After three straight months of selling pressure driven by unstaking, the Ethereum network is showing a positive signal. The staking entry queue has now surpassed the exit queue.
How do analysts interpret this shift? What could it mean for ETH’s price?
Why Could ETH Potentially Double When Unstaking Pressure Weakens?
Ethereum’s entry and exit queues track ETH waiting to begin staking or to unstake.
Previously, analysts believed that selling pressure could intensify if the amount of ETH in the entry queue continued to rise.
ValidatorQueue data shows that the entry queue has exceeded the exit queue since September 10. This trend has now officially reversed the prior imbalance.
Currently, approximately 745,600 ETH are in the entry queue, while around 360,500 ETH remain in the exit queue.
Validator Queue (ETH). Source: Validator Queue
Analyst CryptoHuntz described the recent period as a “Great Migration” of ETH. This movement significantly contributed to ETH’s steady decline from $4,800 in early September to around $3,000 today.
“The Great Migration is over… finally, the selling pressure from the last three months is drying up. Demand to enter ETH staking is back in the driver’s seat. Nature is healing,” CryptoHuntz said.
Additionally, Abdul, Head of DeFi at Monad, provided a more optimistic outlook based on historical price behavior.
He estimated that around 5% of ETH’s supply, worth roughly $15 billion, has changed hands since July. He also projected that the validator exit queue could reach zero by January 3.
Abdul also noted that the last time the entry queue exceeded the exit queue was in June. ETH’s price doubled shortly afterward.
This observation suggests a similar scenario could unfold. ETH may recover from its current price zone of $3,000.
The outlook gains further support from a recent decision by Tom Lee, chairman of BitMine. BitMine holds the world’s largest ETH treasury, valued at around $12 billion, and has chosen to participate in staking.
BeInCrypto reported that BitMine deposited approximately 74,880 ETH, worth about $219 million, into Ethereum’s staking contract. This amount represents only a small portion of its total 4.07 million ETH holdings. The goal is to generate yield, which could reach $371 million per year if the entire balance were staked at a 3.12% APY.
Ethereum – Total Value Staked. Source: CryptoQuant.
CryptoQuant data indicate that the total amount of ETH deposited by investors into protocols and contracts has remained relatively stable at around 36 million. This level has held since ETH peaked near $4,900. Despite the positive signals above, it remains too early to declare a shift away from the current sideways trend.
Moreover, this optimistic scenario may face headwinds. Several on-chain indicators suggest that selling pressure from US-based investors remains present.
