Ethereum Runs Out of Steam as Bitcoin Dominance Rises
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Ethereum Runs Out of Steam as Bitcoin Dominance Rises

THELOGICALINDIAN - Bitcoin amount topped 6000 and the majority of altcoin angry red Is Bitcoins accretion ascendancy burglary Ethereums thunder

ETH-BTC 4-Hr Chart

After topping out at 0.031402 ETH amount [coin_price coin=ethereum] took a bearish about-face and alone to the lower arm of the falling block to set a new low not apparent back December 22, 2024.

For those attractive to the ETH-BTC bond as the indicator of Ether’s amount action, this is beneath than affable account but the ETH-USD [coin_price coin=ethereum] 4-hour blueprint shows that the 61.8% Fib retracement akin ($167.50) could accommodate support. $173.25 is proving to be cogent resistance.

ETH-USD 4-Hr Chart

The RSI is collapsed in aloof area and the MACD is beyond and additionally bottomward into a aloof zone. Volume has screeched to a arrest and its accessible that traders are watching from the sidelines and BTC fights to authority its contempo achievement over $6,000 and the majority of altcoins are in the red.

Above $173.50 ETH could date a run to $180 afresh and a bead beneath $167.50 (50% Fib retracement level) could see ETH revisit the contempo beat low at $156.

ETH-USD Shorts

ETH-USD longs accept apparent a slight uptick afterwards bottomward to 350k from an April best aerial of 581k. Meanwhile, ETH-USD longs are on the abatement afterwards ascent hardly over the accomplished two weeks.

As mentioned previously by Bitcoinist, Ethereum’s contempo run to $180 could accept been propelled mainly by the account of the CFTC because the approval of ETH futures, the achievability of Microsoft debuting articles that advance Ethereum blockchain, and the accessible Consensus 2019 conference.

ETH-USD Daily Chart

Ethereum bitcoin dominance

ETH amount is bearish for the abbreviate appellation but has apparent bullish behavior on every pullback back the end of April. While the 4-hour and circadian ETH-USD archive are still almost bullish.

Traders should still accumulate an eye on the ETH-BTC bond to watch for a trend reversal.

At the time of writing, ETH is beneath the 20-MA on the Bollinger Band indicator but award abutment at the 61.8% Fib retracement level. A abutting glance at the 4-hour blueprint shows ETH tends to assemblage assets afterwards overtaking the 20-MA so ambience an anxiety for $170 would mark ETH’s cantankerous aloft this MA.

Do you anticipate ETH will balance to beat $180 this week?

[Disclaimer: The angle bidding in this commodity are not advised as advance advice. Market abstracts is provided by Bitfinex. The archive for the assay are provided by TradingView.]

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