{"id":37943,"date":"2025-07-21T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=37943"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:46:51","slug":"ethereum-roars-to-3800-whats-driving-the-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=37943","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Roars To $3,800: What&#8217;s Driving The Surge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Ethereum<\/strong>&#8216;s (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) most recent breakout isn&#8217;t just a product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/07\/46463794\/1-5-billion-in-one-day-why-bitcoin-and-ethereum-etfs-are-running-wild\">of ETF hype<\/a>, it&#8217;s backed by a surge in DeFi activity and a rising structural shift, according to a 10x Research report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>With total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum-based DeFi protocols reaching $84 billion, the highest since January 2022, the report argues Ethereum is entering a new growth phase powered by real usage, not short-term hype.<\/p>\n<p>The report emphasizes that &#8220;internal smart contract calls,&#8221; a less visible but crucial on-chain metric have increased sharply, reflecting deeper interaction between DeFi protocols. <\/p>\n<p>This growth points to rising composability and utility on Ethereum, extending far beyond speculative trading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DeFi activity is quietly laying the groundwork for Ethereum&#8217;s next phase,&#8221; the report states. &#8220;ETF flows may catch headlines, but smart contract calls and long-term positioning tell the real story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum&#8217;s recent &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/07\/46515365\/ethereum-roars-to-3800-whats-driving-the-surge\" alt=\"Ethereum\" roars to what driving the surge>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum&#8216;s (CRYPTO: ETH) most recent breakout isn&#8217;t just a product of ETF hype, it&#8217;s backed by a surge in DeFi activity and a rising structural shift, according to a 10x Research report. What Happened: With total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum-based DeFi protocols reaching $84 billion, the highest since January 2022, the report argues Ethereum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-37943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}