Bitcoin’s Rival Ether Falters in Shadow of Elevated Treasury Yields
- US government bond yields top rewards earned by staking Ether
- Ether dropped about 5% in the past month while Bitcoin climbed
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A key pillar of demand for Ether, the second-largest digital token, is weakening against a backdrop of elevated Treasury yields.
Crypto investors can earn rewards by pledging Ether tokens to help operate the Ethereum blockchain, a return some cite as a potential prop for the coin. But the staking payout on pledged tokens has fallen to an annualized 3.5%, near the lowest in at least 10 months and well below a recent peak of more than 8%.