Over $1.22 Billion in ETH Leaves Crypto Exchanges Amid Spot Ethereum ETF Approval Optimism

The cryptocurrency market traded mostly high this week, led by Bitcoin and Ethereum, with other cryptocurrencies, including Cardano, XRP, and AVAX, also showing heightened price movements. LINK emerged as a big gainer, trading at $20.42 after a 10.16% gain in the past day and a remarkable 27.12% gain in the past week.

Timeline of Ethereum

British Virgin Islands, February 13, 2024 – DeFi lending protocol & decentralized exchange Dolomite has announced its long-awaited launch on Polygon zkEVM, expanding its protocol to one of the largest and most vibrant ecosystems in crypto.

DR Sei upgrades its Devnet with a parallelized EVM for rapid application deployment. Ethereum developers can now deploy their applications on the project without modifying their code. The firm aims to offer an experience similar to traditional web applications, with high speed and efficiency.

Wall Street titan and Asset manager Franklin Templeton has applied for an Ethereum Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) after a struggle to gain approval for their Bitcoin Spot ETF in early January. Asset Manager Files For Spot Ethereum ETF Asset managers have gravitated toward the Ethereum spot ETF since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Spot Bitcoin ETF.

The new token type claims to solve some of the drawbacks with ERC-404s, an experimental standard that launched last week – to such popularity that it's already driven up congestion on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum has shed a significant part of its supply since the London upgrade, applied in August 2021. According to ultrasound.money, a portal that records several statistics associated with the ETH burn, over 4 million ether (3.2%) have been removed from the network since the adoption of EIP-1559, which changed how fees are calculated.

Ethereum (ETH) is showing a noteworthy pattern in the options market. According to data from Deribit, a leading platform for crypto futures and options trading, there's a significant concentration of call options for ETH around the $4,000 strike price for both the June and September expiries.

The Ethereum community is excitedly buzzing after the seamless deployment of the Dencun upgrade on the Holesky testnet Wednesday, signalling a significant milestone for the crypto network. This groundbreaking development ignited a surge in Ethereum's value, with the price soaring to an impressive $2,425.

In early 2024, the Securities and Exchange (SEC) approved the launch of over 10 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a landmark decision. In the months leading up to the announcement, the price of Bitcoin rose dramatically, going from less than $30,000 in late October to above $48,000 in early January.

Draper, Utah, February 8th, 2024, Chainwire Giddy, the self-custody smart wallet that connects crypto holders to DeFi earning opportunities, is integrating Coinbase Cloud's Partial ETH Staking product so users can stake any amount of ETH to validate the Ethereum network

DR ARK 21Shares modifies its Ethereum ETF application to seek greater institutional acceptance of cryptocurrencies. The introduction of a cash-creation and redemption model in the Ethereum ETF application aims to align with established regulations and enhance the ETF's tracking ability.