Why Ethereum Retail Investors Remain ‘Sidelined’—Even as Institutions Buy Billions
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In brief Ethereum jumps 7.75% from Sunday’s low, highlighting its resilience amid macro headwinds. A spike in spot ETF inflows and fresh wallets buying the top second crypto highlights sophisticated investor demand. Experts attribute mindset and opportunities as key reasons why retail investors are sidelined. Ethereum’s strong performance in the second quarter is a testament to rising institutional demand, according to analysts. But futures data shows a divergence as retail investors appear to be on the sidelines. The primary drivers of this divide are a lack of capital, unequal access to information, and a difference in mindset between the two cohorts, according to experts who spoke to Decrypt on Tuesday. At the time of writing, Ethereum is overcoming macro headwinds, undoing last week’s losses with a 7.75% jump from Sunday’s low, according to CoinGecko. ETH is currently changing hands for $3,661.11 after having gained 3% in the past day. The total net assets held within U.S. spot Ethereum exchange traded funds, or ETFs, reached a record high of $21.52 billion on July 31. Experts have said it’s a clear sign of institutional appetite. “Institutional clients turn to regulated digital asset platforms to hedge macro risk,” Emma Shi, Head of HashKey OTC, told Decrypt. The top two cryptos serve as “alternative stores of value and potential hedges” and are increasingly being considered in this context. This trend is a result of the activity of corporate treasuries like Bitminer (BMNR), which emerged as the world’s largest holder of Ethereum, currently possessing a staggering 833,000 ETH, worth $3 billion. “We have separated ourselves among crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high liquidity of our stock,” BitMine’s Chairman Tom Lee said in a statement yesterday. Lookonchain data provides an even more granular view of…
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