Ethereum is showing a notable shift in on-chain behavior, as the network records its strongest wave of profit realization in weeks. After a period of steady accumulation and price recovery, a growing number of holders are now locking in gains. The spike reflects a meaningful shift in on-chain behavior as more investors move into profitable territory once again. What Rising Realized Profits Reveal About Ethereum Market Sentiment In a recent X post, Santiment Intelligence revealed that Ethereum has recorded its highest level of network realized profit in the past three weeks, with approximately $74.58 million in gains locked in. This surge in profit-taking comes as ETH’s price has declined 5.5% over the last three days, creating a seemingly counterintuitive market dynamic. Related Reading: Ethereum Sees Sharp Decline In High-Leverage Long Positions — See What Happens Next Currently, holders with a much lower cost are selling into the dip. A significant number of investors accumulated ETH when it traded below $2,000 during February and March, a period when savvy traders also accumulated, despite war fears and macro uncertainty across the crypto market. Traders who bought aggressively during those weaker conditions are still holding strong unrealized gains even after the current mid-May correction. As a result, some of those wallets are now choosing to secure profits while market conditions remain relatively favorable. At the same time, the data showed a significant increase in on-chain movement, and the 4-hour candles reveal a notable price action compression around the $2,241 level, suggesting a high on-chain activity distribution. Higher transaction volume results in more realized profit-and-loss events, meaning even relatively modest profits from individual wallets can collectively generate large realized profit totals at the network level when volume intensifies. Santiment noted that, based on current ETH trader behavior, caution should be exercised, but this doesn’t mean the market will be bearish. Watch out for deeper realized losses as a potential bottoming signal, and don’t position too aggressively until stronger signs emerge that the current distribution phase is nearing completion. Fidelity Brings Institutional Liquidity Fund To Ethereum The Etherealize has reported on X that Fidelity International has officially launched FILQ, a tokenized money market fund issued as an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, marking another major step in the institutional shift toward on-chain finance. Related Reading: Ethereum Lands JPMorgan’s New Tokenized Money Market Fund FILQ represents an on-chain version of Fidelity’s $7 billion institutional liquidity fund, maintaining the same core strategy and a Moody’s AAA-mf rating, with a key upgrade to 24/7 subscription and redemption. Meanwhile, some of the world’s largest asset managers are increasingly tokenizing cash and choosing ETH as the settlement layer. This shift aligns with comments from Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, who recently emphasized the pace of this transformation, stating that the market is underestimating how quickly all financial assets could become tokenized. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
The shift comes after the Kelp DAO exploit drained $292 million from its LayerZero-powered bridge, increasing concerns over the security of cross-chain infrastructure.
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Investors are piling into leveraged ETFs at a record pace, turning the Bitcoin risk-on boom into a test of whether speculative demand can survive hotter inflation and fading expectations of Fed rate cuts. Bitcoin trades near $81,000 as of May 15, close enough to the $86,900 resistance ceiling to make a breakout plausible and to […]
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Stocks, gold and crypto slide while crude oil tops $100 and traders rapidly reprice Fed expectations for rate hikes.
BloFin, a prominent global cryptocurrency exchange, has officially opened registration for its highly anticipated trading competition, the WOW (War of Whales) 2026 Grand Prix.
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Crypto analyst Tice has declared that an Ethereum price rally to $4,000 isn’t a moonshot but one that is bound to happen. This came as he revealed that he was accumulating ETH based on the technicals, which point to a buy sentiment. Analyst Reveals Ethereum Price Rally To $4,000 As A Structural Magnet In an X post, Tice stated that an Ethereum price rally to $4,000 wasn’t a moonshot but a structural magnet. He further remarked that he was loading up on ETH while everyone is giving up. His conviction in ETH is based on the technicals, which point to an imminent rally for the second-largest crypto by market cap. Related Reading: Ethereum Is Not Dead: Why Market Experts Are Still Predicting A Rise Above $10,000 The analyst noted that ETH’s structure was compressing while liquidity had been flushed. At the same time, the Ethereum price is forming higher lows under maximum doubt, and it is clear that the forced selling has been absorbed. Tice declared that this is not a weakness but the accumulation phase coming to an end, which will then usher in the breakout. Tice also mentioned that the Ethereum price structure has refused to break under this much fear, which points to an imminent violent move to the upside. In another X post, the analyst doubled down on his bullish outlook for ETH. He noted that Ethereum is the most uncomfortable asset to hold right now, but that is exactly why it is going to explode. He likened the current Ethereum price action to that of Netflix, which he noted spent years in a range and retested the lows six times before seeing a parabolic move to the upside. Tice declared that Ethereum is running the identical playbook, with the same compression, same frustration, and the same crowd walking away. As such, the analyst assured that ETH is not broken but is simply loading for its parabolic move to the upside. Sell Signal Flashes For ETH On the other hand, crypto analyst Ali Martinez has provided a bearish outlook for Ethereum, noting that a new sell signal has just flashed for ETH. He pointed to the TD Sequential indicator, which he said has been incredibly precise at anticipating ETH trends over the past year. The analyst added that every signal this indicator has flashed on the weekly timeframe has been validated by significant price action. Related Reading: Ethereum Shortfall Says Price Is Headed Lower Unless This Happens As such, Martinez believes that the Ethereum price is entering another corrective phase with this new sell signal. He highlighted three downside targets if selling pressure accelerates. These targets are $1,900, $1,565, and $1,090, which are the short-term, mid-term, and long-term downside targets, respectively. At the time of writing, the Ethereum price is trading at around $2,260, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
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