Ethereum Weekly (2/10/22)

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Ethereum Weekly - Edition 10

Welcome to the latest edition of Ethereum Weekly!

Ethereum (ETH) fell nearly $100 last week as crypto regulations surrounding staking in the United States spooked the crypto market, especially ETH which is built upon staking now since the "merge" last September.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has clearly put crypto staking at the top of its list regarding potential regulations. The agency got Kraken to pay a $30 million settlement for breaking security rules surrounding staking in the United States. The proof-of-stake (POS)  ETH dropped 6.5% after the news was released, mirroring the fall of other "alt" coins that also operate on a POS mechanism. The timing could not be more interesting with the Shanghai upgrade due out next month which will allow Ether validators to begin withdrawing both their ETH being staking and the resulting rewards. With nearly $30B worth of coins soon to be unlocked at today's price, there is a lot riding on the short term for those holding Ether.

To become a validator on the Ethereum network you have to stake 32 ETH in a POS smart contract. Since this works out to close to $50K, smaller investors turn to third-party staking services that will pool ETH together. With the SEC focused on staking, this could no longer be an option in the US which could significantly hurt the world's second-largest cryptocurrency price moving forward.

From a technical standpoint, ETH has been holding its support level at just over $1,500. The recent downtrend has Ethereum close to dropping below the 200-day moving average which could see it lose the support level and risk another $300 toward the downside. 

All eyes will remain on the SEC to see what actions it takes next along with the progress of the next set of upgrades over the next 4-6 weeks or so.

The Crypto Greed and Fear Index highlighted below sits at 48 in the "Neutral" range and down 12 points from where it was at last week.


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Ethereum Price Statistics (as of 2/9/2023, daily close)

  • Ethereum Price = $1,545

  • Last Week =$1,641

  • Weekly High = $1,643

  • Weekly Low = $1,535

  • Market Cap = $185,547,216,691

  • Market Cap Dominance =17.489%

  • All-Time High = $4,878.26 on November 10, 2021


statistics provided by CoinGecko

Ethereum Fun Fact of the Week

Swiss company Ethereum Switzerland GmbH (EthSuisse) began the formal development of the underlying Ethereum software back in 2014.


Ethereum Staking Statistics

  • Validators = 514,776

  • Block Time = 12.07 seconds

  • Staking Ratio = 14.3%

  • Total Supply = 122,373,866

statistics provided by StakingRewards

Crypto Fear & Greed Index

index provided by Alternative


What is Ethereum?

Ethereum (ETH) is a digital cryptocurrency that is known for being a blockchain technology that operates decentralized apps (dapps) such as decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), stablecoins, lending, and more. First proposed by Vitalik Buterin who published a whitepaper in 2013 and went live as a network in July 2015, Ethereum claims it is not controlled by a centralized authority but that can be questioned. Ethereum went through the "merge" in 2022 moving from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake mechanism becoming much more environmentally friendly. 

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For more on the Ethereum Whitepaper, please read the I Finally Read the Ethereum Whitepaper on Publish0x written by CryptoMasterMiner

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Resources

  1. https://www.investing.com/crypto/ethereum/historical-data

  2. https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/

  3. https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum

  4. https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price

  5. https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHUSD/

  6. https://ycharts.com/indicators/reports/ethereum_statistics

  7. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/

  8. https://coinlib.io/coin/ETH/Ethereum

  9. https://coincheckup.com/coins/ethereum

  10. https://cryptopanic.com/news/ethereum/

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