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I'm not going to decorate this answer with a load of data or spoon feed it because my confidence is generally quite low to make a bold prediction but it feels like ETH is becoming scarce again.
If you do any meaningful DeFi you can see it on the utilisation rates on the big markets; Aave was at \~71% utilisation when the exit queue was at its peak and ramping down and now we're at around 89.3% meaning we're quite close to wstETH/ETH loops becoming unprofitable. Morpho ETH markets have been all but unusable for loopers for kicking on 10 days now and it's only a matter of time before Aave falls to it as well.
I'm sure I could check the chain to validate this, but based on logical flows it makes sense that a lot of the ETH that exited on the previous exit queue spike made its way onto Aave to be held for liquidity's sake rather than insta-dumped. Some of it obviously was given the atrocious price action but that would explain some of the subsequent price movements we've seen since; there was another glut of ETH sitting on Aave that needed flushing out.
I don't predict a short squeeze imminently, however I do think it's quite notable that Aave utilisation rates have shot up in such a short space of time and as someone absolutely wired in to these rates I'm starting to unwind some of my leveraged looping positions precisely because the amount of ETH available on these lending markets is drying up.
Right now I'm looking for signals to help me cope as a holder and this is one of my stronger ones.

Majors: SOL, HYPE
Mid Caps: ENA, PUMP
Small Caps: AVICI, CARDS
All of these projects have been fairly successful and are at good prices. Pretty much what I'm holding now if you add ETH.

Would be a tard to buy L1s people don't use and make no money. Seriously, just open Defilama and look at activity & fees lol. Not hard.
SOL & HYPE have issuing and trading cornered.
BTC & ETH lead as SOV.
All this crap no one uses like Algo, Cardano, XRP, Hbar... pointless. Being manipulated by drowning bag holders running many accounts. Users or out of discussion.

that’s a pretty sensible way to handle it. a 25–30% range feels wide enough to avoid constant tinkering but still meaningful when ETH is trending.
closing positions instead of forcing a rebalance when the market’s against you also seems underrated. sometimes the best move really is just stepping aside and waiting for a cleaner re-entry.
when you reopen around 2800, do you usually stick with a similar range again, or adjust based on how volatility’s been behaving at the time?

Spot minimums are defined as a **minimum volume in the base currency** (the left side of the pair): **BTC trade minimum = 0.0001 BTC**, **ETH trade minimum = 0.01 ETH**, and common fiat minimums like **EUR/USD/GBP = 5** units (Different ones depending on the asset)

On the other hand if you're referring to trading perps, then you need to think about [lot size](https://support.kraken.com/articles/4844359082772-linear-multi-collateral-derivatives-contract-specifications?mode=consumerapp). You can therefore trade perp contracts on KF for very very very little.

Feels more like a rough phase than loss of edge — price is lagging, but the core activity and liquidity still anchor to ETH.

ETH / SOL

Of course, a good investment should compensate for all this suffering.
The point I want to make is that the lack of an established valuation model or narrative leads to a lacking connection between adoption/tech and price.
So what if a valuation model which is gonna be accepted in a decade is coming to the conclusion that ETH was overvalued for years and now it is just its fair value? Or in other words: What if we have been overestimating the actual valuation of ETH all day long?

> llamaswap
Do you mean [this](https://swap.defillama.com/?chain=ethereum&from=0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000&tab=swap) aggregator?
It's also good and works great, but it contains fewer chains. For example, there is no Tron, and you can't find an exchange for native BTC to native ETH. I use DeFiLama to search within DEX for the ETH network.

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Blockchain Metrics January 2026 (ETH, BTC, BSC, SOL, TRON)

Vitalik moved ~$1.9M worth of ETH — market watching closely

Ethereum definitely feels stuck in an uncomfortable middle right now. The price hasn’t reflected years of development, and the story around ETH feels messy compared to the clean narratives other chains are pushing. L2s, modular chains, and faster competitors have made Ethereum look slow and expensive on the surface, which doesn’t help sentiment.
That said, when you look past price and noise, most real activity in crypto still touches Ethereum somewhere. DeFi liquidity, stablecoins, NFTs, and infrastructure are still deeply rooted in the Ethereum ecosystem, even when users don’t interact with L1 directly anymore. That kind of network effect doesn’t disappear overnight.
So the debate isn’t really about whether Ethereum is failing, but whether the market still values slow, boring execution over hype-driven growth. Ethereum has always moved cautiously, and that can feel frustrating in bull markets. The question is whether that approach proves its value again when the excitement fades.

I’ve been with one for a bit now and payouts have been steady if you actually hit targets. Biggest plus is when they let you trade lots of alt pairs instead of just BTC/ETH so you’re not stuck watching one chart.

CFT’s been fine for that, with a decent list and rules that don’t freak out every hour.

There is QRL (Quantum Resistant Ledger) blockchain which is built on the NIST standardized post-quantum cryptography since their launch in 2018. Externally audited, open source, decentralized and starting to gain popularity this last year. Also there is big upgrade coming this year that will bring smart contracts and proof of stake consensus. I recommend looking into it.
**QRL basically solved the problem 8 years ago, so there is no risk for them.**
And it's important to be quantum resistant since the first block, because all the other projects (like BTC, ETH,...) will have huge problems with migration of the current vulnerable coins/tokens/smart contracts/... as that requires manual action from every single user.
If Q-day happens before 2030 (some estimations point even to year 2028) then I don't think there is any chance for existing chains to fully upgrade AND migrate their coins to be quantum safe.

"Reducing" ETH to a two-line explanation, even for the guy at the bar, is really doing it a disservice.. ETH is much more complex and (thank God!) useful than BTC.. Why drop at its level??

Buy BTC/ETH and chill 😎

But sorry, given where we are, I think 99% of BTC or ETH holders are now at a loss...
BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE FUCK WE KEEP GOING DOWN!?

The problem is that the more we are suffering due to insufficient price action to the upside for years now the higher ETH needs to go to compensate for this torture.
Even accounted for inflation alone the $10k target from 2021 needs to be corrected to $12k. And this isn't even compensating for the torture in terms of brutal bear markets and missed inflation adjusted ATHs.
On the other side ... The market couldn't care less about the torture we have been going through. But then there is neither a widely accepted valuation model for Ethereum nor a widely accepted narrative (like gold as the "safe heaven" for no reason other than the narrative of gold being a "safe heaven").

It’s frustrating - I agree.
ETH had a cursed third cycle, similar to what happened to XRP after the SEC lawsuit. Hopefully that’s behind us, and the fourth cycle treats ETH much better. At these levels, ETH is clearly undervalued - that much I’m confident about. I’ve always been prepared to hold it all the way to zero if needed, so now we see how 2026 plays out.
Food for thought: maybe the cycle simply extends. The PMI is finally ticking up after 38 months, which matters more than most people realize. There’s still a non-zero chance Tom Lee’s bullish predictions play out - just later than originally expected.
[https://www.ismworld.org/globalassets/pub/research-and-surveys/rob/pmi/wolf202601pmi.pdf](https://www.ismworld.org/globalassets/pub/research-and-surveys/rob/pmi/wolf202601pmi.pdf)