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Recent data shows that Ethereum (ETH) has taken a dive against Bitcoin (BTC). The decline in the ETH/BTC ratio is a trend that began more than a year ago, reaching a 14-month low this week. Data from TradingView shows that ETH-BTC dipped to near 0.0602 its lowest since July. The recent drop supports the narrative of some market analysts bearish sentiments and a potential breakdown in the ETHs valuation versus BTC.

The head of strategy and research at Matrixport, Marcus Thielen, has backed Bitcoin to continue outperforming altcoins, including Ethereum. He further notes that Ethereums protocol revenues have been decreasing for the last three months. Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen has shared a similar view, predicting a significant move to the downside.

The development comes amidst a potential whale dump. Data from large wallet holders shows that some whales are moving their ETH stashes to exchanges. Among them is Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Blockchain data highlighted by security firm PeckShield has identified a wallet owned by Vitalik Buterin transferred 300 ETH (worth roughly $493,000) to Kraken on Tuesday. This is a sign that the founder is about to sell some of his ETH.

More significant transfers have occurred with blockchain research Lookonchain identifying another large holder depositing a total of 30,000 ETH (worth nearly $50 million) to crypto exchanges Binance, OKX, and KuCoin in the past four days. Lookonchain has also identified another wallet that acquired tokens from Ethereums initial coin offering (ICO) deposited 6,000 ETH (worth nearly $10 million) to Kraken earlier this week.

ETH investors who closely watch these accounts are now concerned that the whales are getting rid of their stash ahead of a bearish period. With the potential of further declines in ETH prices, investors are in limbo.

Despite the current sentiments, investors are looking forward to the approval of an Ethereum futures ETF in mid-October. In 2021 when a Bitcoin futures ETF was approved by the SEC, the leading digital asset witnessed an over 60 percent rally. Some experts believe that Ethereum will befall the same fate and could end the year outperforming Bitcoin. In addition to an Ethereum futures ETF, Cathie Woods ARK Invest has recently applied for an Ether spot ETF.

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These are positive developments that could drive Ethereum adoption among institutional investors. Even if Ethereum suffers a short-term dip in the coming weeks or months, the inevitable entry of institutional investors will drive demand and lead to higher ETH prices.

At the time of press, ETH is exchanging for $1,630 after a marginal drop of less than 1 percent in the last 24 hours. This is a more than 65 percent drop from its all-time high of $4,878 reached almost two years ago.

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