet.

Spot Trading gives you access to that next wave, coins and themes that move when the market starts reaching for more risk.

Top 3 Tokens That Exploded This Week — And How You Could’ve Seen It Coming

It’s been another chaotic week in the memecoin trenches. From stealth launches on Base to revival pumps on Solana, the market’s been handing out both fortunes and faceplants.

But if you were using Spot — and paying just a little attention — these runs weren’t random. Here’s how you could’ve caught all 3.

$AURA — Crime. Coordination. Profits.

80x in a single day.

This wasn’t organic. Aura pulled off what looked like an organized pump — think goodluck, low float, and pent-up volume snapping all at once.

How we spotted it:

• Showed up on Top Gainers list

• 24H push alerts triggered when volume spiked from sub-$1M to $40M

Lesson: Narrative cycles always come back. Aura was forgotten for months… until it wasn’t.

$KTA — The $15M Mistake Most of Crypto Twitter Made

+10x+ over the past monthKeeta is a real company. Onchain since March. Building in public. Yet most traders skipped it because it wasn’t loud. Meanwhile, whales like Brandon Hong were racking up 8-figure gains.

How we spotted it:

• Company links visible in token details

• Showed up on Top Gainers list

Lesson: Take 5 minutes to do real DD. The next billion-dollar project might already be trading under your nose.

$USELESS — 15x Gains, Delivered via Push

+1,500% from call to peak

This one hurts. We literally sent the notification when it was $3M market cap. If you tapped, bought, and held... you made serious money. If you snoozed — well, hope you enjoyed watching the chart go vertical.

How we spotted it:

• New bonk token advocated by OG bonk guy

• Push alert sent to users when buys accelerated

Lesson: Turn on push alerts. Seriously. That’s it.