{"id":1640402,"date":"2022-09-13T17:51:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T21:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1640402"},"modified":"2022-09-13T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T21:52:16","slug":"cryptoverse-ether-snaps-at-bitcoins-heels-in-race-for-crypto-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cryptoverse-ether-snaps-at-bitcoins-heels-in-race-for-crypto-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptoverse: Ether snaps at bitcoin\u2019s heels in race for crypto crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcryptoverse-ether-snaps-at-bitcoins-heels-in-race-for-crypto-crown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1640402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013     For years, ether could barely dream of challenging its big brother bitcoin. Now, its ambitions may be becoming more realistic. <\/p>\n<p>The second-biggest cryptocurrency is taking market share from bitcoin ahead of an all-important \u201cMerge\u201d software upgrade that could sharply reduce the energy usage of its Ethereum blockchain, should the developers pull it off in coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s dominance, or its share of the crypto market\u2019s market value, has slipped to 39.1% from this year\u2019s peak of 47.5% in mid-June, according to data platform CoinMarketCap. Ether, on the other hand, has climbed to 20.5% from 16%. <\/p>\n<p>The upstart is still a long way from overtaking bitcoin as the No.1 cryptocurrency, a reversal known to aficionados as \u201cthe flippening\u201d. It\u2019s made up ground, though; in January 2021, bitcoin reigned supreme at 72%, while ether occupied a slender 10%. <\/p>\n<p>As for price, one ether is now worth 0.082 bitcoin, near December 2021 highs and sharply above the 2022 low of 0.049 in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are now viewing Ethereum as essentially a safe asset because they\u2019ve seen the success of the network, they think it\u2019s not going anywhere,\u201d said Joseph Edwards, head of financial strategy at fund management firm Solrise Finance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a permanency to how Ethereum is perceived in the crypto ecosystem.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Graphic: Bitcoin dominance wanes: https:\/\/graphics.reuters.com\/FINTECH-CRYPTO\/WEEKLY\/zdvxomazgpx\/chart.png<\/p>\n<p>CAPRICIOUS CRYPTO          <\/p>\n<p>The Merge, expected to take place on Thursday after several delays, could lead to wider use of the blockchain, potentially boosting ether\u2019s price \u2013 although nothing is certain in a capricious crypto market.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum forms the backbone of much of the \u201cWeb3\u201d vision of an internet where crypto takes centre stage, powering applications involving crypto offshoots such as decentralised finance and non-fungible tokens \u2013 although this much-hyped dream is still unrealised. <\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin and ether have both nearly halved this year on concerns about supersized interest rate hikes from central banks. Nonetheless, investors seem to like the look of the Merge, with ether up over 65% since the end of June. Bitcoin has barely budged in the same period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to see (ether\u2019s) attractiveness to some investors who are concerned about energy consumption,\u201d said Doug Schwenk, CEO of Digital Asset Research, although he cautioned that ether was still a long way behind bitcoin. <\/p>\n<p>THE KING IS STRONG<\/p>\n<p>The diminishing bitcoin dominance in crypto\u2019s current bear market is a departure from previous market cycles when investors sold lesser tokens \u2013 \u201caltcoins\u201d \u2013 in favor of the more liquid and reliable bitcoin. <\/p>\n<p>Dethroning the king is no easy feat, though. <\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is still by far the most well-known cryptocurrency. Mainstream investors who have dipped their toes in the crypto market since 2020 have tended to turn first to bitcoin, as the most liquid and widely-traded token. <\/p>\n<p>Its market cap of $427 billion is still more than double Ether\u2019s $210 billion, and market participants firmly believe the original digital coin remains the gold standard in crypto due to its limited supply. <\/p>\n<p>Some market players say bitcoin\u2019s grip on the crypto crown is still strong, even if it has to accept other contenders.  For example, Hugo Xavier, CEO of K2 Trading Partners, said its dominance could improve to 50%-60% range if the crypto market turns bullish but it is unlikely to touch 70% again.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Wilson and Pravin Char)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/cryptoverse-ether-snaps-at-2\/bitcoin-and-ether-souvenir-tokens-plunge-into-water-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8C06I-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8C06I-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) \u2013 For years, ether could barely dream of challenging its big brother bitcoin. 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