Data shared by crypto trader and analyst Ali Martinez shows that cryptocurrency whales have shoveled a massive amount of Ethereum recently.

Ether (ETH) is facing increasing criticism from some investors and analysts who question its long-term investment appeal. The post VC Blames Layer-2s and Token Inflation for Ether's Waning Investment Appeal appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum (ETH -1.30%) and Solana (SOL -4.03%) are both priced at what might be a hearty discount, with the former falling by 44% during the past 12 months, and the latter falling by 28% in the same period. It's easy to see why potential buyers would be wary.

Following a period of intense price consolidation, the Ethereum (ETH) market experienced an eventful trading week that featured a damning rejection at the $2,100 price level which has emerged as a major resistance zone in recent times. Following this bearish development, analysts continue to speculate on the future of crypto's largest altcoin.

After failing to regain a bullish outlook on Friday during the Western financial markets, the crypto market continued to record bearish sentiment on Saturday during the early Asian trading session. The total crypto market cap dropped nearly 5 percent in the past 24 hours to hover about $2.813 trillion at the time of this writing.

Ether's (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2's draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says.“The #1 cause of this is greedy Eth L2s siphoning value from the L1 and the social consensus that excess token creation was A-OK,” Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter said in a March 28 X post.

BlackRock, the world's largest investment firm, is showing strong interest in Ethereum (ETH). According to Robert Mitchnick, the head of digital assets at BlackRock, the company is more excited about Ethereum than Bitcoin, especially among its tech team. Mitchnick revealed that for every four people excited about Ethereum, only one is focused on Bitcoin.

Today is a crucial day in the cryptocurrency market, as more than $14 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options are due to expire. Such a huge expiration may result in significant price changes and trading volumes.

The crypto market took a major hit on Friday, wiping out nearly all the gains from earlier this week. Bitcoin, which was hovering close to $88,000, plunged to $83,800, marking a 3.8% decline in just 24 hours. Major altcoins like Avalanche (AVAX), Polygon (POL), Near (NEAR), and Uniswap (UNI) losing almost 10%.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has rolled out two new mechanisms designed to boost community involvement in token management: Vote to List and Vote to Delist. These initiatives allow users to have a direct say in which tokens get listed or removed from the platform, hinting at a more decentralized decision-making.

Ethereum price tumbled below the $1,890 mark on Friday, emerging as the second-largest loser among the top 10 ranked assets behind XRP.​ Bulls Surrender Gains as Ethereum (ETH) Tumbles Below $1,900 Earlier this week, Ethereum (ETH) had achieved notable gains, testing the $2,100 level on Wednesday.

ETH doesn't appeal to large and retail investors alike.

The Ethereum price has been in a sharp decline in the past months, underperforming compared to Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL). Despite its unwillingness to experience a significant price increase, a crypto analyst has revealed his bullishness for ETH, predicting a potential recovery to $4,000 before the end of the bull cycle.

Bitcoin ETFs notched their tenth consecutive day of inflows, adding $89 million, led by Fidelity's FBTC and Blackrock's IBIT. Meanwhile, ether ETFs recorded another day of outflows, losing $4 million.

Ethereum price prediction 2025 sees ETH potentially hitting $10K as whales accumulate Ethereum and Ethereum-based tokens. With $4K resistance broken and bullish momentum building, is a major rally on the horizon?

Cryptocurrency markets have plummeted on Friday, following renewed inflation fears. Cryptocurrency Price Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $83,620.45 -4.3% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $1,879.34 -6.7% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $129.23 -7.1% XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.17 -7.4% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1798 -6.3% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001320 -6.6% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume decreasing by 4.9%.

Ethereum has once again fallen below the $2,000 mark, a psychological level it had briefly reclaimed earlier this week. The market-wide correction over the past 24 hours has weighed on Ethereum's recovery momentum, and the leading altcoin has seen a dip in sentiment that could lead to a deeper decline or a sharp mid-term rebound.

The chief executive of financial advisory giant deVere Group says that the adoption of one particular asset class will increase demand for both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

On today's show, bitcoin and ether fall to end the week amid uncertainty over tariffs and a grim inflation outlook. Plus, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said that the SEC is closing its investigation into the crypto exchange, while Galaxy Digital agreed to pay $200 million in a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office over Luna investments.

Ether (ETH) price fell 9.3% between March 26 and March 28, testing the $1,860 level for the first time in two weeks. This correction led to over $114 million in liquidations of leveraged ETH futures and caused the premium relative to the regular spot market to drop to its lowest level in over a year.

The overall crypto market sentiment turned bearish as major assets like Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) registered massive price drops over the past 24 hours. Amid this, Ethereum, with a significant 7% price drop, has reached a key level that currently acts as a make-or-break situation for the asset.

Ethereum price crashed by over 6% on Friday, continuing a downtrend that started on March 24 when it peaked at $2,105. Ethereum (ETH) dropped to a low of $1,880, its lowest level since March 18.

Major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are falling Friday alongside stocks amid growing inflation fears.

A portion of the Ethereum community is pressuring the Ethereum Foundation to make decisions that may “break the entire social fabric” of the smart contract network by restricting Ethereum's layer-2 (L2) networks, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said.Speaking during a March 28 episode of Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction show on X, the Polygon founder said that he has only seen this type of pressure and anti-L2 rhetoric during the current market cycle amid suppressed price action for Ether (ETH). “Everybody understands that if Ethereum doesn't survive, the layer-2s won't survive,” Nailwal said, adding: "The Ethereum community should not pressure the developers enough — I should not be able to pressure the developers enough — for price movements and all that, they may end up making a decision that completely breaks the social fabric of Ethereum.

Bitcoin (BTC) is moving farther away from the crucial $90,000 mark, indicating that buying dries up at higher levels. Market participants seem nervous about the fresh round of US trade tariffs and the renewed inflation pressure as US Personal Consumption Expenditures data came in hotter-than-expected.Traders are divided about Bitcoin's price trajectory in 2025.

On Thursday's ACD call, Ethereum core developers reaffirmed their intent to ship Full EOF (EVM object format) with the Fusaka fork alongside the PeerDAS main driver. (Ipsilon wrote up a thorough review of the options, with Full EOF referred to as “Option A.

Due to difficulties encountered during previous deployments of Pectra on the Holesky and Sepolia testnets, the April 30 plan is still on shaky ground.

Coinbase's emergence as the Ethereum network's largest node operator raises concerns about network centralization that could worsen as institutional adoption accelerates, industry executives told Cointelegraph. On March 19, Coinbase published a report disclosing that the US cryptocurrency exchange controlled more than 11% of staked Ether (ETH), more than any other Ethereum node operator.

Bitcoin has long reigned as the undisputed king of cryptocurrencies, dominating headlines, dictating market trends and setting the standard for digital assets. In fact, according to YCharts, the daily Bitcoin transactions recently hit $505859, up from $317064 a year ago.

TL;DR Over $14.2 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, representing more than 40% of the total open interest in the crypto market. The “maximum pain” level for BTC is $85,000, slightly below the current price, which could trigger short-term downward pressure.

Bitcoin holds steady above $84K while Ethereum and XRP show bearish setups. Key levels to watch for BTC, ETH, and XRP.

Ethereum (ETH) is facing downward pressure as the coin, within the last 24 hours, has lost 7% of its value despite a bullish ecosystem trend. It has continued to fall, unable to find support at the $1,900 level.

Ethereum (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has plunged significantly against Bitcoin (BTC). According to Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy, Ethereum has reached fresh lows of 0.02210 BTC per ETH, marking a 74% decline since the blockchain's transition from proof of work (PoW) to proof of stake (PoS).

Decentralized finance protocol Aave has integrated Chainlink Smart Value Recapture (SVR) on the Ethereum mainnet, with this coming on the back of a community vote. The integration is an initiative of Chainlink and Aave (AAVE) ecosystem contributors BGD Labs, and Aave Chan Initiative, according to an announcement.

Ethereum has lost its grip on the key $2,000 level, reigniting fears of a deeper correction as selling pressure returns to the market. Since March 19, ETH has managed to hold above $1,930, but recent weakness has pushed the price dangerously close to breaking below the $1,900 mark.

According to a Public Ethics Committee, one in five South Korean public officials, 411 out of 2,047 officials, holds cryptocurrency, totalling around 14.41 billion Korean won ($9.8 million). This reveals the extent to which cryptocurrency, particularly altcoins, is penetrating Korea's public sector.

Bitcoin (BTC) crashed 4% from a high of $88.7K on March 24 to 85.1K as of Friday. Due to Ethereum's high correlation with BTC, Ethereum price has shed nearly 12% from a high of $2,104 to $1,854.

Ethereum developers tested a new upgrade on the Hoodi testnet, an event widely watched because the other two tests, Holesky and Sepolia, failed to work correctly. Staking providers used the test to prepare for the Pectra upgrade of the Ethereum network.

A fall for the Ethereum (ETH) price is continuing to occur, and not just against its dollar pair, but also against Bitcoin (BTC), and its layer 1 competitors. Is this the end for Ethereum, or is there a way back for the number 2 cryptocurrency by market cap?

The Aave DAO community has formalized the integration of Chainlink Smart Value Recapture (SVR) on the Ethereum mainnet, with the goal of recovering the value extractable from oracles (Oracle Extractable Value, OEV) related to liquidations and converting it into a new source of revenue for the protocol. The decision, confirmed by an on-chain vote, marks a turning point for decentralized finance (DeFi), ushering in a sustainable model that reintegrates into the system the value technically lost during liquidation operations.

Cryptocurrencies declined on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of a pivotal week for U.S. economic policy. What Happened: Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fell 2.5% to $85,100 over the past 24 hours, continuing Thursday's downtrend.

Ethereum (ETH) saw buying from whales at levels under $2,000. Selling pressure comes from hack and exploit wallets, while sentiment remains neutral.

Today, over $14.21 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) options are set to expire, an event that could shake up short-term price trends. Traders are closely watching how this massive expiry will impact market movement. Market Performance Falls Short Bitcoin options expiring today have a total value of $12.

In the last one year, the XRP market has experienced a significant rise of 257.9%. During the period, Bitcoin has surged by just 20.8%, and Ethereum has dropped by over 46.6%. A cryptocurrency analyst, identified as Dark Defender, predicts that XRP will outperform Bitcoin and Ethereum in the future. Here is everything you should know.

Ethereum trades at $2,007 amid historically low retail interest, with analysts divided on whether a bullish breakout or further decline lies ahead.

This week, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Toncoin in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) At the start of this week, Ethereum had a good attempt at a relief rally, but the bullish momentum soon stopped when the price reached $2,000.

The crypto market is back in bearish territory after major cryptocurrencies registered a notable decline over the past 24 hours. As a result, the crypto market cap is down 1.20% and currently sits at $2.83 trillion.

Ethereum (ETH) is struggling to maintain its recent bullish momentum after failing to break above the 26-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), a critical resistance that has capped price gains for weeks. Currently trading around $2,095, ETH remains under this dynamic ceiling, raising concerns about a potential trend reversal.