Ether

Volatility (Matt Hardy, Unsplash)
Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Gauge Tops Ether for Record 20 Straight Days
The spread between dominant crypto options exchange Deribit's forward-looking 30-day implied volatility index for ether (ETH DVOL) and bitcoin (BTC DVOL) has been consistently negative since Sept. 7.
Volatility (Matt Hardy, Unsplash)

Ether's price chart (CoinDesk/TradingView)
Ether Flashes Bullish 'DeMark' Signal, Technical Analysis Suggests
DeMark indicators help market participants gauge potential inflection points in market trends and are quite popular among traders.
Ether's price chart (CoinDesk/TradingView)

Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)
Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the right to buy or sell the underlying at a pre-determined price at a later date. Quarterly options settlements are closely watched by traders.
Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)

Balancing (Michaela J/Unsplash)
Ether Prices to Stabilize as Options Market Makers Hedge Their Books, Analyst Says
Ether options dealers have built a net positive or long gamma exposure and are likely to buy low and sell high, arresting the price volatility ahead of next Friday's derivatives expiry.
Balancing (Michaela J/Unsplash)

BTC price on Sept. 21 (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Slides to $26.5K Amid Surging U.S. Dollar; Record-High Rates Are ‘Nightmare’ for Crypto Firms
The 10-year Treasury rate surging to a 16-year high and equity markets selling off could push BTC lower, one trading firm said.
BTC price on Sept. 21 (CoinDesk)

Binance staked ether TVL (DefiLlama)
Binance Staked Ether Experiences $573M in Inflows This Month
Two days of inflows fueled a more than fourfold increase in Binance staked ether's total value locked.
Binance staked ether TVL (DefiLlama)

Whale (Todd Cravens/Unsplash)
Crypto Whale Trades $150M in ETH Call Options, Trading Data Tracker Shows
The large flow was concentrated in the so-called out-of-the-money calls, indicating a bullish outlook on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market volume, according to Greeks.Live
Whale (Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

Ether (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)
Ether Trading at 27% Discount to Fair Value, New Research Shows
Research firm RxR's blended Metcalfe law-centric valuation model, incorporating active user adoption of layer 2 scaling networks, suggests ether should trade at a market value of $275 billion.
Ether (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

(Shubham Dhage/ Unsplash)
Ether Staking Landscape Gets Boost as SSV Mainnet Seeks to Dispel Centralization Concerns
The launch comes as the staking landscape is dominated by centralized staking providers, which together hold more than 70% of the staked ether (ETH) supply.
(Shubham Dhage/ Unsplash)

Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)
Lido’s Staked Ether Tokens Can Soon Be Used on Cosmos, IBC Blockchains
Lido is the leading provider of liquid-staking solutions and its staking token, stETH, has a $13.8 billion market capitalization.
Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)