Quote from: ChillyMatthew on October 13, 2022, 04:51:57 PM

Hi everyone. I'd like to get your take on this since I'm not really sure what am I missing here.

Although one would anticipate that the price of ETH should increase given that the supply has decreased by over 5,500 since last Saturday, for some reason, ETH prices haven't exactly seen the coresponding price boost despite lowered supply.

Why hasn't this had a beneficial effect on the price of ETH?

Original source:

https://twitter.com/thetokenist/status/1580532690360872961

https://tokenist.com/ethereum-turns-deflationary-but-drops-7-as-market-stays-uncertain/

Simple. The global economy deteriorated because of COVID-19 and the Russo-Ukraine war, while a major crypto exchange (FTX) collapsed. This caused Bitcoin to decline massively in price, taking along ETH and a few other cryptocurrencies down with it. You can see why the PoS upgrade had little-to-no effect over ETH's market price. If you really want to see ETH go all the way to the moon, then Bitcoin needs to rise first. Otherwise, don't count on seeing a return on your investment anytime soon.

For what I know, investing into crypto takes time and lots of dedication. There's no such thing as becoming a wealthy person overnight. Good things only comes to those who wait. I think ETH will go way above $5k once this is all over. If you keep buying ETH while it's still cheap, you'll be able to reap the benefits at a later time. Ultimately, strong hands will buy and "hodl", while weak hands will sell. As long as you don't put all of your life savings into ETH, you'll have nothing to worry about. Just my thoughts Grin