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It's been a boring past few weeks in the crypto markets. As CryptoSlate<\/a> has covered, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a majority of altcoins<\/a> have effectively flatlined.<\/p>\n

Yet data shows that investors, at least investors in ETH, are shaking off the uncertainties in the markets, accumulating as fast as they can.<\/p>\n

Ethereum investors continue to stack millions worth of the crypto<\/h2>\n

According to<\/a> blockchain analytics firm Glassnode<\/a>, the number of Ethereum addresses holding over one coin recently reached a new all-time high of 1,074,282 addresses. This metric has seen consistent growth since the start of the year.<\/p>\n

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Graph of the number of Ethereum addresses holding over one ETH from Glassnode. Current as of June 28th.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notably, there has also<\/a> been<\/a> growth in the number of addresses holding over 32 and 100 coins, but some of this growth is a byproduct of PlusToken's Ethereum mixing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ethereum's recent setbacks: DeFi hack, high fees, ETH 2.0 uncertainty<\/h2>\n

The strong accumulating habits of ETH investors comes in spite of a number of setbacks that are taking place.<\/p>\n

For one, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol named Balancer<\/a> was just exploited on the weekend for $500k in ETH and altcoins such as LINK.<\/a> The attacker leveraged an exploit in how the protocol implemented a deflationary cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

This marks the first hack in an era where DeFi is quickly becoming crypto's hottest trend, with a growing market influence and a swelling user count.<\/p>\n

Tangentially related, Ethereum users have had to deal with extremely high fees over recent weeks. Former Messari<\/a> executive Qiao Wang says that these fees could threaten Ethereum's efficacy as the foremost smart-contract blockchain.<\/a><\/p>\n

Referencing a personal experience he had with the blockchain and transactions, he wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“So long as ETH 2.0 is not fully rolled out, there's an obvious opportunity for a highly scalable blockchain to dethrone Ethereum. Paying $10 transaction fee and waiting 15 seconds for settlement is just bad UX.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There's also uncertainty about ETH 2.0. BitMEX's<\/a> research division argued that due to the complexity of the upgrade, there are likely to be some delays.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cEthereum 2.0 is exceptionally complicated. With so many committees, shards and voting types it seems reasonably likely that something will go wrong and that there will be significant further delays.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bigger picture<\/h2>\n

Presumably, investors are casting aside these short-term setbacks and are taking a look at the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

Namely, the picture around ETH becoming more viable as an investment once Ethereum 2.0, EIP-1559<\/a>, and other improvements become implemented, which will lead to increased adoption<\/a> and more monetary like properties for the asset.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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