A Core Ethereum Stat Hammered to 6 Months Low, as ETH Sink Below $3K

• Ethereum market value is being controlled by bears for previous 3 months, professional traders set to chuck up the sponge.
• Because of delay in network upgrade, aggravating macroeconomics condition, and 3 month lengthy cost correction, annoyance is rising among professional traders.
• As this article was being written, Ethereum was trading at a market value of $2511.37, down by 12.18% in previous 24 hours.

Lost Support

Ethereum market value got off track of $3,600 support zone as Fed’s December Federal Open Market Committee meeting represented that authorities were committed to descend its balance sheet and ascend its rates of interest. In 2022.

Even with that roaming treat, Ethereum got its own issues, more particularly, escalated gas fees going ablove $40. As per Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum is required to become more lightweight in respect to blockchain data, so individuals can easily utilize and handle it.

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Vitalik Buterin’s interview stressed more on Ethereum 2.0’s update, which was simply implemented after 6 years. Merge and Surge phases are included in roadmap stages, ensued by “implementation of full sharding.” As per Buterin, after implementation they’ll get down to 80% completion of network’s upgrade estimatedly.

For the ones making analysis regarding Ether’s performance over previous months, present value seems appealing as the digital asset is bearish in contrast of its all time high. However, short sighted perspective disregards massive gain ETH has accrued up till 10 November 2021.

As shown in the chart above, Etheruem’s total value locked slipped from $166 Billion to $120.5 Billion currently. Meanwhile, contending smart contract are experiencing a surge in TVL, like Terra jumped to over $20 Billion.

Because of delays in network update, aggravating microeconomic circumstances and 3 months long value correction. Professional traders are obviously getting annoyed because of it.

Ethereum Futures On The Verge of Fall

Quarterly futures are generally the equipments preferred by arbitrage desks and whales, because of their settlement dates and differences in values from spot markets. Greatest benefit of these contracts is deficit in funding rates fluctuations.

These contracts generally trade at a small premium to spot markets, pointing out that more money to be demanded by sellers to hold back settlement longer. So it is best that futures trade around 5-15 percent annualized premium in flourishing markets. The condition is called contango technically, and is not exclusive to digital asset market.

3 months annualized premium of ether futures. Source: Laevitas

As shown in aforementioned chart, Ethereum future contracts premium has fallen 20% to 5.5%, just above threshold of neutral markets. Though basis indicator stays affirmative, it arrived at minimum level in 6 months.

10th January’s crash below $3,000 was sufficient to wash away any bullish sentiment. Most significantly, delayed updates and escalated gas fees might drive investors away.

As this article was being written, Ethereum was trading at $2511.37, down by 12.18% in past 24 hours.