Ethereum Holder Retention Rebounds From a 4.5-Year Low

Ethereum holder retention has begun to recover after falling to a 4.5-year low, even as the network’s growth weakened and price action remained broadly sideways. The exit of new participants weighed on sentiment, while some longer-term metrics show early signs of improvement.

Daily new addresses plunged nearly 36% within 48 hours, dropping from 298,000 to 191,000 and pushing the Network Growth metric to a two-month low. The slowdown has persisted since the start of the month, reducing organic demand and adding pressure to ETH price performance.

The Holder Retention Rate, which tracks the percentage of addresses maintaining a balance across consecutive 30-day periods, fell to 92.4%—the weakest reading since September 2021—but has begun to improve modestly. If sustained, rising retention could strengthen structural support for the token.

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