Over the past five years, the ratio has risen from 0.02 to a peak of above 0.08 in early 2022, meaning ETH quadrupled in value relative to BTC at the time. Since then, it’s been on decline. Even as BTC set a lifetime high, ether has yet to break through its high from 2021 and is down 46% from its peak.

Since, though, Trump’s odds have been falling, as has the price of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. At one point overnight, the former president’s victory chances declined to less than 53% (with Harris rising to above 47%). Alongside, bitcoin fell to as low as $67,600. At press time, during the U.S. morning hours Sunday, both Trump and bitcoin have come back a bit, with Trump sitting at 56% and bitcoin at $68,300, lower by more than 2% over the past 24 hours.

While significant, his millions are overshadowed by the overall crypto industry’s campaign involvement, led by the super PAC Fairshake. That group’s $169 million in donations – primarily from Coinbase Inc. (COIN), Ripple Labs and Andreesen Horowitz (a16z) – has not only dominated the crypto sector’s election involvement but has put it among the biggest sources of campaign cash in the 2024 elections.