Ethereum Smashes Past Key BTC Resistance Level as Bulls Maintain Their Momentum
At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading up over 5% at its of $281, which marks a massive climb from its daily lows of nearly $260 that were set yesterday when bears attempted to spark a selloff.
The magnitude of ETH’s recent rally is clearly seen while looking at its price action throughout the month of February, as it has been able to climb over 100% from lows of $180. This has allowed it to significantly outperform both Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto markets, making it one of the top performing major altcoins throughout 2020, alongside Tezos and a handful of other tokens. While looking at ETH’s BTC trading pair, it is currently trading up roughly 5% at its current price of 0.0274, and Jacob Canfield – a prominent analyst – recently explained that he believes it could run to 0.036 before finding meaningful resistance.“From a very high time frame perspective, ethereum just broke a major resistance level that served as support for the last 2 years. The .147 fibonacci level may be the first level of resistance for the eth btc pair around .036. A retest of .024 could be a great place to long,” he explained.//twitter.com/JacobCanfield/status/74049537
ETH Rally Bolstered by Robust Fundamentals
This recent rally has also allowed Ethereum to garner incredibly strong fundamentals, with its active addresses and transaction count surging.
“Inline with $ETH’s price rally, Ethereum network usage is on the rise. In the last 7 days: Active addresses are up 26.7%. Transaction count is up 20.77%. Gas usage has hit highs not seen since September last year,” Glassnode explained in a recent tweet.
Inline with 's price rally, network usage is on the rise. In the last 7 days: Active addresses are up 26.7% Transaction count is up 20.77% Gas usage has hit highs not seen since September last year. — glassnode (@glassnode)
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