Ethereum’s TVL takes a massive hit, but here’s a sign of hope

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Ethereum [ETH] dropped by 18% in less than a week after bouncing off the $2,200 support level. This happened after BTC suffered another shock and dipped to $30,000. The entire crypto market has gone into a frenzy in recent days with Luna and UST headlining the fallen market situation.

A particularly bearish sentiment swept ETH in recent days with its volume dropping by near 25% in the past 24 hours. The largest altcoin by market cap also had metrics that suggested a period of patience from the ETH community.

Daily exchange inflows tipped at $170 million, indicating an upset market for investors. Another interesting development saw the total ETH TVL in DeFi take a massive hit, as per DefiLlama. It reduced by a whopping $11 billion on 9 May and 10 May due to reduced market interest in DeFi and crypto as a whole after recent setbacks.

Source: Stat Alert

Furthermore, the number of addresses in loss reached a new high on the ETH network at press time. 27.4 million addresses were the highest number of addresses that stood in losses. This significant number was registered after May 2020.

Source: Glassnode

The transaction volumes on the network have also spiked in recent days. Furthermore, the transaction volumes reached a 3-month high of 93,188 ETH at the time of writing, while the previous high was recorded on 10 May at 93,088 ETH.

Source: Glassnode

As the atmosphere of ‘extreme fear’ looms in global markets, analysts remain confident of recovery in cryptocurrencies.

Edward Moya, senior market analyst at the foreign-exchange brokerage Oanda, stated,

“If the USD 30,000 level breaks, that could trigger a flash crash environment if several whales unload. I tweeted this April 17, 2022: ‘I am getting 2021 April-May vibes, which means