Ethereum bull trap? ETH price signals breakdown versus Bitcoin
The ETH/BTC exchange rate has surged by around 40% after bottoming out at 0.055 BTC. But the pair appears to be heading into a bull trap. A recent run-up in Ether (ETH) prices against its top rival Bitcoin (BTC) appears to be at the risk of exhaustion even as analysts see the second-largest cryptocurrency as stronger among the two.In retrospect, the ETH/BTC exchange rate rose by up to 40.19% after bottoming out at 0.0553 BTC on May 23. The powerful rebound move reflected a spike in the capital flow from spot ETH to spot BTC market. That also led analysts at Delphi Digital — an independent....
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