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In a dramatic shift within the cryptocurrency market, the ratio of ETH to BTC has dropped to a five-year low of 0.02193, signaling a significant underperformance by Ether in relation to Bitcoin. This drop represents a 39% decrease in Ether’s value compared to Bitcoin over the course of 2025—a year that, until this point, many had thought would be a bull market for Ethereum. This is the first time in the 12 months following a Bitcoin reward halving that Ether has not managed to outperform Bitcoin. Historically, Bitcoin halving events have been associated with significant price increases for both assets, yet this time, Ethereum has lagged behind. The ETH/BTC ratio dropped to a five-year low of 0.02193. Ether has fallen 39% relative to bitcoin this year. It’s the first time ETH has underperformed BTC in the 12 months after a bitcoin reward halving. The last time ether underperformed bitcoin to a similar degree was in the… — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 31, 2025 Ethereum’s Struggles: A Five-Year Low The plunge in the ETH/BTC ratio is remarkable since it registers the lowest point in five years, a depth not reached since Q3 2019. At that time, the ratio had plummeted to 0.0164, with Ether undergoing a quarterly drop of 46% compared to Bitcoin. And while we have moved on from that period, this latest nosedive in the ratio clearly signals that the market favors Bitcoin over Ether, which now seems to be lagging. This year’s Ethereum underperformance is significant for a variety of reasons. Ether’s price has seemed principally directed, in terms of investor attention, toward Bitcoin. This happened in the wake of a halving event, when the reward for mining Bitcoin was reduced by half. Before we understood the potential of Ethereum, people thought of it as a digital asset,…

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