Ethereum’s metrics that could determine your portfolio value this week

ambcrypto.com:

It is not usual for the crypto markets to be dominated by an altcoin. But this seems to be the crypto climate at the moment with Ethereum tearing it apart on the price charts.

The number one altcoin has racked up a slow day in the office but still managed over 12% of profits over the week. On top of that, the 30-day gains have crossed more than 60% for ETH as things stand.

Well, undeniably, the $2K breakout this week raised many eyebrows in the crypto community after the final testnet was accomplished.

However, the ETH storm has calmed down. And, at press time, ETH was hovering below the $2k resistance.

Notably, this has not stopped the social channels from being flooded with talks about Ethereum and especially the Merge.

According to Lunar Crush, Ethereum topped the social activity charts among top cryptocurrencies.

The rapid surge in social activity is visible in the social volume metric of Ethereum. As per the chart below, we can see how Ethereum has regularly maintained a high index value in the past few weeks.

Source: Santiment

Meanwhile, the interest in the Proof-of-Stake transition continues to attract investors.

According to the analytic firm Glassnode, the total value in the ETH 2.0 contracts reached an all-time high of 13,302,229 ETH on 14 August. This echoes the increasing confidence of the crypto community in Ethereum’s most high-profile upgrade of all time.

Source: Glassnode

Glassnode also claimed that profitability on ETH trading has increased of late.

This is of no surprise since the prices have been on a swing as they rebounded from June’s bottom.

In fact, the MVRV (1d MA) reached a 3-month high of 1.226 on 14 August with the previous similar high observed at 1.225 on 13 August.

Source: Glassnode

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