Ethereum Bulls Eye $2,500 And $3,100 SMA Breaks To Confirm Uptrend

The long-term prospects for Ethereum remain bullish, but short-term pain could come first, according to analysts.

David Hoffman says he sold ETH as the "ETH is money" thesis has played out, while staying bullish on Ethereum apps, L2s and stablecoin use.

Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,080. ETH is now consolidating above $2,050 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum remained in a bearish zone after a fresh decline. The price is trading below $2,100 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,095 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the $2,100 zone. Ethereum Price Consolidates Losses Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,120 and started a downside correction, like Bitcoin. ETH price dipped below the $2,110 and $2,100 levels. The price even traded below $2,080. Besides, there was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,095 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD. A low was formed at $2,052, and the price is now attempting to recover. There was a recovery wave above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,138 swing high to the $2,052 low.

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Ethereum has lost the $2,100 level as selling pressure overwhelms a recovery that has been struggling to find structural support since the mid-May highs. The decline is uncomfortable — but a CryptoOnchain analysis has identified a contradiction in the network data that makes the current price weakness considerably more complex than a straightforward bearish reading suggests. Related Reading: The Institutional Bitcoin Exit Is Real: Analyst Exposes Who’s On The Wrong Side Of The Trade The contradiction sits between two data points that should not be moving in the same direction simultaneously. The ETH 2.0 Staking Rate has reached a new all-time high of 32.18% — the highest proportion of Ethereum’s total supply ever committed to the network’s validator infrastructure. More ETH is locked in long-term staking contracts than at any previous point in the asset’s history, reflecting a cohort of holders whose conviction about Ethereum’s long-term value has never been stronger or more structural

Over the past fourteen days, Ethereum (ETH) has retraced by roughly 9%, and it is now probing the key psychological $2,000 support. Amid this weakening phase, technical analyst Ali Martinez pointed to what he described as “two triggers” that could potentially help ETH turn bullish again. What Happens Next For Ethereum In a recent social media post on X (formerly Twitter), Martinez noted that Ethereum has largely been confined to a broad, multi-year trading range since 2021. In his view, recent price action offered a telling confirmation of that structure.  The market experienced what he called a clean rejection at the midpoint of that range, which coincided with the 200-week Simple Moving Average (SMA) at around $2,300. Because ETH failed to reclaim that level, Martinez said the chart has continued to display weakness rather than recovery. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Roadmap For The Rest Of 2026: Bull, Base, And Bear Scenarios Unpacked Looking at the levels that matter most right n