Here’s the Key Level Ethereum Must Claim to Rally Towards $800

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• Ethereum’s price has been closely tracking that of Bitcoin as of late, which has caused the cryptocurrency to see some notable losses
• It has been defending $500 throughout the course of its recent push lower. This comes as Bitcoin breaks below $17,000 and begins seeing accelerating downwards momentum
• If $500 becomes a strong base of support for ETH, it could help propel the cryptocurrency significantly higher in the days and weeks ahead
• A sustained decline beneath this level, however, could open the gates for it to see significantly further losses in the days and weeks ahead
• One trader is still expecting a move up towards $800, noting that it first needs to break above $570

Bitcoin has been leading the market lower over the past couple of days, with Ethereum erasing the bulk of its recent gains as it slides towards $500, while BTC shows intense signs of weakness as bulls fail to defend $17,000.

This decline marks the first sustained pullback seen throughout the course of the recent multi-week uptrend.

Both BTC and ETH are still up significantly from their multi-month lows, but there now seems to be a greater risk of seeing even further downside.

One trader is noting that Ethereum needs to begin rallying higher and break above $570 to see further upside. He notes a break above this level could lead it to $800.

Ethereum Defends $500 as Selling Pressure Mounts 

At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading down just over 2% at its current price of $510. This is around where it has been trading throughout the past few days.

The selling pressure seen over the past few days isn’t letting up, and Bitcoin’s break below $17,000 could create headwinds that force ETH lower in the near-term.

Analyst: ETH Could Rocket Towards $800 if One Key Level is Reclaimed

One trader explained in a recent tweet that a reclaim of $570 could open the gates for Ethereum to see a sustained move up towards $800.

“ETH: Line held. Once we reclaim $570 we’ll go to $800. For now expecting lower.”

Image Courtesy of Mayne. Source: ETHUSD on TradingView.

Although Ethereum could slide lower in the near-term – as mused by the analyst – the next strong upswing seen by the crypto could mark the start of a move towards $800.

This would allow the crypto to erase its trend of underperforming Bitcoin and potentially see significantly higher highs in the months ahead.

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Charts from TradingView.

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