More people are buying ETH

[Abiky]

If people are buying ETH the the demand should increase not decrease, that proves the statement isn't real. And price volatility is not a feature nor a bug, it is just the reaction of market's movement as per human emotions.

If ETH hasn't been able to experience new highs, it means that demand for it is low. Not even institutional investors' involvement with it has been any help. I'm sure this has to do with the fact that competing chains (eg: Solana, BNB) are much cheaper and faster to use than ETH. The world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap may have the largest liquidity, TVL, and De-Fi ecosystem, but other chains have a better user experience. Vitalik and team must come up with something new that would "blow" its rivals "out of the water". Otherwise, I don't see any future for ETH.

All of the eyes are on Bitcoin right now. And for obvious reasons. It's the first crypto that started this craze, and it's also "Digital Gold". What does ETH have that would attract both retail and institutional investors? Nothing other than serving as "gas" for smart contracts. Hopefully, things change for the better in the long run. We'll see what happens...

[Akbarkoe]

The opposite of what you think is happening, because currently since the price of Ethereum coin is being corrected, everyone is selling more than buying. In this new year, the price of Ethereum coin was 3k plus dollars but in February, it has almost halved and the price of Ethereum coin has now moved to 1951 dollars. So since the selling pressure is high, I think it is natural for the price of Ethereum to decrease.

Yes, you are right, my friend, ETH itself had a hard time printing a new ATH in the last cycle, meaning there were not more buyers than in the previous cycle, in fact Vitalik himself sold his ETH, and this selling pressure on Ethereum is not without reason because the market now sees that what Ethereum and its ecosystem have an opportunity to be caught up by other altcoins in terms of utility and ecosystem, especially since many other altcoins are better in terms of greater scalability and also cheaper gas fees on their networks, it is not surprising that selling pressure is higher, especially facing a bearish season.

[dwyane36]

What does ETH have that would attract both retail and institutional investors? Nothing other than serving as "gas" for smart contracts. Hopefully, things change for the better in the long run. We'll see what happens...

The statistics suggest otherwise. If you look at the Ethereum validator queue, you will see that many people are interested in ETH. The queue for entry has been over 67 days, and the total amount of ETH in staking is already more than 30% of the total supply.
As for the big players, the cumulative total net inflow of spot Ethereum ETFs is almost $12 billion, which also indicates increased interest from institutional investors.

[Abiky]

The statistics suggest otherwise. If you look at the Ethereum validator queue, you will see that many people are interested in ETH. The queue for entry has been over 67 days, and the total amount of ETH in staking is already more than 30% of the total supply.
As for the big players, the cumulative total net inflow of spot Ethereum ETFs is almost $12 billion, which also indicates increased interest from institutional investors.

Then why is it that prices keep going down? I understand the market has entered the "crypto winter". But even in "bullish" situations, ETH has been unable to reach a new ATH in price. It has never got past $5k. Last time, ETH was close to reaching $5k, only to take a step backwards.

At the time of this writing, ETH is almost $2k per coin. High demand should've prevented a major dip in market prices, imo. If the situation persists, ETH might go as low as $1.5k. That's "cheap" considering how ETH is the "King of De-Fi". Gas fees are insanely low these days. I still have faith in ETH, regardless of its poor market performance. Hoping it will get past $5k in the future, before "it's too late".

[jostorres]

The statistics suggest otherwise. If you look at the Ethereum validator queue, you will see that many people are interested in ETH. The queue for entry has been over 67 days, and the total amount of ETH in staking is already more than 30% of the total supply.
As for the big players, the cumulative total net inflow of spot Ethereum ETFs is almost $12 billion, which also indicates increased interest from institutional investors.

Then why is it that prices keep going down? I understand the market has entered the "crypto winter". But even in "bullish" situations, ETH has been unable to reach a new ATH in price. It has never got past $5k. Last time, ETH was close to reaching $5k, only to take a step backwards.

At the time of this writing, ETH is almost $2k per coin. High demand should've prevented a major dip in market prices, imo. If the situation persists, ETH might go as low as $1.5k. That's "cheap" considering how ETH is the "King of De-Fi". Gas fees are insanely low these days. I still have faith in ETH, regardless of its poor market performance. Hoping it will get past $5k in the future, before "it's too late".

But the all time high was in august of 2025? As in just 6-7 months ago, so it is not like we have seen ETH do this well before, why would we think that it didn't do well? Don't get me wrong, we have seen 4.7k price in the 2021 bull run, and we have seen 5k price in 2025 bull run so the gap between those is not a lot, for example bitcoin was 68k or so and yet it reached 125k which is nearly double the price and ETH did not have that and expectation of it was even higher. But we can't say it didn't do well, it did well, just not too much.

[bitgolden]

Not right now, we do not have people buying ETH at the moment and we are not seeing that much of a great situation at the moment, we should be considering how this could be a trouble for us because we are in the bear market and for that reason we should be considering how things could be worse if they keep on selling it and for that reason we should let it be for now.

I get that it is not going to be easy because prices are dropping but you can certainly use that as a way to make more money by buying it cheap.

[0xredhot]

More people buying ETH while Vitalik Dumps more Ethereum haha... To me ETH became stablecoin and most underperforming asset trough 2023-2026

[Easteregg69]

More people buying ETH while Vitalik Dumps more Ethereum haha... To me ETH became stablecoin and most underperforming asset trough 2023-2026

I hope he gets a coinoffer from Macdonalds after he is done with Food Court.

ETH man. Charles has a new chain coming leaving ADA as the ETC.

[Pressurizedem]

Not right now, we do not have people buying ETH at the moment and we are not seeing that much of a great situation at the moment, we should be considering how this could be a trouble for us because we are in the bear market and for that reason we should be considering how things could be worse if they keep on selling it and for that reason we should let it be for now.

I get that it is not going to be easy because prices are dropping but you can certainly use that as a way to make more money by buying it cheap.

What do we do when we're in the bear market? We do everything to hold us to the very top and become very straight in our dealings. The market is definitely no place for us to be come crying other than us sticking to the main thing that brought us here and that's nothing other than printing major profits for ourselves.

It's no coincidence that the there's present of vast numbers bagging ETH to their portfolio. They know this project will skyrocket to the moon in less than notime. Let's not forget in a hurry about how this project have been in the space and stay up just like Bitcoin. It's very important just as Bitcoin.

[Abiky]

Not right now, we do not have people buying ETH at the moment and we are not seeing that much of a great situation at the moment, we should be considering how this could be a trouble for us because we are in the bear market and for that reason we should be considering how things could be worse if they keep on selling it and for that reason we should let it be for now.

I get that it is not going to be easy because prices are dropping but you can certainly use that as a way to make more money by buying it cheap.

When you see ETH creator Vitalik Buterin selling his coins on the market, that's when you realize something's off. Things are not as bright for the cryptocurrency as its proponents claim it to be. I mean, the creator selling (dumping) all of his coins? That says a lot about ETH. It's a sign that even Vitalik himself doesn't trust or even like it. At least, that's how I see it. But I could be wrong.

Since momentum for ETH is low, don't expect it to reach a new ATH anytime soon. Maybe in the distant future. Probably when BTC goes all the way to $1m. Yet, BTC reached a new ATH of over $120k a few months ago (Oct 2025) leaving ETH was left behind in the dust. Not even "Wall Street" has been any help. I sure hope things improve in the long run. Only time will tell.

[Onyeeze]

As of early Feb 2026, BitMine is now the largest publicly traded #Ethereum treasury, holding ~4.305M ETH ; about 3.57% of the total circulating supply.
Tom Lee said the volatility is “a feature, not a bug,” calling Ethereum dramatically undervalued and a core macro trade for the next decade.

I think about you would have given us a backup or an evidence through a link where we can go and read more on the understand exactly what you mean, because I am not seeing ethereum like a coin that will specific the existence or the volatility of Bitcoin I am seeing Bitcoin as The Superior coin more than any other coin even a next 30 years to come bitcoin will still be on top of ethereum and the any other coin, so I want us to remember that Bitcoin is the one that give Rises to any other altcoins

[Emitdama]

When you see ETH creator Vitalik Buterin selling his coins on the market, that's when you realize something's off. Things are not as bright for the cryptocurrency as its proponents claim it to be. I mean, the creator selling (dumping) all of his coins? That says a lot about ETH. It's a sign that even Vitalik himself doesn't trust or even like it. At least, that's how I see it. But I could be wrong.

Since momentum for ETH is low, don't expect it to reach a new ATH anytime soon. Maybe in the distant future. Probably when BTC goes all the way to $1m. Yet, BTC reached a new ATH of over $120k a few months ago (Oct 2025) leaving ETH was left behind in the dust. Not even "Wall Street" has been any help. I sure hope things improve in the long run. Only time will tell.

I would say that's both true and also not. He is not the only person who is responsible for surviving ETH, because just like how satoshi is nowhere around us and yet bitcoin still goes strong, we could have Vitalik completely out and ETH could still survive.

But at the same time, we are talking about a coin that did what it suppose to do, which was create a chain where every token was created and hyped which kept ETH at the second place and that was not bad at all for a long time but looking at the competition ETH has right now, people prefer even SOL over ETH these days, so it could really go down.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Since momentum for ETH is low, don't expect it to reach a new ATH anytime soon. Maybe in the distant future. Probably when BTC goes all the way to $1m. Yet, BTC reached a new ATH of over $120k a few months ago (Oct 2025) leaving ETH was left behind in the dust. Not even "Wall Street" has been any help. I sure hope things improve in the long run. Only time will tell.

Yep, bitcoin going up even to $1m is not a guarantee that ETH will follow. It could be stuck like it did few months ago just running in the same place between $1900 - $4000.
I would rethink twice about investing into a coin where the key figure is selling right now, until the price going down signifcantly and the sell of is truly finished. I won't be investing even a small amount into this thing.

[0xredhot]

More people buying ETH while Vitalik Dumps more Ethereum haha... To me ETH became stablecoin and most underperforming asset trough 2023-2026

I hope he gets a coinoffer from Macdonalds after he is done with Food Court.

ETH man. Charles has a new chain coming leaving ADA as the ETC.

At least we will never run out of people putting fries into our bags