According to foreign media, the Ether Workshop is approaching an unholy record: If there is no significant rebound by the end of the quarter, ETH may have experienced its first decline in three consecutive quarters. This judgement is based on the continued weakness of recent prices and reflects market concerns about the ecological problems of the Ethera.
Quarterly performance under constant pressure
As at the time of the submission, CoinGecko data showed that ETH was about $1732. According to the article, ETH fell 28.28 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, continuing after 2026 and again 29.26 per cent in the first quarter. This quarter has fallen by 18.29 per cent to date, and if the lost land cannot be recovered in the last few days, the three consecutive quarters will become a reality.
This means that the Ether Workshop is not only facing a fall in prices, but may also refresh a negative record in its own history. The article mentions that ETH has returned about 65% of its historical heights.
Financial and personnel issues are being magnified
According to the article, ETH is a drag not only on overall encrypted market performance, but also on financial and organizational issues within the Taifung. Citing Trent Van Epps, the paper states that the ETA network is facing a growing financial pressure and that the problems may have been exposed at the earliest this year.
According to the text, approximately $30 million per year is required to maintain the operations of researchers, client teams and coordinating organizations. It is not entirely clear to the outside world that this funding is currently secure.
The foundation has recently left many places.
The article also referred to the recent wave of movement of people by the Etherak Foundation. Hsiao-Wei Wang, who had previously served as Co-Executive Director for almost nine years, had announced his departure and Bastian Aue had become one of the de facto principal executives.
In addition to the above-mentioned changes, the article states that at least eight senior developers and researchers left in 2026, including the joint executive director Tomasz Stańczak resigned in February.
Overall, this review explains ETH's current weakness in three ways: a successive fall in prices, the pressure on eco-finance security, and the accelerated movement of Foundation management and core researchers. If these problems do not improve in the short term, ETA quarterly performance may continue to be under pressure.