Consequently, it is safe to say that Ethereum is far less centralized in terms of development and validation in comparison to Tron, BNB Chain and Solana.on June 19 are: derivatives activity and Ethereum’s dominance of the NFT marketEther’s future contracts are essential for institutional trading practices like hedging and trading with leverage. Ether’s cash-settled futures were added to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February 2021.
In futures markets, longs and shorts are balanced at all times, but having a larger number of active contracts — open interest — allows the participation of institutional investors who require a minimum market size. Ether futures aggregated open interest stands at $5.4 billion, while competitors BNB hold $380 million and Solana a mere $178 million.Nonfungible tokens are a perfect example of how cheaper and faster transactions do not always translate to increased adoption.
Ultimately, the data favors Ethereum versus the competing smart contract-focused blockchains. The positive trend in Ether’s dominance might fade over time if the promised upgrade to allow parallel processing does not come to fruition, but for now, Ether’s 20% market capitalization share remains unchallenged.
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