Ethereum’s native signal, Ether (ETH), has been down more than 35% against Bitcoin (BTC) since December 2021, with more potential below in the coming months.
The ETH / BTC dynamics
Bullish trends in the ETH / BTC pair generally suggest an increase in risk appetite among cryptocurrencies, where speculation is more focused on future Ether valuations against holding their long – term capital in BTC.
Conversely, the ETH / BTC bear cycle is usually accompanied by a fall in altcoins and a decrease in Ether market share. Therefore, traders seek safety in BTC, which reflects their sense of risk in the cryptocurrency industry.
TVL Ether cleaning
Interest in the Ethereum blockchain skyrocketed during the pandemic as developers began using it to create a wave of so – called decentralized financial projects, including peer – to – peer exchanges and lending platforms.
This resulted in an explosion in Locked Total Value (TVL) in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem, which rose from $ 465 million in March 2020 to $ 159 billion in November 2021, an increase of more than 34,000%, according to data from DeFi Llama.
Interestingly, the ETH / BTC pair jumped 345% to 0.08, 2021 high, during the same period, in the face of increasing demand for transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. However, the pair has since fallen over 35% and was trading at 0.057 BTC on June 26th.
The fall of ETH / BTC coincided with a massive drop in Ethereum TVL, which fell from $ 159 billion in November 2021 to $ 48.81 billion in June 2022, due to fears of capture in the DeFi sector.
In addition, institutions have withdrawn $ 458 million this year from Ethereum – based investment funds as of June 17, suggesting that interest in Ethereum ‘s DeFi boom has waned.
Bitcoin in trouble but stronger than Ether
Bitcoin has struggled with smaller declines than Ether in the current bear market.
The price of BTC has dropped almost 70% to about $ 21,500 since November 2021, compared to 75% for Ether over the same period.
Also, unlike Ethereum, bitcoin – oriented investment funds have seen an inflow of $ 480 million per year to date, indicating that the BTC downturn has done little to ease its demand for institutional investors. .
Downside ETH / BTC Targets
Capital inflows, coupled with the growing reliability of the DeFi industry, could continue to favor bitcoin over Ethereum in 2022, leading to a deeper decline in the ETH / BTC pair.
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Technically, the pair is above a support junction defined by an upward trend, a Fibonacci level at 0.048 BTC, and its 200-week exponential moving average (200-week EMA; the blue wave in the chart below) near 0.049 BTC.
On rebound, ETH / BTC could test the 0.5 Fib line near 0.062. Conversely, a decisive break below the support junction could decline towards the 0.786 to 0.027 Fib line in 2022, down more than 50% from today’s price.
The outbreak of ETH / BTC could coincide with an extended decline in the ETH / USD market, mainly due to the quantitative tightening of the Federal Reserve which has recently pushed lower cryptocurrency prices against the US Dollar.
$ ETH Bear Markets historical correction depth:
• -72%
• -94%
• -82% (and counting)
Read more about it #ETH Market Cycles here: https://t.co/5hIo7SC1n6#Crypto #Ethereum pic.twitter.com/7Ol0q3xM9G
– Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) June 25, 2022
Depth of historical $ ETH bear market correction: -72%; -94%; – 82% (counting). Read more about #ETH market cycles here: https://t.co/5hIo7SC1n6#Crypto #Ethereum pic.twitter.com/7Ol0q3xM9G – Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) June 25, 2022
On the other hand, weaker economic data may encourage nutrition to cool its inflated spree. This could limit the bearish bias of Ether and other cryptoassets in the dollar market, according to Informa Global Markets.
The firm noted:
“Macroeconomic conditions need to be improved and the aggressive approach to monetary policy needs to be tempered before cryptocurrency markets see a bottom line.”
But since Ether has not achieved the highest level ever against Bitcoin since June 2017 despite strong acceptance, the ETH / BTC pair may remain under pressure with the 0.027 target in sight.
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