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Story: Ethereum ETFs Attract $175 Million in Two Days, Yet ETH Remains Weak

By Maheen Hernandez

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ETF Strength vs. Price Weakness: A Growing Disconnect. Ethereum’s struggle comes at a time when many analysts expected ETF demand to provide price support.

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Technical Indicators Reflect Uncertainty Rather Than Collapse. Traders scanning the technical charts see bearish signals at the moment, but not a breakdown of…

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Whale Activity Quietly Returns. Despite bearish sentiment on the surface, on-chain metrics point to renewed interest from major…

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ETF Market Heating Up Beyond Ethereum. The institutional ETF race is shaping more than just Ethereum’s market environment.

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What Needs to Happen for ETH to Break Out?. Most analysts agree that ETF inflows alone may not trigger a rally without improvement in overall…

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Ethereum continues to puzzle investors as strong inflows into spot ETFs have failed to translate into upward price movement.

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On 24 November, spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $96.6 million in net inflows, with BlackRock driving the majority of demand by adding $92.6 million — its first inflow in two weeks.

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These figures reflect renewed institutional confidence, yet Ethereum’s price performance has not followed the script.

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Part of the disconnect comes from the ongoing sell pressure across the broader crypto market.

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Market data also shows uneven activity across ETF issuers. Grayscale’s ETHE continues to see steady outflows, including $23.3 million during the same two-day period.

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Ethereum has already dropped more than 30% over the past month, but it has not revisited its lowest point.

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This is not the first time whales have acted counter to retail sentiment. Historically, whale accumulation has often appeared when price sentiment is at its weakest, with…

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The institutional ETF race is shaping more than just Ethereum’s market environment. Around the same time ETH ETFs registered heavy inflows, a separate development added fuel to…

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The fund — named the VanEck BNB ETF (VBNB) — is expected to list on Nasdaq and hold BNB directly while tracking the MarketVector BNB Index.

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BNB is also under pressure from macro conditions. The asset traded at roughly $857.52 after a modest 0.

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