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Ethereum is struggling to hold above $2,150 as selling pressure and market uncertainty continue to weigh on a recovery that has now given back a meaningful portion of its gains from the February lows. The price is under pressure — and analyst MorenoDV has published an exchange flow analysis that identifies exactly where that pressure originated and what the data is now showing in its aftermath.

The finding that anchors the analysis is striking in its concentration. On May 10, as 250,000 ETH flowed into exchanges across all venues simultaneously, Binance absorbed 225,000 of them — 90% of the entire market’s exchange inflow in a single day, concentrated on a single platform. The implication MorenoDV draws from that concentration is structural rather than coincidental: what happens to Ethereum increasingly is what happens on Binance. The exchange has become so dominant in ETH flow dynamics that its behavior effectively defines the market’s behavior.

That observation alone would be significant. But MorenoDV’s analysis identifies a second development — a divergence that has opened in the data since May 10 — that changes how the current price weakness should be interpreted and what the Binance flow data is now beginning to signal about what comes next.

The divergence is where the more important story lives.

Binance Drove the Market Drop

The divergence MorenoDV identifies is precise and consequential. Binance has shifted from the net-inflow posture that characterized the May 10 event to a net-outflow position, currently bleeding approximately 12,000 ETH back out of the exchange. Meanwhile, the all-exchanges aggregate still shows marginally positive inflows of around 20,000 ETH — meaning the rest of the market continues to absorb mild deposit pressure while the venue that led the drawdown is now moving in the opposite direction.

Ethereum Exchange Netflow on Binance | Source: CryptoQuant

That asymmetry is the signal. The May 10 drawdown was not the product of a broad, uniform wave of exchange inflows spreading evenly across the market. It was the product of a single venue absorbing 90% of the flow in a single day — a concentration so extreme that it effectively defines the entire event as a Binance story rather than a market-wide one.

MorenoDV’s framework for interpreting concentrated Binance inflows identifies four possible motivations: execution of a large sale, hedging against existing exposure, forced repositioning triggered by margin or collateral requirements, or active distribution from a large holder reducing their position. Each motivation carries different implications for how long the selling pressure persists and how the market recovers from it.

The flip to net outflow does not resolve which motivation drove the May 10 concentration — but it does confirm that the dynamic has changed. The exchange that absorbed 225,000 ETH on the way down is now returning coins to the market rather than accumulating more. For Ethereum struggling to hold $2,150, that directional change in the venue that matters most is the data point worth watching most closely.

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