Following the steep corrections seen in late July, the Bitcoin market made a modest recovery in the past week, rising by 2.73% according to data from CoinMarketCap. However, another rejection amidst this price resurgence forces the premier cryptocurrency to now trade within the $116,000 price region. While the crypto market awaits the token’s next move, cumulative trading activity signals potential for a major price surge to a new all-time high. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bull Run At Risk? Binance Whale-To-Exchange Flow Signals Price Correction Golden Ratio In Sight: Bitcoin Targets $131K After Volume Shelf Hold In an X post on August 8, popular financial market analyst Donald Dean shares an interesting bullish price prediction on the Bitcoin market. Based on the existence of a volume shelf on the BTCUSDT daily chart, Dean tips the crypto market leader to soon attain a $131,000 market valuation. By way of explanation, a volume shelf refers to a price level where a significant amount of trading activity/volume has occurred. In the chart above, this level of trading is indicated by the horizontal bars on the right side of the chart. A volume shelf tends to act as a strong resistance or support zone because many traders are assumed to have bought or sold at this level. According to Donald Dean’s analysis, Bitcoin is currently hovering around a volume shelf between $116,000 – $118,000, which has been identified as a potential launch area. If Bitcoin can consolidate decisively above this range, it suggests that this level has enough buying interest to potentially act as a springboard for the next leg up. Interestingly, Dean predicts that this accumulation phase would provide the momentum needed to propel BTC toward the 1.618 Fibonacci extension level, a key technical milestone known as the “golden ratio.” This level, positioned around $131,000, represents the next major price target for the Bitcoin market, signaling a potential 12.93% gain on the present market prices. Related Reading: SharpLink Bets Big On Ethereum: $200M Raised To Deepen ETH Exposure Bitcoin Market Overview At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $116,756, after a minor decline of 0.02% over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, market trading volume has fallen by 20.97% and is valued at $55.24 billion. Data from CoinCodex indicates that market sentiment remains strongly bullish, with the Fear & Greed Index at 67. Despite this optimism, analysts expect BTC to hold within its current range, projecting prices of $117,167 in five days and $115,980 in thirty days, and a potential dip to $112,688 over the next three months. Featured image from Pexels, chart from Tradingview
XRP is starting to draw attention again as signs of a potential breakout begin to take shape. With market sentiment gradually shifting and XRP holding key support levels, analysts suggest that the stage may be set for the next impulse wave. If momentum continues to build and critical resistances are cleared, XRP could be on the verge of an explosive price rally to $8.5. Elliott Wave Points To Major XRP Price Breakout Paul Webborn, a crypto analyst on X (formerly Twitter), has released a new XRP forecast update, reinforcing his bullish stance on the third-largest cryptocurrency. In his analysis, the market expert reveals that XRP may be entering a powerful impulse phase, with projected targets potentially reaching or even surpassing $8 in the current cycle. Related Reading: Analyst Says XRP Is Moving According To Plan, Here’s Why $1.90 Is Important Webborn’s analysis applies Elliott Wave Theory to track XRP’s price movements from its June 2022 low, identifying that point as the start of a new bullish cycle. The chart provides a visual roadmap of XRP’s next moves based on the impulse wave structure. The cryptocurrency is expected to experience a short-term rise to initial targets below $8, followed by a brief pullback before a final rally that could push XRP to new all-time highs. Notably, the chart shows that primary Waves A and B have already played out, and XRP is now progressing through Wave C, which is unfolding in five intermediate waves. Intermediate waves 1 through 4 appear complete, with Wave 5 still forming. Webborn notes that this final fifth wave is expected to break down into five smaller minor waves. Minor wave 3 is projected to push XRP toward the $5 and $6 range, while the full extension of Wave C could carry it to between $8 and $10. The analyst has set an invalidation level at $1.90, meaning any move below that would break the current bullish structure and possibly lead to further downward pressure on the XRP price. Webborn predicts that if the $1.90 level is broken, XRP could potentially experience a crash toward new lows around $0.287, marking more than an 87% decline from its present market price. However, the chart suggests that this low has already been reached, further reinforcing the bullish narrative that the altcoin may be on the verge of a major upward breakout. While Webborn has provided no specific timeline for his optimistic forecast, the analyst believes that the coming few months could be explosive as the market enters the next phase of the impulse. Update On Price Action Lately, the XRP price has maintained strong support above $2, showing strength despite an extended consolidation period. CoinMarketCap data shows that the cryptocurrency is currently trading at $2.22, reflecting a modest 1.35% rise over the past day. Related Reading: Analyst Puts XRP Cycle High At $20-$30, Here’s Why Although XRP is still priced significantly below its all-time high, data from CoinCodex shows that market sentiment remains highly bullish. The cryptocurrency’s Fear and Greed Index also currently sits at 64, firmly in the ‘Greed’ zone. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
The Ethereum price could face another significant crash, as the machine learning algorithm, CoinCodex, predicts a sharp decline toward $1,500. After enduring four consecutive months of sideways trading and bearish closes, technical indicators and sentiment data are flashing warning signs of an impending correction in the coming weeks. Ethereum Price Crash To $1,526 Incoming According to CoinCodex’s latest Ethereum price prediction, ETH is expected to decline by 16.47% over the coming weeks, potentially reaching $1,526.06 by June 2, 2025. This bearish projection comes amidst a turbulent market cycle in which investor sentiment and confidence have wavered due to rising macroeconomic pressures and unexpected declines in Bitcoin. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Reaches Last H1 Support, Next Major Resistance Comes Into View Notably, Ethereum’s technical outlook continues to deteriorate as it just wrapped up its fourth consecutive monthly red candle. Cryptorank’s data shows that Ethereum experienced a dip of 1.27% in January, followed by sharper losses of 32.2% in February and 18.4% in March. The downtrend continued into April, with the cryptocurrency closing the month in red with another 1.58% decline. Despite brief intra-month rallies that saw its value rise sharply, Ethereum has consistently failed to sustain gains, closing each month with rising selling pressure and leading the wider market drawdown. CoinCodex’s data further paints a grim picture, highlighting that the top altcoin has recorded 16 green days out of the last 30, signaling unstable market strength. Its price volatility, measured at 6.43%, also reflects a choppy market that lacks clear bullish conviction. Moving forward, CoinCodex not only predicts that Ethereum could break down to $1,526 but also expects a steeper price crash to $1,447.96 by August 1, 2025. This would represent a decline of approximately 20.75% from current market prices. The machine learning algorithm has declared that broader market sentiment for ETH is currently bearish, implying that traders and investors still anticipate further corrections and limited upward momentum in the near term. Overall, this indicates a cautious outlook for Ethereum’s price prospects. CoinCodex Says Now Is A Bad Time To Buy ETH Given its bearish forecast for the Ethereum price, CoinCodex suggests that now may not be the best time to buy Ethereum. Interestingly, while investor sentiment remains cautious, the Fear and Greed index is at 65, reflecting a state of “Greed” and suggesting that market optimism may be outpacing the underlying bearish fundamentals. Related Reading: Ethereum By End Of 2025: Why A Surge Over $4,000 Is Imminent Building on this, crypto whales are still buying ETH in droves, capitalizing on low prices despite the possibility of a continued downtrend. Recent reports reveal that a single whale purchased 30,000 ETH tokens worth approximately $54 million. With price momentum fading and macro uncertainty still high, ETH bulls may need to wait for market stabilization and clearer reversal signals before re-entering the market. According to CoinMarketCap’s data, the Ethereum price is currently trading at $1,827, marking a yearly decline of over 38%. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from Tradingview.com
The Ethereum price crash to $1,400 has shaken the crypto market, amplifying already volatile conditions. This dramatic price drop comes after a major ETH sell-off by US President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Finance, suggesting that the recent dump may have been a primary catalyst behind ETH’s price collapse. Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed on April 9 via X (formerly Twitter) that the wallet associated with World Liberty Finance, a decentralized finance protocol linked to Trump, recently dumped a significant amount of Ethereum. Interestingly, this sell-off came just before Ethereum’s price crash, raising the question of whether it contributed to the unexpected decline. Donald Trump‘s World Liberty Finance Dumps ETH Launched in 2024, World Liberty Finance is Trump’s controversial digital asset firm designed to rival centralized banking and facilitate the adoption of stablecoins. According to data from Lookonchain, Trump’s World Liberty Finance, which was previously accumulating Ethereum at a low price, is now selling off a large chunk of its holding at a steep loss. Related Reading: Major Ethereum Whale Dumps 10,000 ETH After 2 Years, Is It Time To Get Out? Lookonchain flagged the transaction, noting that the wallet linked to World Liberty Finance had offloaded 5,471 ETH tokens worth roughly $8.01 million. The sell-off was executed at a price of $1,465 per ETH, a significant drop from its previous value of over $1,600. Notably, World Liberty Finance’s ETH sell-off move has raised eyebrows across the crypto community. It appears to mark a shift in strategy for a player who was previously known for large-scale ETH accumulation. According to Lookonchain, the wallet address linked to World Liberty Finance had accumulated a total of 67,498 ETH at an average price of $3,259. This means that the decentralized finance protocol spent a total of $210 million to amass such a large amount of ETH. At its sell-off price, this leaves the entity sitting on a staggering unrealized loss of around $125 million. The recent sell-off also adds more fuel to the growing uncertainty surrounding Ethereum’s future outlook, as the cryptocurrency’s recent price crash has sparked even more bearish predictions of continued decline. Although the reason behind World Liberty Finance’s unexpected ETH sell-off remains unclear, some believe that the dump was likely triggered by Ethereum’s ongoing price decline, while others suggest it could signal a market bottom. Ethereum Price Crash To $1,400 Ethereum’s price decline to $1,400 came as a shock to the market, making it the first time the cryptocurrency had fallen so low in seven years. Notably, Ethereum was not the only leading cryptocurrency that was affected by the market turmoil, as big players like Bitcoin also suffered losses. Related Reading: Ethereum Goes Head To Head With XRP: Analyst Says ETH Will Outperform For This Reason Currently, Ethereum seems to be recovering slightly from its previous low and is now trading at $1,591 after jumping 7.44%. Although this recovery brings hope of a rebound, the cryptocurrency’s value has still dropped by 16.63% over the past month. Moreover, technical indicators from CoinCodex highlight that sentiment surrounding the cryptocurrency is still deeply bearish, suggesting that further declines could be on the horizon. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from Tradingview.com