PAVA Indicator: Morgan Stanley’s New Tool to Divide ETH Users as ‘Believers’, ‘Speculators’

The indicator will show possible fluctuations on ETH prices by dividing the dollar price of cryptocurrencies by the ratio of the blockchain transaction volume to active wallet addresses.

By Radhika Parashar | Updated: 10 August 2022 16:19 IST

PAVA Indicator: Morgan Stanley’s New Tool to Divide ETH Users as ‘Believers’, ‘Speculators’

Photo Credit: Facebook/ Morgan Stanley

Wall Street banks like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are delving deeper in crypto

Highlights

ETH speculations will be calculated using PAVA tool
PAVA tool better at identifying market lows
Morgan Stanley is among Wall Street banks exploring crypto

In a bid to analyse traders' forecast of Ether prices, Morgan Stanley has introduced a speculation indicator called PAVA (price-adjusted volume per address). This tool will enable ETH investors to guess Ether price trends amid extreme market conditions and shift focus to valuing the layer 1 blockchain as a network. The indicator will show possible fluctuations on ETH prices by dividing the dollar price of cryptocurrencies by the ratio of the blockchain transaction volume to active wallet addresses.

The PAVA tool will divide ETH investors into two classifications — believers and speculators, CoinDesk reported on Wednesday.

Believers will bank on Ethereum's long-term value. These people will participate in on-chain protocol that includes staking as well as decentralised lending. Such activities play a role in hiking transaction volumes and lead to lower PAVA value.

[Sponsored] Samsung Galaxy S24: The Ultimate Camera Phone With Smarter On-Device AI

Speculators, on the other hand, will keep their focus on ETH's short-term price movement. This will cause an increase in active wallet addresses and result in higher PAVA value.

Morgan Stanley launches PAVA, an ETH trading indicator that uses speculation to predict ETH pricing. pic.twitter.com/ZN6uhTfDc3
— William (@jiangli11295332) August 10, 2022

Citing Morgan Stanley, the CoinDesk report said the PAVA tool is stronger at identifying lower, than higher, market extremes for the dedicated asset, which in this case is Ether.

The bank founded in 1935 is not the only Wall Street lender that is delving deeper into the crypto space.

USD Coin Issuer Circle Pay, Tether Hype Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Upgrade

In March, Goldman Sachs had become the first major bank in the US to open crypto options trading service in the country. It has taken upon the role of acting as the risk-taking principal party in these transactions.

Why is Oppo making strange choices with its flagship Reno series? We discuss this on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: Cryptocurrency, Ether, Ethereum, Blockchain, Crypto Market, PAVA Tool

Radhika Parashar

Email Radhika

Radhika Parashar is a senior correspondent for Gadgets 360. She has been reporting on tech and telecom for the last three years now and will be focussing on writing about all things crypto. Besides this, she is a major sitcom nerd and often replies in Chandler Bing and Michael Scott references. For tips or queries you could reach out to her at RadhikaP@ndtv.com. More