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Feb 22, 2024 • 8 Min Read

ETH Gaining Relative Momentum

Given the success of Solana and Bitcoin's persistent dominance in this bull market, many have been quick to write off ETH. There is no doubt that ETH faces its own set of challenges, including a complex modular stack and potential cannibalization by Layer 2 solutions, which, while crucial to ETH's scaling roadmap, can sometimes fragment liquidity and users. Despite these issues, ETH continues to advance along its extensive scaling roadmap. In our view it appears to be under-owned at this stage in the cycle and should be buoyed by a couple of near-term catalysts poised to boost usage and speculative interest.

One such catalyst is the much-discussed Dencun upgrade, and the other revolves around pending spot ETF applications, a topic we've covered thoroughly. While we haven't adjusted our odds of an ETF approval—still seeing it as a coin flip—we anticipate speculative momentum leading up to the SEC's decision on ARK’s ETF application due in May, irrespective of the outcome.

Regarding approval, our stance is that a spot ETH ETF should be approved based on criteria similar to those applied to BTC ETFs, yet there's no guarantee the SEC won't find a politically motivated reason for denial, possibly citing concerns related to DeFi or staking....

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