Ethereum (ETH) may be nearing the end of its price correction, as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap continues to trade slightly above $4,000, following a strong sell-off last week when it almost crashed to $3,400. Ethereum Price Correction May Be Over According to a CryptoQuant Quicktake post by contributor PelinayPA, Ethereum funding rates on Binance crypto exchange have remained positive, despite being in a narrow 0 shows that long positions on ETH still dominate the 1 Reading: Bitcoin Market Feels “Too Efficient” As Arbitrage Opportunities Vanish – What It Means For Price? ETH funding rates fluctuating normally on Binance – despite the digital asset’s recent extraordinary price appreciation – implies that futures traders are not exhibiting greed or euphoria, typically associated with the mid-phase of a healthy 2 example, during the 2021-22 bull cycle, ETH funding rates often surged to 0.1% to 0.2%, aligning with local market 3 present, these funding rates are hovering around 0.01% to 0.03%, implying that the market has not reached overheated levels just 4 addition, the absence of negative funding rates confirms a decline in short positioning, and elevated risk appetite among 5 CryptoQuant analyst added: The overall trend remains 6 funding rates combined with strong price momentum suggest that the correction is likely 7 the short term, minor profit-taking or sideways consolidation between $3,600–$3,800 would be 8 funding rates gradually rise above 0.05%, it could signal overcrowded longs and trigger a short term 9 current combination of moderate levels of leverage and gradually rising spot demand hints toward a potential ETH rally, eyeing the $4,500 to $5,000 range in the long 10 price target could be even higher with a favorable derivatives structure and funding 11 said, a sharp increase in funding rates could be seen as an early warning of another price pullback for the cryptocurrency.
However, ETH’s market structure still supports a potential surge to $6,800 by the end of 2025, the analyst 12 Ready For New Highs? Several indicators point toward ETH looking to resume its bullish 13 instance, ETH’s Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) trend recently hinted toward the digital asset rising to $5,000 in the near 14 Reading: Ethereum Close To Local Bottom? Analyst Flags Drop In Binance Open Interest Further, ETH exchange reserves continue to tumble at a rapid 15 exchange data shows that ETH reserves on exchanges have hit a multi-year low, raising the possibility of an impending “supply crunch” for the 16 said, there are several other factors that may fuel another sell-off in ETH, pushing its price again below $4,000.
At press time, ETH trades at $4,053, up 0.2% in the past 24 17 image from Unsplash, charts from CryptoQuant and 18
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