Ethereum’s High Time Frame Structure Looks “Great” Due to Technical Support
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Ethereum has undergone a strong correction from the 2020 highs near $490.
The leading cryptocurrency currently trades for $345, down 30% from the aforementioned highs.
Many investors have pointed to this correction as the start of a longer-term bearish trend for ETH.
This may not be the case: analysts say that Ethereum’s long-term outlook is still positive.
They cite pivotal technical factors, including but not limited to a strong set of technical levels below ETH’s current price.
Ethereum Still in a Bullish Long-Term Position, Analyst Says
Analysts are still optimistic about Ethereum despite a strong drawdown from the local highs. One cryptocurrency trader recently shared the chart below, noting that while ETH has faced a correction, it remains above a series of exponential moving average supports.
“Personally with so much uncertainty in the market it is very possible we see a $300 region retest, that said honestly HTF structure is looking great, lots of EMA support below us… In 2018/2019 the 55 EMA was consistently resistance, price now trending well above!”
Chart of ETH's price action over the past few years with analysis by crypto trader Crypto Cactus (@TheCryptoCactus on Twitter).
Chart from TradingView.com
This came shortly after Logan Han, a top trader on Binance, also shared an optimistic opinion about Ethereum. Both analysts shared extremely similar charts, as they both showed that the cryptocurrency has extremely notable technical supports below its current price.
Han also noted that ETH has formed a medium-term falling wedge, which is likely to break higher. A falling wedge is a textbook bullish pattern that often occurs in the middle of uptrends.
Chart of ETH's price action over the past few years with analysis by crypto trader and leading Binance analyst Logan Han (@loganhan_ on Twitter).
Chart from TradingView.com
Positive Fundamental Trends
Ethereum has positive fundamental trends that may drive the coin higher over time despite any short-term technical weakness.
As reported by Bitcoinist previously, Glassnode data indicates that over the course of September, Ethereum miners collected $166 million in transaction fees. Over that same time frame, Bitcoin miners collected a relatively small $26 million in transaction fees.
Analysts see this as positive for the blockchain as it shows that it is easily dominant over other networks like Tron, EOS, or Solana.
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Ethereum's High Time Frame Structure Looks "Great" Due to Technical Support
Crypto enthusiasts could make $122K per year mining Ethereum with this setup
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Dezember 29, 2020
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Simon Byrne has taken at-home crypto mining to a whole new level as he looks to capitalize on Ethereum’s (ETH) enormous price potential.
As first reported by Anthony Garreffa, Byrne has set up an ETH mining rig consisting of 78 GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. Although the RTX 3080 is marketed toward high-end PC gamers, crypto miners are using these powerful specs to enhance their capabilities.
With each card using roughly 300W of power, Byrne’s setup uses 23.4KW of energy. And that doesn’t even factor in associated costs like AC. All said, his electricity bill is estimated to run up to around $2,166 per month.
The RTX 3080 launched in September at a price of $699, but supply shortages have caused the per-unit cost to swell to $1,199. At the shortage price, that’s a price tag of $93,522 for Byrne’s setup.
Still, these costs could be offset by the operation’s mining capability. One GeForce RTX 3080 graphic card has a hash rate of around 83MH/s using Ethash, which should generate roughly 0.22236870 ETH per month, according to Garreffa. All 78 cards would therefore generate 17.3 ETH per month, which is equivalent to around $12,352 at today’s prices.
Stripping away the electricity costs, that’s roughly $10,200 per month or $122,000 per year. And that’s not factoring in Ethereum’s price potential during the next bull market.
Ether’s price zipped past $700 over the weekend, the first such move since mid-2018. The return of altseason, as some have predicted, could send ETH’s price even higher over the medium term as investors cycle from Bitcoin to other large-cap cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin price rally cools down as Polkadot gains 34% in first week of ‘altseason’
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Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $26,000 on Dec. 29 as fresh fallout from Ripple’s threatened U.S. lawsuit was felt throughout crypto markets.
Cryptocurrency market overview. Source: Coin360
BTC price dips as Coinbase halts XRP trading
Data from Cointelegraph Markets, Coin360 and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting lows of $25,830 during Tuesday trading.
$27,000 support failed to hold overnight, sparking a retest of lower levels which now center on $26,000. At the weekend, Bitcoin hit all-time highs of $28,400 before swiftly reversing.
The latest losses come as XRP, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, hits $0.23 thanks to major U.S. exchange Coinbase opting to suspend trading from next month. The reason is a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which threatens to classify XRP as an unlicensed security and make trading it all but impossible.
“There is going to be a rangebound construction, after which 2021 will most likely break out again,” Cointelegraph Markets analyst Michaël van de Poppe summarized about Bitcoin’s short-term perspectives in a video update on Monday.
Analyst braced for altseason
Van de Poppe is eyeing altcoins as next in line to see major gains. XRP notwithstanding, the market is already showing signs of life, with Ether (ETH) climbing above $700 for the first time since May 2018 this week.
Another winner on Tuesday was Polkadot (DOT), now the seventh-largest token by market cap, which saw a 22.5% daily rise, capping weekly performance of nearly 34%.
For Van de Poppe, the next “impulse wave” on Bitcoin in 2021 should take the market to $40,000 or $50,000, but “until then, altcoins will most likely do well.”
He additionally pointed to a likely top in Bitcoin market cap dominance, which at almost 70% should soon give way to altcoin presence. December tends to see BTC dominance peaks, with 2017, the time of Bitcoin’s first attempt to crack $20,000, a notable comparison.