Every month, 705,000 ETH gets locked away. That's $1B worth of Ethereum supply disappearing while everyone's distracted arguing about price. https://t.co/xmR19WlLhv
Every month, 705,000 ETH gets locked away. That's $1B worth of Ethereum supply disappearing while everyone's distracted arguing about price. https://t.co/xmR19WlLhv
🚨⚙️ Ethereum under funding pressure – concerns over core development grow
In the Ethereum ecosystem, uncertainty around the long‑term financing of network development is increasing.
💥 Trigger:
The Ethereum Foundation's Client Incentive Program (CIP) is expiring – a funding program that has financed developer teams for core “clients” over four years.
🔧 What are these clients?
Software that:
Operates Ethereum nodes
Processes transactions
Ensures the security of the blockchain
📉 Problem:
According to former Foundation coordinator Trent VanEpps, there is currently no clear successor solution.
💰 Funding need:
Approximately $30 million USD per year required
For more than 10 client teams + research + coordination
📊 Scale assessment:
Ethereum Base Layer 2025: roughly $522 million USD in fees
Whole Ethereum ecosystem: about $7.3 billion USD in annual revenue
⚠️ Risk:
The loss of experienced developers would not show up immediately but could have noticeable effects within 12–18 months – especially for:
Scaling
Security
Long‑term infrastructure development
Preparing for new technological risks (e.g., quantum computing)
Machibigbrother Keeps Doubling Down on ETH 😬. Just hours after reopening his leveraged $ETH position, Machibigbrother has continued adding size instead of reducing risk.
The trader has been steadily increasing his exposure over the past couple of hours and is now holding a 25x ETH long worth more than $6.27 million. Despite a rough month and several position resets, his conviction hasn't changed: he's still betting aggressively on an ETH recovery.
Current Position: ETH Long (25x Cross), Position Size: 3,636 ETH, Position Value: $6.28M, Entry Price: $1,712.29, Unrealized Profit: $51,641 (+20.57%), Liquidation Price: $1,685.19, Funding Paid: -$37,420
SO WHAT YOU ALL THINK: ETH goes higher?
Address: 0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872
Machibigbrother Closed His ETH Long... Then Opened an Even Bigger One an Hour Later😬. For most traders, closing a losing position is a sign they're stepping back to reassess.
Not for #Machibigbrother . After closing his previous ETH long position around 8 hours ago, the trader barely stayed on the sidelines. Just one hour later, he was back in the market with another aggressive leveraged bet on Ethereum.
This time, he's opened a 25x long on 2,875 $ETH , doubling down on his bullish outlook despite recent losses.
Current Position: ETH Long (25x Leverage), Position Size: 2,875 ETH, Entry Price: $1,709.80, Liquidation Price: $1,665.50, Current Unrealized Loss: Over $47,000
With 25x leverage, even a relatively small move against the trade can have a major impact, and the liquidation price sits just below the entry level. This isn't a cautious re-entry. It's another high‑conviction bet that #ETH will bounce from current levels.
Address:
0x020cA66C30beC2c4Fe3861a94E4DB4A498A35872
Ethereum (ETH) is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts, defined as applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud, or third-party interference. These apps run on a custom built blockchain, an enormously powerful shared global infrastructure that can move value around and represent the ownership of property. This enables developers to create markets, store registries of debts or promises, move funds in accordance with instructions given long in the past (like a will or a futures contract) and many other things that have not been invented yet, all without a middleman or counterparty risk. The project was bootstrapped via an ether presale in August 2014 by fans all around the world. It is developed by the Ethereum Foundation, a Swiss non-profit, with contributions from great minds across the globe.