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Ethereum Ready For ‘Rapid Expansion’ As Price Holds $3,900 Support – 30% Rally Coming?

As the market volatility continues, Ethereum (ETH) has dropped 3.1% in the daily timeframe and is attempting to hold a key price area as support once ￰0￱ the dip, some analysts have suggested that the King of Altcoin is set to start a new expansion phase ￰1￱ Reading: Bitcoin (BTC) ‘Uptober’ Rally On Pause Until This Level Is Reclaimed Ethereum Retests Major Support Zone On Wednesday, Ethereum fell below the $4,000 level for the third time this week, retesting a crucial area before ￰2￱ cryptocurrency has been trading within the $3,800-$4,800 price range in the daily timeframe since the early August ￰3￱ the recent market correction, ETH briefly lost its local range, reaching a two-month low of $3,435 last Friday.

Nonetheless, the price quickly bounced from the lows, reclaiming the $4,000 area over the ￰4￱ then, the King of Altcoins has been hovering around the lows, attempting to reclaim the range’s mid-zone but ultimately ￰5￱ the price retested the $3,900 area, Daan Crypto Trades noted that Ethereum has been able to maintain daily closes above the $4,100 area despite this week’s volatility, suggesting that a recovery of this level is still possible today. Nonetheless, failing to hold this area in the daily timeframe could propel a drop to the $3,800 support and risk a potential dip to the $3,400 ￰6￱ trader also warned that the cryptocurrency must also hold the $4,100 region on the weekly timeframe to maintain its current structure and target a climb to the range highs around $4,800.

He affirmed that “the real fun starts if this can trade and close above $5K. Until then, we’re range-bound within those two levels.” Similarly, Ali Martinez highlighted that ETH could see a 28%-53% rally based on Ethereum’s MVRV Extreme Deviation Pricing ￰7￱ to the analyst, if the price holds the $3,900 level, which is a major support, “the Pricing Bands point to a move toward $5,000 or even $6,000.” Is A Repeat Of ETH’s 2021 Playbook Coming? Other market watchers have also shared a positive long-term outlook for ETH, suggesting that investors shouldn’t worry about the recent price ￰8￱ Crypto Jelle pointed out the 18-month descending broadening wedge formation on Ethereum’s chart, which was broken out of during the Q3 ￰9￱ noted that the cryptocurrency is “just holding the breakout area as support,” consolidating between the breakout area and the last cycle’s ￰10￱ the analyst, ETH looks “very ready for a rapid expansion higher” once it breaks out of the accumulation range.

Meanwhile, Crypto Kaleo emphasized the structural similarities between the beginning of the last bull market’s breakout and Ethereum’s current price ￰11￱ the chart, the King of Altcoins traded within a two-year range during the previous cycle, retesting the range’s resistance twice and briefly deviating below the range’s low before breaking ￰12￱ Reading: Chinese Investment Bank Eyes $600 Million Raise For BNB Treasury Company Then, ETH saw a multi-month accumulation period above the breakout level before continuing its rally toward new highs. Kaleo’s post highlighted that the cryptocurrency appears to be repeating a similar playbook, currently consolidating before potentially resuming its run toward higher targets in the next few ￰13￱ of this writing, ETH is trading at $4,001, a 11.3% decline in the weekly ￰14￱ Image from Unsplash.

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