{"id":91335,"date":"2026-05-11T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=91335"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:16:32","slug":"for-many-ethereum-investors-the-worlds-leading-blockchain-has-run-out-of-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=91335","title":{"rendered":"For Many Ethereum Investors, The World&#8217;s Leading Blockchain Has Run Out Of Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) investors might never see the 2025 bull market gains that saw the world&#8217;s leading blockchain actually beat <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) for once. Those days look to be over. \u00a0It&#8217;s having an identity crisis. Is it merely a Web3 infrastructure giant? Or is it dead money for investors?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As we approach the middle of 2026, Ethereum is down over 22%. Investors have taken a lot of money off the table following last fall&#8217;s bull run. At the moment, Ethereum looks extremely &#8220;boring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some crypto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51910276\/ethereum-tapped-2400-so-why-does-this-top-trader-warn-of-1300\">traders are predicting<\/a> Ethereum falls another $1,000.\u00a0 As of this writing, ETH was valued at $2,300.<\/p>\n<p>Research from Glassnode wrote in their <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.glassnode.com\/strategy-watch-03-2026\/#:~:text=,moderated%20alongside%20the%20broader%20stabilization\" rel=\"nofollow\">Strategy Watch<\/a> report dated April 23 that institutional flows into ETH have been weak all year. Recent commentary from the crypto crowd stresses that ETH&#8217;s price today is only driven by investor mood for Bitcoin. Bigger investor trends are still buying the AI bubble on Wall Street, rather than chasing value in the cryptocurrency markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can say the same about Bitcoin these days,&#8221; said <strong>Ivo Georgiev<\/strong>, CEO &amp; Founder of <strong>Ambire<\/strong>, a self-custodial Web3 wallet. &#8220;Ethereum&#8217;s value is in actual real-world adoption. It\u2019s the only chain where there\u2019s actual DeFi with actual usage.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stablecoins and DeFi Keep Ethereum Relevant<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin and Ethereum both saw net outflows all of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/Opinion\/26\/05\/52450009\/for-many-ethereum-investors-the-worlds-leading-blockchain-has-run-out-of-gas?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"For\" many ethereum investors the world leading blockchain has run out of gas>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) investors might never see the 2025 bull market gains that saw the world&#8217;s leading blockchain actually beat Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for once. Those days look to be over. \u00a0It&#8217;s having an identity crisis. Is it merely a Web3 infrastructure giant? Or is it dead money for investors?\u00a0 As we approach the middle [&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-91335","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\/91335","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=91335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}