Ethereum (ETH) Preparing for a Bitcoin-Like Breakout Above Its All-Time High

By Bhushan Akolkar

The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) has been testing investors’ patience for quite a while! After hitting its new all-time high above $1450, ETH has been largely consolidating between $1350-$1400 levels.

Interestingly, this consolidation can lead to a major breakout above the all-time high very soon. The ETH graph at this stage exactly resembles BTC price movement below $20,000 levels in December 2020. Well, it suggests that ETH is poised for a solid breakout and possibly we can see ETH price literally doubling from the current levels.

At press time, ETH is trading at $1345 with a market cap of $154 billion. Even at this stage, ETH is trading at over 80% premium year-to-date. Besides, there are two major catalysts that can trigger institutional participation for Ethereum (ETH) in the coming weeks.

  1. CME Ether Futures launching within a week’s time
  2. The launch of Ethereum funds y Galaxy Digital in the next two weeks.

Also, the recent growth of the crypto DeFi market is positive news for ETH investors. Another interesting fact is that ETH is all set to register its highest monthly close ever.

Improving On-Chain Fundamentals for Etheruem

Ethereum’s recent price rally hasn’t been just an investor frenzy but is rather backed with improving on-chain metrics and fundamentals. Popular Ethereum analyst Anthony Sassano notes:

“7.2 million $ETH is locked in DeFi. 2.8 million $ETH is locked in eth2. This means that 10 million $ETH (8.8% of the current supply) is being put to work to power the Ethereum ecosystem. That’s $13.4 billion at current prices”.

On the other hand, the Glassnode data suggests that a large number of ETH has been moving off the exchanges in recent times. It means the ETH liquidity at the exchanges is reducing as most ETH is either moving to cold storage or as deposits to Ethereum 2.0. As per Glassnode, the total number of non-zero ETH addresses has hit an all-time high.

Similarly, the total number of ETH addresses in profit has also hit an all-time high.

While signing off we would finally like to wish the Ethereum co-founder a very happy birthday and our heartfelt thanks for getting such a wonderful tech to this world.

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Bhushan Akolkar
Bhushan is a seasoned crypto writer with over eight years of experience spanning more than 10,000 contributions across multiple platforms like CoinGape, CoinSpeaker, Bitcoinist, Crypto News Flash, and others. Being a Fintech enthusiast, he loves reporting across Crypto, Blockchain, DeFi, Global Macros with a keen understanding in financial markets. 

He is committed to continuous learning and stays motivated by sharing the knowledge he acquires. In his free time, Bhushan enjoys reading thriller fiction novels and occasionally explores his culinary skills. Bhushan has a bachelors degree in electronics engineering, however, his interest in finance and economics drives him to crypto and blockchain.
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