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Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Ether Close the Week Lower

Ether continues to decline as traders position for what’s next for the Ethereum protocol.

Traditional and digital markets trade down again. (Marc Kleen/Unsplash)

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Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork Stumbles as Justin Sun's Poloniex Supports Rival Fork

The fork’s ETHW token dropped 70% on technical glitches and early supporter Poloniex's decision to back a different, little-known blockchain.

(Matt Popovich/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Merge Has Tied Ether Futures Activity to Staking Yields, Traders Say

Stakers have been and will be natural sellers in futures and perpetual futures and the hedging activity will increase as staking yields rise.

Yield sign (Shutterstock)

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Market Wrap: Markets Trade Lower Despite Success of Ethereum Merge

Ether was down more than 9% at one point as traders decided to “sell the fact” following a nearly seamless Ethereum Merge.

The Merge was successful, but ETH fell 9%. (Deepak Maurya/Unsplash)

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Lido’s Staked Ether Surges Closest to Ether Since Terra Crash

The stETH derivative and its spread to ETH, a closely followed metric of the confidence in the Merge, sharply narrowed as Ethereum completed its technology transition without a hiccup.

The price of stETH, the largest Ethereum liquid staking derivative, is inching closer towards parity to ETH after the Merge. (Tomas Sobek/ Unsplash)

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Ethereum Merge Brings 'Sell-the-Fact' Price Move in Crypto Markets

The price stability that prevailed after Ethereum's shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network suddenly evaporated as ether slid 9.1%, its worst day since late August.

The Ethereum Merge watch parties are over. Now the hangover seems to be hitting crypto markets. (Creative Commons)

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First Mover Americas: Smooth Ethereum Merge Disappoints Ether Volatility Bulls; ETC Rallies

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 15, 2022.

The Merge went smoothly and ETH held steady. (CoinDesk)

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Pre-Merge Ether Exchange Inflows of Over $1B Trigger Fears of Price Drop

The cumulative inflow of $1.2 billion is supposedly the largest in six months.

Ether exchange inflows (Nansen)

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Market Wrap: Ether Trades Relatively Flat Ahead of Ethereum Merge

Investors remain cautious in the final hours before the much-anticipated network upgrade event.

In the final hours before the Merge, BTC and ETH traded flat. (Kenan Reed/Unsplash)

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