Long-term holding trends in the crypto market have taken an intriguing turn this year as Ethereum surpassed Bitcoin in retaining such investors.<\/p>\n
Despite Bitcoin\u2019s 122% surge compared to Ethereum\u2019s 48% growth in the past year, the increase in the long-term holders of the latter highlighted rising market confidence as 2025 approaches.<\/p>\n
According to IntoTheBlock data<\/a>, the percentage of long-term Ether (ETH) holders has steadily surpassed that of Bitcoin (BTC) investors throughout 2024. The year-to-date trend indicates a declining share of long-term Bitcoin holders, which currently stands at a little over 62%.<\/p>\n On the other hand, long-term ETH holders began the year with a notable rise, thereby outpacing their BTC counterparties early on and stabilizing at 75.06%. This divergence in investor behavior, with Ethereum seeing stronger retention among long-term participants compared to Bitcoin over the past year.<\/p>\n This shift comes even as Ethereum didn\u2019t hit its all-time high price like Bitcoin. However, it is important to note that the world\u2019s largest altcoin saw plenty of other developments. For instance, spot Ether ETFs received approval<\/a>, which sparked interest without driving a major price rally. Anthony Sassano, a leading Ethereum advocate and educator, projected<\/a> that Ether ETFs could see net inflows exceeding $50 billion in 2025.<\/p>\n In addition to making crypto a key part of his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump also supported the DeFi platform \u201cWorld Liberty Financial,\u201d which has been built on Ethereum. This reflects Ethereum being a strong contender in the DeFi space despite a flurry of alternatives.<\/p>\n On the technology side of things, Ethereum became more affordable after the Dencun<\/a> upgrade, which introduced proto-danksharding that involves slashing transaction fees across Layer 2 solutions to offer users faster and cheaper alternatives to the mainnet.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which measures market sentiment, dropped<\/a> to 65 on December 30, the lowest since October 15, amid Bitcoin\u2019s more than 12% decline to $93,000 over the past two weeks. After peaking at 94 in November, the index stayed above 70 through December, driven by optimism over pro-crypto US election results before the recent slump.<\/p>\n However, the author James Williams asserted<\/a> that Bitcoin has re-entered its accumulation zone, and a potential buildup phase could be ahead of a significant price move. The investor predicted a period of consolidation lasting a few weeks, which could pave the way for a breakout. With confidence in Bitcoin\u2019s trajectory, he forecasted a price of $131,500 or higher by Q1 2025, calling it \u201cinevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n The post ETH Outpaces BTC in Long-Term Holder Retention Throughout 2024: ITB<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long-term holding trends in the crypto market have taken an intriguing turn this year as Ethereum surpassed Bitcoin in retaining such investors. Despite Bitcoin\u2019s 122% surge compared to Ethereum\u2019s 48% growth in the past year, the increase in the long-term holders of the latter highlighted rising market confidence as 2025 approaches. Ethereum Shows Stronger Long-Term […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bitcoin in Accumulation Zone?<\/h2>\n