Рекорд количества Ethereum в стейкинге

Total Ethereum in staking exceeded 14 million in Q3 2022, хотя цена ETH seems to still remain in its красной зоне.

Total Ethereum in staking exceeded 14 million in Q3 2022

In the last third quarter 2022, общий Ethereum in staking reached 14.08 million. 

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This is an ever-increasing figure that, compared to 2021, doubles quarter by quarter. And in fact, during Q2 2022, the total ETH in staking was 12.98 million while Q1 2022 was 10.98 million. 

Last year, on the other hand, after the boom in growth from Q1 to Q2 2021 of nearly 2.5 million, the other quarter passes saw a growth of ETH in staking of only 1 million. 

The fact that Ethereum staking is on the rise means that traders like the project, especially after the mid-September Merge that completely made Ethereum a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Blockchain. 

В этой связи, Алан Голдберг, market analyst at BestBrokers, commented:

«Общая доля Ethereum в настоящее время составляет примерно 14.44 миллиона (19.5 миллиарда долларов). Общее количество ETH только в третьем квартале 3 года превышает 2022 миллиона, что является признаком того, что трейдеры считают его надежной альтернативой традиционным рынкам».

Ethereum staking grows, but price remains in red zone

One consequence that many expect from the growth in Ethereum staking is an increase in цена, but it still seems to remain in the red zone.

И действительно, на момент написания ETH стоит 1,500 доллара. This is a price touched after the pump that occurred last Tuesday, a day when ETH stood at $1350. 

However, if one were to take a look at the price fluctuations over the various 2022 quarters, as opposed to staking, it certainly appears that Ethereum is still bear market. 

In practice, starting the year at $4,000, Ethereum ended Q1 2022 at a price of $2900, then dropped in Q2 to $1900 and to $1550 in Q3. 

Certainly, the price predictions after the Ethereum Merge, made by Саймон Питерс, crypto market analyst at eToro, somewhat подтвердил , что shift from PoW to PoS would not create major price increases. 

Rather, Peters said that the reasons for Ethereum’s lack of price increase should be sought in the entire financial market, not just crypto. 

The SEC and the Know Your Customer on staking

В последнее время SEC заявил that it would impose the Знайте своего клиента (KYC) practice on Ethereum staking activity. 

This was actually stated by Гэри Генслер, Chairman of the SEC, who said that these types of cryptocurrencies that use the PoS system, should be considered for all intents and purposes as ценные бумаги and should be treated as such from a regulatory perspective. 

In practice, Gensler seems not to be very supportive of the gains from staking Ethereum and all PoS cryptocurrencies, which would be a profit made from the effort. 

In this sense, the SEC Chairman определяет such gain as one of the crucial points of the Howey test, the one used by the SEC precisely to determine whether an asset is an investment product and therefore must follow the rules for that category.