{"id":375645,"date":"2021-12-03T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/increased-utility-in-defi-nfts-back-ethereums-3-year-high-in-its-eth-btc-pair\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T23:30:00","slug":"increased-utility-in-defi-nfts-back-ethereums-3-year-high-in-its-eth-btc-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/increased-utility-in-defi-nfts-back-ethereums-3-year-high-in-its-eth-btc-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"# Increased utility in DeFi, NFTs back Ethereum\u2019s 3-year high in its ETH\/BTC pair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36885b0e4e4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36885b0e4e4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/increased-utility-in-defi-nfts-back-ethereums-3-year-high-in-its-eth-btc-pair\/#Growing_adoption_propels_Ethers_boom\" >Growing adoption propels Ether&#8217;s boom<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/increased-utility-in-defi-nfts-back-ethereums-3-year-high-in-its-eth-btc-pair\/#A_prolonged_bullish_breakout_could_be_in_play\" >A prolonged bullish breakout could be in play<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong># Increased utility in DeFi, NFTs back Ethereum\u2019s 3-year high in its ETH\/BTC pair <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>This week, Ether (ETH) price reached a new 2021 high against Bitcoin (BTC), bringing its year-to-date returns slightly above 350% and according to technical analysis, the rally could extend even further.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 1, bids for the ETH\/BTC pair hit 0.0835 BTC on Coinbase for the first time this year. The upside move came as a part of an uptrend that started mid-October after Ether bottomed out against Bitcoin at 0.0630 BTC to carve out almost 41% price retracement.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-12\/361634d3-83e6-4204-8a40-3c9757f1146f.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ETH\/BTC daily price chart. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Growing_adoption_propels_Ethers_boom\"><\/span>Growing adoption propels Ether&#8217;s boom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The ETH\/BTC price rally reflect deep interest in Ethereum, which is currently the world&#8217;s leading smart contract platform by users and market capitalization. This is slightly different than the scenario for Bitcoin, which typically functions as a speculative hedge against inflation across global economies.<\/p>\n<p>As of late, Ethereum has been become a core asset within crypto growth sectors like\u00a0nonfungible tokens (NFT), decentralized finance (DeFi)\u00a0and the Metaverse. The firms operating in this space require Ether to run their smart contracts, which in turn, has increased demand for the altcoin and supported a steady uptrend in its price.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-12\/903375c1-fdfb-4a2f-849f-e8147471d25a.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Total valued locked inside ETH-based DeFi platforms (including staking). Source: Defi Llama<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Demand for Eth is expected to remain robust in the coming year and this simple fact has many analysts projecting prices within the $6,000 to $10,000 range.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-12\/a412740d-aa99-44e1-b220-d52b00eded03.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ETH\/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matt Maley, the chief market strategist for Miller Tabak + Co., anticipated additional gains for Ether should it break above its mid-November high around $4,900. According to Maley, Bitcoin bulls remain under pressure near the cryptocurrency&#8217;s mid-November and mid-April highs of $69,000 to $65,000. <\/p>\n<p>If Ether manages to hit and hold a new all-time high while BTC trades in a downtrend, Maley <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-11-30\/ethereum-outperforms-bitcoin-by-the-most-since-its-inception\">said<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will show that Ether has become the new crypto of choice for most investors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The technical outlook for Ether against Bitcoin has also been suggesting stronger bull runs for the former in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches a new ATH, but derivatives data reflects mixed emotions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_prolonged_bullish_breakout_could_be_in_play\"><\/span>A prolonged bullish breakout could be in play<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The latest bout of buying has had ETH\/BTC break above a multi-month resistance trendline that constitutes an ascending triangle pattern and now the pair eyes an extended bull run towards 0.1 BTC, as shown in the chart below.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-12\/a0bebca8-bde0-4a0d-bf00-13dfe3dd6c97.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ETH\/BTC weekly price chart featuring Ascending Triangle setup. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Typically,\u00a0ascending triangles are continuation patterns, meaning, they tend to send the price in the direction of its previous trend by as much as the maximum height between the upper and lower trendline when measured from the breakout point.<\/p>\n<p>ETH\/BTC&#8217;s breakout point comes out to be near 0.077 BTC while its triangle&#8217;s maximum height is 0.022 BTC. In a &#8220;perfect&#8221; world, this would place the ETH\/BTC pair on path to 0.1 BTC, but given the volatile nature of the cryptocurrency sector, anything is possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. 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