Binance’s Ethereum reserves are sitting at their lowest point since 2020 — and that’s just one piece of a much bigger picture. Across the board, Ethereum held on exchanges has fallen to its lowest level since 2016, a shift driven by back-to-back withdrawals and a staking surge that is pulling coins deeper out of circulation. Related Reading: Bitrue Says XRP Should Already Be At $10, Traders Are Betting It Gets There A Wave Of Withdrawals Across Major Platforms On March 22, crypto analyst Amr Taha flagged a $1.67 billion ETH withdrawal from OKX. Binance also recorded two separate outflows topping $300 million earlier in the quarter. Those moves didn’t happen in isolation. Data from analyst Arab Chain show that roughly 31.6 million ETH left major exchanges in February alone — the biggest monthly outflow since November. Binance accounted for about 14.45 million ETH of that total, close to half. OKX followed with around 3.80 million ETH, and Kraken recorded roughly 1 million ETH during the same stretch. When coins leave exchanges at that pace, it matters. Sustained withdrawals shrink the pool of coins available for spot trading. Assets moved to private wallets or staking platforms tend to be less liquid in the near term, and thinner exchange balances can sharpen price swings when market activity picks up. Ethereum: Staking Reaches A Record High The withdrawal story runs alongside a staking story, and together they paint a picture of tightening supply. About 38 million ETH is now locked in staking, equal to roughly 33% of total supply — the highest level on record. Staking infrastructure provider Everstake weighed in on what that means for the market. The company said that a steady drop in liquid supply, combined with ongoing demand, sets up conditions for a structurally firmer price floor. That’s not a short-term trade signal. It’s a longer-term structural shift — one where a growing share of ETH is committed to the network rather than sitting ready to be sold. Analysts are watching what happens next on the price chart. Technical analyst Trader Tardigrade has identified a potential cup-and-handle pattern forming on Ethereum’s daily chart. $ETH / daily Did #Ethereum just quietly break out of the handle? Low-key breakout or fakeout? ???? pic.twitter.com/FtZdl5hfdY — Trader Tardigrade (@TATrader_Alan) March 25, 2026 A confirmed breakout would require ETH to clear the 50-day exponential moving average and key Fibonacci levels. Failing to do so could keep the token grinding sideways in its current range. Related Reading: Bernstein Sets $150,000 Bitcoin Target As ETF Inflows Surpass $1.6B In March Price Holds Near $2,181 As Momentum Builds As of March 25, ETH was trading near $2,181 with rising derivatives activity and improving momentum readings. Whether that’s enough to trigger a move higher depends on demand catching up to the shrinking supply picture. Analysts say Ethereum remains in an accumulation phase and has not yet entered an established uptrend. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
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Ethereum is consolidating after weeks of selling pressure. The price chart reflects uncertainty. An on-chain transaction recorded this week reflects something else entirely. Data from Arkham Intelligence has identified a single purchase that stands out against the current market backdrop: an unmarked wallet acquired $106.98 million worth of ETH in one transaction. No announcement. No public attribution. One address, one move, nine figures. In isolation, a large wallet transaction proves nothing. In context, it demands attention. When an unmarked address commits $107 million to ETH during a period of sustained price weakness and negative market sentiment, it is not the behavior of a participant who believes the current trend continues indefinitely. Wallets of that size do not accumulate into weakness by accident. They do it by design. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Coinbase Discount Is Back: History Says That Is Worth Watching What Arkham’s data cannot confirm is the identity behind the address. What it can confirm is the scale, the timing, and the direction — a buyer of institutional size, moving against the prevailing sentiment, at a price level the broader market has spent weeks treating as a ceiling rather than a floor. That divergence between what the price is doing and what the large capital is doing is precisely the kind of signal that precedes a structural shift. It does not guarantee one. But it changes the conversation. The Pattern Has a Name. The Question Is Whether the Name Has a Face Arkham’s analysis goes one step further than identifying the transaction. It identifies a behavioral signature: the purchase pattern of the unmarked address matches the prior acquisition patterns of Bitmine — the Bitcoin and digital asset treasury company led by Tom Lee, one of the most publicly recognized and institutionally influential voices in crypto markets. That match is not a confirmation. It is a flag — and in on-chain forensics, a pattern match of this specificity against a known institutional actor is the closest thing to attribution that the data can responsibly support. Bitmine’s relevance to the market extends well beyond its balance sheet. Tom Lee has spent years as one of the few mainstream financial voices with institutional-level conviction on digital assets and defends them publicly. When capital connected to his firm moves, the market notices. Not merely because of the dollar size, but because of what it signals about conviction at the institutional level. A $107 million ETH accumulation, if attributed to Bitmine, would represent a direct vote of confidence in Ethereum at current prices from a buyer with both the resources and the public credibility to move sentiment. The question Arkham puts on the table — did Tom Lee just buy $100 million in ETH — cannot yet be answered with certainty. But it is the right question, and the on-chain evidence is the reason it is being asked. Related Reading: Ethereum Staking Ratio Hits Record 31.4% As Exchange Supply Crashes To 2016 Lows Ethereum Weekly Chart Places This Moment in Its Proper Context Ethereum is trading at $2,075 on the weekly timeframe, up 1.03% on the candle that opened at $2,053 and tapped $2,199 before retreating. That weekly high rejection at $2,199 — precisely where the market attempted and failed to hold — is the detail the daily chart cannot show. The weekly candle is not recovering. It is struggling. The macro picture clarifies what struggling means at this scale. ETH peaked near $5,000 in early 2022, bottomed below $1,000 in mid-2022, recovered through the entire 2023–2024 cycle, and reached $4,800 again in late 2024. The current price at $2,075 represents a 57% drawdown from that most recent cycle high. A decline that has now erased the entirety of the 2024 bull run and returned ETH to levels last seen in late 2023. Related Reading: Bitcoin Structure Has Changed: UTXO Data Challenges Traditional Cycle Narratives The moving average configuration on the weekly chart is the most damning technical signal visible. Price has broken decisively below the 50-week MA and is now testing the 100-week MA — the green line, currently descending through the $2,200–$2,300 region — from below, having failed to reclaim it this week. The 200-week MA, the long-term red line, continues its slow ascent from the $2,600 region and represents a level ETH has not traded above since early 2026. All three weekly MAs are converging downward. Price is beneath all of them. Until the 50-week MA is reclaimed on a weekly close, this chart has no technical case for recovery. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin (BTC) has recently breached the key psychological support level of $70,000, trading at $68,739.30 (-3.49% in 24h) at press time. This happened after the Pentagon reported plans to execute a “final blow” on Iran, in addition to the upcoming expiration of $16.4 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options on Friday. Source: CoinMarketCap Bitcoin breakout …
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Toncoin is at a critical juncture as it tests the $1 range, a key level that has anchored its trading for weeks. How it reacts here could determine whether the range holds or breaks, setting the stage for either a bullish flip or an accelerated drop. With strong fundamentals in play but the chart still in control, traders are watching closely for the decisive signal. Range Flip Or Breakdown: What BTC Pair Tells Us About Toncoin Charting the TON/BTC and TON/USDT daily pairs, analyst Umair Crypto points out that Toncoin is at a critical juncture. On the BTC pair, the RSI has broken above its trendline, signaling early bullish momentum. However, the 200 SMA on this pair remains the key level to watch, as it will determine whether the $1 support on the USDT pair holds or if the range flips higher. Related Reading: Toncoin, Quant Seeing Whale Activity Explosion, Big Move Ahead? The BTC pair has been consolidating within a range for 166 days, and the recent RSI trendline breakout above 50 hints that bullish pressure is building. Meanwhile, on the USDT pair, price is attempting to recover the 50 SMA, showing early signs of strength, though confirmation is still needed. From here, two scenarios are possible. If the BTC pair closes convincingly above the 200 SMA, it would likely trigger a range flip on Toncoin’s USDT pair to the upside. Conversely, if the BTC pair gets rejected at the 200 SMA, the range may break down, putting Toncoin at risk of forming a lower low below $1. Such a breakdown would shift the market structure into bearish territory and could accelerate selling pressure, making $1 a crucial level to watch. $1 Support: More Than Just A Psychological Level The analyst stressed that the $1 level is far more than a psychological benchmark; it is a critical structural support that anchors the entire TON/USDT range. If this level fails, the decline could accelerate sharply, making it a key inflection point for traders and investors alike. Holding above $1 is essential to maintain the current range and prevent a potential breakdown that could trigger further selling pressure. Even with strong fundamental catalysts, the market has remained largely unresponsive. AlphaTON Capital Corp recently launched a $100 million treasury strategy, while TON Wallet officially expanded into the US market, both moves signaling growing institutional adoption. Related Reading: Lucky Train Launches TON-Based Web3 Project With Staking-Like Participation Model At this critical juncture, the BTC pair’s 200 SMA is shaping up as the ultimate deciding factor. A decisive close above this level could reinforce $1 as strong support and pave the way for a bullish range flip. Conversely, rejection at the 200 SMA could tip the market into bearish territory, signaling that structural weakness now overrides fundamental optimism. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
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A market analyst has released a new XRP price analysis, using the Bitcoin (BTC) chart and price action as the basis for her outlook. The analyst’s near-term outlook for XRP is bearish, with ongoing market volatility and shifting sentiment posing challenges. While she highlights potential downside targets, the analyst also applies Elliott Wave theory to pinpoint resistance levels, indicating areas where XRP could decline to. Market analyst Tara has shared her plan for XRP, drawing on patterns she observed on the Bitcoin chart. In her post on X, Tara outlined a clear roadmap for traders, warning that the current bounce seen in the XRP price could be a deceptive move and that significant downside risk remains ahead. The analyst identified a complete five-wave Elliott Wave decline on the one-hour XRP chart, noting that price finished its Wave 5 sell-off near the $1.362 support zone, a level visible on the chart as a strong horizontal floor. XRP Price Forecast Based On The Bitcoin Chart From that bottom, XRP has continued its corrective move upward, which Tara labeled as an ABC correction. This pattern consists of a Wave A rally, a Wave B dip, and a projected Wave C push, which she expects to carry the price higher in the short term. Related Reading: XRP Price Will Not Move The Way People Think, Here’s A Better Pattern The analyst explained that, like Bitcoin, XRP is currently awaiting a Wave 2 or Wave 5 retracement. She said the move is targeting the 0.618 resistance level at $1.51, which also lines up with a 1:1 measured move. Moreover, she clearly stated that this upward move carries a bearish label and should not be misconstrued as a sign of bullish strength returning to the market. Tara further warned that the move could trap many bulls. She noted that many traders may mistake the short-term rally for a genuine breakout, only to be caught off guard when the next wave begins. The analyst also noted that, based on her readings of the Elliott Wave structure, traders should already be thinking about what wave could come next once this retrace completes near the $1.51 resistance zone visible on the chart. Looking further ahead, Tara pointed to Wave 3 as the next major move to watch. She noted that Wave 3 carries downside targets as low as a Double Bottom at $1.12. The analyst added that the $0.87 macro support level on the price chart also remains a likely and valid target, representing a much deeper pullback from current price levels. Update On The XRP Price Action The XRP price is currently sitting at $1.37 after an unsuccessful attempt to break and sustain levels above the $1.40 resistance level. According to CMC data, XRP’s price performance has been largely bearish over the past two weeks, dropping by more than 6% in the last seven days and over 3% in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: XRP Still Stuck In Bear Market Cycle With Threats Of A Price Crash To $1.13 The recent downturn has been driven by a lack of strong bullish catalysts in a market marked by high volatility and ongoing geopolitical tensions. XRP’s persistent bearish technical structure and negative sentiment have also weighed significantly on its price momentum. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
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Ethereum is holding above $2,000. The price chart looks uncertain. The exchange data tells a different story entirely. A CryptoQuant report has identified a withdrawal pattern that cuts against the bearish surface narrative: on March 22, a single OKX outflow of $1.67 billion in ETH left the exchange in one movement — the largest single withdrawal event recorded in the period under review. Binance followed with its own signals, registering two separate outflows each exceeding $300 million, on February 5 and February 7. Three large withdrawals. Two major exchanges. One direction. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Coinbase Discount Is Back: History Says That Is Worth Watching When ETH moves off exchanges at this scale, it does not disappear — it migrates into cold storage, staking contracts, and long-term custody. It stops being available for immediate sale. The pool of coins that can be sold at a moment’s notice shrinks, and the market’s sensitivity to any new wave of buying demand increases proportionally. What the withdrawal data describes is a supply side that is quietly tightening while the price holds a key psychological level. Ethereum above $2,000 with contracting exchange supply is not the same market as Ethereum above $2,000 with abundant sell-side liquidity. The number is the same. The structure beneath it is not. One Exchange Would Be a Data Point. Two Is a Pattern. The report is precise about why the scope of the withdrawal signal matters. A single large outflow from a single exchange can reflect any number of explanations — an institutional custody transfer, a wallet reorganization, a single large holder moving funds for reasons entirely unrelated to market outlook. What it cannot easily explain is the same behavior appearing across multiple major exchanges within the same quarter. OKX posted the largest single withdrawal in the period. Binance registered two separate outflows above $300 million within 48 hours of each other in early February. When that kind of coordinated supply reduction appears across venues simultaneously, the isolated wallet movement explanation loses credibility. What remains is the more consequential interpretation: a broad contraction in the ETH available for immediate spot selling across the market’s deepest liquidity pools. The report is careful about what this means and what it does not. Lower exchange-held supply is not a rally trigger. It is a structural condition — one that reduces the overhead of available sell-side pressure and makes the market more reactive to any uptick in demand. The floor does not rise automatically. It becomes easier to defend. If the pattern holds, Ethereum is not just above $2,000. It is above $2,000 with a progressively thinner book of coins willing to be sold at this price. Related Reading: Ethereum Staking Ratio Hits Record 31.4% As Exchange Supply Crashes To 2016 Lows The Ethereum Trend Has Not Changed Ethereum is trading at $2,079, down 4.13% on the day. The session opened at $2,169, reached a high of $2,172, and has spent the remainder of the day selling off — a candle that opened near its high and is closing near its low. That is not consolidation. That is distribution. The daily chart context is unambiguous. ETH peaked near $4,100 in September 2025 and has been in a structured downtrend for six consecutive months. The February capitulation — a near-vertical drop from $3,000 to $1,770, accompanied by the heaviest sell volume on the entire chart — was the most violent single move of the decline. Price recovered from that wick, but the recovery has been labored, range-bound, and unconvincing. Related Reading: Bitcoin Structure Has Changed: UTXO Data Challenges Traditional Cycle Narratives All three moving averages confirm the bearish structure. The 50-day MA has crossed below the 100-day MA — a death cross on the intermediate timeframe — and both are accelerating lower. The 200-day MA, descending from the $3,200 region, remains the dominant overhead resistance. Price has not traded above it since November. Every rally attempt has stalled well beneath it. Today’s 4.13% decline while trading below all three downward-sloping MAs is not noise. It is the trend reasserting itself. The $2,000 level is the immediate line. Below it, the February lows at $1,770 come back into view. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
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