Tag: Ether

Ether has dramatically underperformed bitcoin as its investment case weakens

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Crypto investors are starting to question the investment opportunity in ether . Ethereum has always been seen as the blockchain with a stronger and more easily understood value proposition as a smart contracts platform that could power many different types of applications. Now, investors are reckoning with the possibility that ether may have lost some of its appeal, while bitcoin’s has never been clearer or broader. Ether, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is nearly 50% off its all-time high. It has underperformed bitcoin 44% since the Merge (which…

Ether Liquidity Plummets 40% On Exchanges After ETF Debut

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Este artículo también está disponible en español. Liquidity of Ether on US exchanges has plunged as much as 40% since the first spot Ether exchange-traded funds entered the market on July 23, 2024. Related Reading That is a move rather expectedly coming for traders and analysts that had previously viewed the ETFs as a means to improve market liquidity and therefore stabilize prices. Instead, what has taken place is rather different: the average market depth of 5% for ETH pairs has fallen to around $14 million. Meanwhile, offshore exchanges are…

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Rose 0.5% While Ether Price (ETH) Gained 0.9%

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Weeks After Ether ETF Debut, ETH Market Liquidity Down 20%

“Although the market liquidity for ETH pairs on centralized exchanges remains greater than what was at the beginning of the year, the liquidity has dropped by nearly 45% since its peak in June,” Jacob Joseph, a research analyst at CCData, told CoinDesk in an interview. “This is likely due to the poor market conditions and the seasonality effects in the summer, often accompanied by lower trading activity.” Source BitcoincryptoexchangeExchanges CryptoX Portal

Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows surge six-fold, Ether ETF outflows slow down

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Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. saw a significant jump in net positive flows while spot Ether ETFs outflows slowed down. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs logged outflows of $211.15 million on Sep. 5, a surge of over six times compared to the $37.29 million outflows recorded the previous day. Fidelity’s FBTC led the lot with $149.5 million leaving the fund. Biwise’s BITB, Grayscale’s GBTC, and Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust followed with recorded outflows of $30 million, $23.2 million, and $8.4 million, respectively.  Notably,…

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Fell 2.2% While Ether Price (ETH) Dropped 2.4% as the Coindesk 20 Trends Downward

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Switzerland’s Fourth-Biggest Bank ZKB Offers Retail Customers Bitcoin and Ether

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“When it comes to cryptocurrencies, Zürcher Kantonalbank takes on the critical function of securely storing the private keys. Customers and third-party banks therefore do not need their own wallet and therefore do not have to worry about storing their own private keys. Zürcher Kantonalbank takes care of both,” said Alexandra Scriba, head of institutional clients and Multinationals at Zürcher Kantonalbank, in a statement. Original

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Declines 2.4% While Ether Price (ETH) Drops 2.1%

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