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Jakarta, Pintu News – Ethereum (ETH) has been one of the worst-performing major assets of 2025 so far. However, don’t let that fool you!
Every day, tens of billions of dollars in stablecoins move through the Ethereum network, making it the primary settlement layer for global dollar liquidity. Large holders also continue to accumulate ETH, despite its price slump.
Is the general market missing the bigger picture?
Ethereum has had a rough start to 2025. While the prices of silver, gold, and US stocks have been rising steadily, ETH has fallen by around 12% since the beginning of the year, making it one of the weakest performing major assets.
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Bitcoin (BTC) performed slightly better, while the altcoin market plunged even deeper.
Capital seems to be moving to precious metals and traditional risk assets, while the price of Ethereum (ETH) is not moving much. At first glance, the market seems to have lost interest in it.
However, price performance alone does not tell the whole story.
In an average day, the Ethereum Mainnet processes around $90-100 billion worth of stablecoin transactions, far more than any other network.
According to Leon Waidmann, Head of Research at OnChainHQ, most of these transactions involve USDT and USDC which are used for payments, corporate financial operations, and settlement of real transactions.
Other networks are growing, some even cheaper or faster. However, stablecoin volumes remain concentrated on Ethereum, as this is where trust, neutrality and finality matter most.
Users are willing to pay higher transaction fees – because at this scale, settlement failure is not an option.
The big holders behave very differently.
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ETH has repeatedly traded close to the realized price of the accumulation address, which is the average entry price of long-term “whales”. Instead of selling amid market weakness, these wallets continued to add to their ETH holdings.
The timing of this is also interesting. Whale profits have shrunk almost to zero – a point at which many investors would normally reduce exposure. However, inflows to accumulation addresses have increased. That signifies great patience!
Large holders are not selling as in a long bear market. Instead, the increased buying reflects their confidence in Ethereum and the view that the token is undervalued.
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