This New Discovery Shows That Ethereum Market May Be Entering a New Territory

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Ethereum’s exchange supply has fallen to its lowest level in 11 years. Just 6.06 million ETH now sits on exchanges. 

That’s down from 22.9 million at the network’s June 2020 peak. This is a 73% drop in easily sellable supply.

The Numbers Behind the Drop

Fewer coins on exchanges means fewer coins sitting near order books. It means fewer coins ready for market sells or panic exits. 

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Sanbase’s Supply on Exchanges chart tracks this metric directly, and the data shows the decline has been steady since the 2020 peak, not a sudden shift. 

The drain has real support behind it. ETH is being pulled into staking, ETF wrappers, treasury strategies, and long-term custody. Validators locking ETH to secure the network account for a large share of that outflow.

Institutions Are Driving Part of This Trend

This isn’t just retail behavior. Bitmine Immersion Technologies added over 65,000 ETH in a single week earlier this year, pushing its total holdings past 4.66 million tokens. 

That single firm now controls a meaningful share of Ethereum’s total supply. Large-scale corporate accumulation like this pulls coins out of circulation the same way staking does, just through a different mechanism.

The Weekly Chart Shows Momentum Rebuilding

A TradingView weekly chart for ETH/USD created on September 15, 2026, at 10:58 UTC shows the pair at $2,476.09, down 1.98% on the week. 

RSI sits at 58.73, above its 46.05 moving average, a gap that suggests momentum is turning up. 

MACD reads 113.40 against a signal line of 15.33, with the histogram flipping positive after months near zero. 

Ethereum whale accumulation went parabolic earlier this year, a trend that appears to be continuing as exchange balances keep shrinking.

What a Thinner Float Means Going Forward

The signal here is simple. Demand doesn’t need to explode when liquid supply keeps shrinking. Smaller buying waves can move price harder when fewer coins are ready to sell. 

With exchange supply at an 11-year low and institutions still accumulating, Ethereum looks set up for sharper price swings on comparatively modest demand shifts in the weeks ahead.

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