Balance of Ethereum (ETH) held by crypto miners up until September 21, 2022
The Ethereum Merge in September 2022 did not lead to the desired price increase that some miners were hoping to see, as thousands of ETH were dumped. This according to a graphic that displays how much of the cryptocurrency was held on blockchain addresses known to have mined them. When the bear market started in May 2022, several miners started to gather rewards of Ethereum as they were hoping prices would increase after the Merge. This did not happen, with several miners starting to sell their ETH and looking for other profitable Proof-of-Work cryptocurrencies.