{"id":17389,"date":"2024-09-30T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/falconx-highlights-benefits-of-fed-rate-cuts-for-ethereum\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T10:33:00","slug":"falconx-highlights-benefits-of-fed-rate-cuts-for-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/falconx-highlights-benefits-of-fed-rate-cuts-for-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"FalconX Highlights Benefits of Fed Rate Cuts for Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By mid-2025, the Federal Reserve&#8217;s <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System of the United States\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Fed<\/span> key rate is expected to fall below the yield from staking in Ethereum, potentially boosting the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. This conclusion was reached by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falconx.io\/newsroom\/exploring-the-relationship-between-risk-free-and-eth-staking-yields\">FalconX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The spread between these two parameters has remained negative since mid-2023. At the end of 2022, following the collapse of FTX, the opposite situation was observed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1228.webp\" alt=\"1-1228\" class=\"wp-image-242226\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: FalconX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Futures market traders anticipate a reduction in the Fed&#8217;s key rate to 3.5% by June 2025 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/trading\/interest-rates\/countdown-to-fomc.html\" title=\"\">90% probability<\/a>. On September 18, the Federal Reserve lowered its range by 50 basis points to 4.75-5%. At the time of writing, the staking reward for the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stakingrewards.com\/asset\/ethereum-2-0\">is estimated at 3.19%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"cmegroup.com\/trading\/interest-rates\/countdown-to-fomc.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-903.webp\" alt=\"2-903\" class=\"wp-image-242227\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: CME FedWatch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;It remains to be seen how attractive staking will be compared to the risk-free rate amid a full bull run in Ethereum,&#8221;<\/em> the report states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recently, amid a revival in on-chain activity, the average fee on the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization surged to its highest level in nearly two months. This metric&#8217;s increase leads to higher staking yields.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-510.webp\" alt=\"3-510\" class=\"wp-image-242228\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: FalconX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Transaction fees still account for only 10-20% of the levels observed during the previous two bull markets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Improving staking yield dynamics could become a powerful supporting factor for the asset&#8217;s price recovery,&#8221;<\/em> experts concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July, the <span data-descr=\"Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-approves-s-1-filings-for-eth-etf-trading-begins-july-23\"> approved<\/a> S-1 filings for spot Ethereum ETFs. These exchange-traded funds do not provide staking rewards. Hester Peirce of the Commission assured at the time that &#8220;any feature of the products is always open for review.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On September 28, the asset volume in BlackRock&#8217;s iShares Ethereum Trust exceeded $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>During the past reporting week, ETH-ETFs attracted $84.5 million, breaking a streak of outflows since mid-August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By mid-2025, the Federal Reserve&#8217;s Fed key rate is expected to fall below the yield from staking in Ethereum, potentially boosting the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. This conclusion was reached by FalconX. The spread between these two parameters has remained negative since mid-2023. 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