- Ethereum ICO participants have moved a significant portion of their holdings.
- Interest in whales and ETH retail dropped.
Due to the rising bearish sentiment in the market, the price of Ethereum is rising [ETH] dropped significantly, below the $3,000 mark.
First coin offering
In November 2016, the Golem Project conducted a successful Initial Coin Offering (ICO), raising a significant amount of 820,000 ETH.
Over a period of 37 days, Golem transferred 36,000 ETH to major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance [BNB], Coinbase and Bitfinex. This transfer amounted to approximately $115 million.
Despite these transfers, Golem still owned a significant amount of ETH, with a press-time balance of 231,400 ETH, worth approximately $656 million.
This indicates that Golem maintained a strong financial position and may be making strategic plans for future developments.
When a large amount of cryptocurrency hits the exchanges, selling pressure arises. This means that there is more ETH available for purchase, potentially exceeding current demand and causing the price to drop.
Furthermore, a large holder like Golem moving its ETH to exchanges could cause speculation in the market.
Investors may interpret this as a sign that Golem believes the price of ETH is about to fall, causing them to sell their own holdings to avoid losses. This can create a snowball effect, pushing the price down further.
Source: Etherscan
The sell-off of these tokens was not an isolated event. AMBCrypto’s analysis of Santiment’s data indicated that major addresses were losing interest in ETH and their holdings had decreased.
Coupled with this, retail interest had also waned in recent days. This indicated a potential lack of overall demand across investor segments, further increasing selling pressure.
Source: Santiment
New developments on the Ethereum network
Despite these factors, the development of the Ethereum network continued to rise.
Ethereum developers recently held a online meeting to discuss the Pectra upgrade, a major update to the Ethereum blockchain. The upcoming launch of Pectra Devnet 1 is on hold pending other software updates.
Researchers presented ways to improve data collection on the software diversity used to run Ethereum. Additionally, they discussed a new feature to prevent software bugs from disrupting the network.
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The meeting also included discussions about possible further changes in the future, but no final decisions were made.
At the time of writing, ETH was trading at $2,914.63 and its price had fallen 3.19% over the past 24 hours.