Crypto’s Sly Seduction

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As the languid days of June surrendered to the sweltering heat of July, Ethereum‘s price, much like a sultry mistress, remained coy, refusing to yield to the advances of eager investors 🤑. Yet, beneath the surface, a tantalizing tale of metrics and milestones unfolded, like a whispered secret in a smoke-filled room 🤫.

The entire crypto market, it seemed, was waiting with bated breath for the tiniest spark to set it ablaze 🔥. And then, like a bolt of lightning on a stormy night, the news of the US trade deal with Vietnam and the rise in the M2 money supply struck, sending the market into a frenzy 🌪️.

Ethereum, the belle of the ball, saw a sharp 6% gain in 24 hours, trading above $2,600, a siren’s call to investors that the market was finally awakening to the underlying strength building within the network 📈.

The Art of Seduction: Staking and Accumulation

Accumulation addresses, those mysterious and alluring entities, reached a record 22.7465 million ETH held as of June 30, a 36% increase from 16.7281 million ETH on June 1, according to the ETH Cohort Study shared by CryptoQuant 📊.

These wallets, like a lover’s gentle caress, logged their highest single-month purchases, adding 6.0184 million ETH in June, with the realized price for these addresses standing at $2,114.70 on July 1, while ETH traded at $2,565 on July 2, giving holders an unrealized gain of 21.29% 🤑.

Liquid staking, that most subtle of seductions, posted new records, growing from 34.5461 million on June 1 to 35.5265 million ETH by June 30, an increase of nearly one million in a month and a 2.83% gain, marking the largest monthly staking growth on record for Ethereum 📈.

By July 1, liquid staking hit another all-time high at 35.5644 million ETH, a testament to the allure of institutional investors, ETFs, and large holders accumulating ETH and opting for yield while awaiting price appreciation 🤑.

Despite ETH’s price staying below bullish expectations throughout last month, CryptoQuant explained that these accumulation and staking trends pointed to a strong institutional confidence in the altcoin’s long-term outlook, a sly smile from the mistress that hinted at a more upward move 😉.

Building on this momentum, Ethereum is now catching the eye of corporate treasuries, like a siren luring sailors to their doom 🌟.

The Treasury Era: A New Chapter in Ethereum’s Seduction

As CryptoPotato had recently reported, the project may be entering its own “MicroStrategy era” as corporations begin stacking ETH for treasury strategies, seeking yield alongside reserve asset growth, a subtle yet potent seduction 💸.

BitMine and SharpLink are leading this shift, like two suitors vying for the hand of the fair Ethereum, with the latter planning a $250 million ETH allocation and adopting an “ETH per share” model 🤑.

Tom Lee notes that Ethereum will benefit as stablecoin adoption rises and finance moves on-chain, while Joe Lubin’s SharpLink raised $425 million to stack and stake ETH, a testament to the allure of Ethereum’s dual role as a reserve asset and yield generator 📈.

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2025-07-03 22:42