Ethereum Prediction: DeFi and Sentiment is driving the recovery, what next?





Ethereum Prediction: Ethereum has risen significantly over the last few weeks on the back of positive sentiments as well as growth in TVL (DeFi projects)

Ethereum Prediction: Performance Summary

Ethereum has grown significantly over the last few weeks as it recovered from the bottom of June

Last 5 Days +6.2%
This Month +14.4%
Since the Crash of June 18th +21.4%

Why is Ethereum Rising?

The Cryptocurrency market as a whole has risen, example Bitcoin

Last 5 Days +7.1%
This Month +10.6%
Since the Crash of June 18th +12.3%

There is a high degree of correlation between Total Value Locked (TVL) statistics and the price of Ethereum

Ethereum Prediction: DeFi and Sentiment is driving the recovery, what next?
Source: DeFi Lama and TradingView

While the volume price link is weak, there has been significant growth in Trading volumes this month

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There was much lesser correlation with Transaction Volumes on the Ethereum blockchain as well as NFT Transactions.

Ethereum Prediction: What is the Outlook?

Ethereum is in the middle of a significant move higher beginning from July 1st. Technically it looks strong to move even higher over the next couple of weeks.

On the Daily Chart, Ethereum is a Buy though Eth is likely to be sluggish on Sunday. Forecasts for this year indicate a 30-40% growth opportunity.

The important thing for Ethereum is to breach $1270 for a move to $1450-1500. However, news flow plays a critical role and the following news items becomes important

  • US Inflation data on July 13th
  • European Economic Crisis owing to Russian Sanctions
  • Momentum of Crude Oil Prices
  • Any further failures amongst cryptocurrency companies

Given the strong NFT TVL linkage, important to track that metric as well.

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Forecasts and Predictions need to be dealt with caution because sometimes things change between when something is published and when someone reads it.

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