Ether May See New Record Highs in Under Two Weeks

Key points:

  • Ether is on track to reach $20,000 as a lifelong price channel stays relevant, says a popular trader.

  • ETH may even break beyond the channel for the first time in history.

  • Against Bitcoin, Ether bulls still have a lot of work to do to match all-time highs from 2021.

Ether (ETH) has a new $20,000 target as hyper-bullish price predictions join the push to seven-month highs.

New X analysis from popular trader Merlijn sees ETH/USD repeating a rare chart move, which could produce another 375% gain.

ETH price channel opens road to $20,000 โ€” Trader

Ether is getting traders excited again as it crosses the $4,000 mark for the first time since late 2024.

Going on to reach $4,249 on Bitstamp Saturday, the largest altcoin by market cap now has a new sky-high price target to match the current mood.

Uploading a chart to X, Merlijn highlighted the price acting inside a rising channel, the ceiling of which it has only hit twice before.

The last tap of the upper trend line marked Etherโ€™s latest all-time high of $4,875, which it set back in November 2021.

โ€œ7 years in the making. 2 touches,โ€ he commented.ย 

โ€œOne breakout that changes everything. $ETH is riding the same channel that launched it from $100 to $4,000.โ€

ETH/USD one-month chart (screenshot). Source: Merlijn The Trader/X

Audio commentary gave an ETH price target for the third touch of the upper trend line as up to $20,000. Price, however, could continue beyond that boundary for the first time in history.

โ€œMomentum is coiling. RSI is reset. The ignition sequence is armed. Next stop? Straight to the top of the channel and beyond,โ€ Merlijn added.

Ether needs 150% gains against Bitcoin

Against Bitcoin (BTC), Ether still has much ground to reclaim.

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ETH/BTC, while up over 15% over the past week, is still hovering around its yearly open level.ย 

A month after its USD record in late 2021, Ether put in its current peak in BTC terms at 0.0883. Reaching that level again currently requires 150% upside, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirms.

ETH/BTC one-week chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView

New all-time highs could be more attainable, with popular trader BitBull seeing the potential for ETH price discovery to return within a fortnight.

โ€œIt broke above $4.1K today, led by massive short squeeze and institutional buying,โ€ part of an X post Saturday reads.ย 

โ€œBut what’s next? $ETH needs a strong weekly close above this level now. If that happens, a new ATH will happen in 1-2 weeks.โ€

ETH/USDT one-week chart. Source: BitBull/X

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