Ethereum’s (ETH) price movement on Monday is leaning toward short traders following investors’ uncertainty in the wider crypto market. However, Ethereum in centralized exchanges (CEXs) has been on a steady decline following a delay in Invesco’s spot ETH ETF application and Robinhood Crypto receiving a Wells notice from the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
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After moving above the $3,161 key resistance, Ethereum appears to be on a downtrend, shedding about 2.7% of its value on Monday. With the absence of key macro and crypto events in the coming days, traders seem uncertain about the market’s direction. However, recent price movements seem to be tilting toward the short direction, as long traders have seen liquidations worth $34.22 million in the past 24 hours.
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ETH/USDT 4-hour chart
If the decline sustains, ETH may fall close to the $3,029 support level, which may prove a good buying opportunity. A move below the level would indicate a resumption of a bearish trend. However, a move upwards will see ETH attempting to break above the $3,300 key level.
Considering that the level has proven to be strong resistance in the past three weeks — with ETH trading above it only on April 27 and 28 — Ethereum may see a pullback at that level. Hence, it may prove to be a good selling level for traders. The price of BTC could change the dynamics of this prediction as it still largely influences ETH’s price movement.
The developer or creator of each cryptocurrency decides on the total number of tokens that can be minted or issued. Only a certain number of these assets can be minted by mining, staking or other mechanisms. This is defined by the algorithm of the underlying blockchain technology. Since its inception, a total of 19,445,656 BTCs have been mined, which is the circulating supply of Bitcoin. On the other hand, circulating supply can also be decreased via actions such as burning tokens, or mistakenly sending assets to addresses of other incompatible blockchains.
Market capitalization is the result of multiplying the circulating supply of a certain asset by the asset’s current market value. For Bitcoin, the market capitalization at the beginning of August 2023 is above $570 billion, which is the result of the more than 19 million BTC in circulation multiplied by the Bitcoin price around $29,600.
Trading volume refers to the total number of tokens for a specific asset that has been transacted or exchanged between buyers and sellers within set trading hours, for example, 24 hours. It is used to gauge market sentiment, this metric combines all volumes on centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges. Increasing trading volume often denotes the demand for a certain asset as more people are buying and selling the cryptocurrency.
Funding rates are a concept designed to encourage traders to take positions and ensure perpetual contract prices match spot markets. It defines a mechanism by exchanges to ensure that future prices and index prices periodic payments regularly converge. When the funding rate is positive, the price of the perpetual contract is higher than the mark price. This means traders who are bullish and have opened long positions pay traders who are in short positions. On the other hand, a negative funding rate means perpetual prices are below the mark price, and hence traders with short positions pay traders who have opened long positions.