The post Bitcoin Turns Into a Long-Term Savings Asset as Ethereum Powers On-Chain Activity appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BitcoinEthereum A new study from Glassnode suggests that the two biggest assets in crypto now serve such different purposes that comparing them as “similar investments” is becoming less meaningful. Investors Treat Bitcoin Like Something They Don’t Want to Touch Rather than circulating through the market, Bitcoin is increasingly disappearing into long-term storage. Wallets are moving coins off exchanges and into cold storage or multi-year holding patterns, and transaction activity involving older BTC keeps shrinking. The report describes this behavior as exactly what Bitcoin’s design intended — a monetary asset that people save rather than spend. Glassnode argues that this trend was already in motion even before this week’s market decline. BTC holders, on average, appear comfortable waiting out volatility instead of reacting to it, which positions Bitcoin as the ecosystem’s slow-moving reserve asset rather than its transactional engine. Ethereum’s Role Has Become the Opposite Ethereum sits at the center of the active crypto economy, and Glassnode’s data reflects that constant movement. While Bitcoin is being tucked away, Ethereum is continuously pushed through smart contracts, DeFi platforms, tokenization systems and everyday gas fees. More than anything, demand for blockspace — not speculation — keeps ETH circulating. This doesn’t come from a lack of conviction; the report notes that the ETH supply used for staking or held through ETFs is growing. Still, high-utility activity outweighs passive holding. In Glassnode’s words, ETH behaves like fuel for the on-chain economy rather than a vault-style savings instrument. Long-Term Holders Behave Differently on Each Network The most striking comparison is not trading volume, but how rarely investors touch their long-term reserves. Bitcoin holders who have already committed to storing coins barely move them. Ethereum holders in similar “long-term” categories interact with their coins roughly three times more often — a gap large enough that it can’t… The post Bitcoin Turns Into a Long-Term Savings Asset as Ethereum Powers On-Chain Activity appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BitcoinEthereum A new study from Glassnode suggests that the two biggest assets in crypto now serve such different purposes that comparing them as “similar investments” is becoming less meaningful. Investors Treat Bitcoin Like Something They Don’t Want to Touch Rather than circulating through the market, Bitcoin is increasingly disappearing into long-term storage. Wallets are moving coins off exchanges and into cold storage or multi-year holding patterns, and transaction activity involving older BTC keeps shrinking. The report describes this behavior as exactly what Bitcoin’s design intended — a monetary asset that people save rather than spend. Glassnode argues that this trend was already in motion even before this week’s market decline. BTC holders, on average, appear comfortable waiting out volatility instead of reacting to it, which positions Bitcoin as the ecosystem’s slow-moving reserve asset rather than its transactional engine. Ethereum’s Role Has Become the Opposite Ethereum sits at the center of the active crypto economy, and Glassnode’s data reflects that constant movement. While Bitcoin is being tucked away, Ethereum is continuously pushed through smart contracts, DeFi platforms, tokenization systems and everyday gas fees. More than anything, demand for blockspace — not speculation — keeps ETH circulating. This doesn’t come from a lack of conviction; the report notes that the ETH supply used for staking or held through ETFs is growing. Still, high-utility activity outweighs passive holding. In Glassnode’s words, ETH behaves like fuel for the on-chain economy rather than a vault-style savings instrument. Long-Term Holders Behave Differently on Each Network The most striking comparison is not trading volume, but how rarely investors touch their long-term reserves. Bitcoin holders who have already committed to storing coins barely move them. Ethereum holders in similar “long-term” categories interact with their coins roughly three times more often — a gap large enough that it can’t…