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The Ethereum price action has not inspired much confidence recently. It has stayed mostly flat over the past 24 hours and remains down over 5% in the past seven days. Yet a small recovery attempt is underway. Since February 19, Ethereum has rebounded about 4.5%, helped by a bullish divergence on the daily chart. This signal usually suggests that selling pressure is weakening. But at the same time, a sharp drop in staking demand is raising a new question. Is returning liquidity quietly building pressure against this recovery? Bullish Divergence Appears, Yet Falling Staking Demand May Be Returning Supply Ethereum’s recent rebound began after a bullish divergence formed between February 15 and February 19. A bullish divergence occurs when the price makes a lower low while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) makes a higher low. RSI is a momentum indicator that shows whether selling or buying pressure is stronger. When RSI improves while price falls, it often signals that sellers are losing strength, allowing a rebound to begin. This is why Ethereum managed to recover from its February 6 low near $1,740 and climb back toward $1,970, at press time. Weak Bullish Divergence: TradingView Want more token insights like this? Sign up for Editor Harsh Notariya’s Daily Crypto Newsletter here. However, while the chart signaled recovery, Ethereum’s staking data, compiled exclusively by BeInCrypto analysts, began to show the opposite trend. Staking means locking ETH inside the network to help secure Ethereum and earn rewards. When ETH is staked, it reduces the liquid supply because those coins cannot be easily sold. But when demand falls, that supply can return to the market and increase selling risk. Ethereum’s 6-month cumulative net staking deposits dropped from 1,994,282 ETH on January 13 to 1,008,012 ETH on February 22. This is a decline of about 986,000 ETH,…

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