Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Slips From $2,600 as Derivatives Volume Jumps 42%

• Ethereum price prediction stays bullish above $2,443, needing $2,550 to challenge the $2,600 resistance zone
• ETH spot ETFs logged back-to-back inflow days, adding $121.02 million on September 14 after $216.41 million the prior session
• Short sellers absorbed $91.70 million of the past 24 hours’ $128.71 million in ETH liquidations

Ethereum price prediction for September 16 stays bullish above $2,443, the 20-day EMA that’s held as support through this week’s pullback from the $2,600 resistance zone.

Ethereum Price Analysis: Can ETH Hold $2,443 After the Pullback From $2,600?

ETH trades near $2,488.94, down 1.05% over the past 24 hours, retesting support after pulling back from the $2,550 to $2,600 zone that has capped every rally attempt since early September. That resistance band followed a sharp breakout in late August, when price broke out of a base near $1,900 to $1,950 that had held for most of July and August.

All four EMAs still sit below price, keeping the broader trend intact. The 20-day EMA at $2,443.30 is the level being tested right now, and it’s backed by the Parabolic SAR at $2,379.41, which hasn’t flipped bearish yet. If $2,443 gives way, the 50-day EMA at $2,273.09 is the next real cushion below it. A daily close under the SAR is what would actually confirm this pullback has become more than a routine retest.

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Ethereum News: Exchange Supply Has Fallen 73% From Its 2020 Peak

Ethereum’s exchange supply keeps shrinking. Only 6.06 million ETH now sits on exchanges, down 73% from the 22.9 million peak recorded in June 2020, according to Santiment. 

The firm attributes the decline to ETH moving into staking, ETF wrappers, and long-term custody, coins that are effectively off the market rather than sitting near order books ready to sell. 

With less liquid supply available, even modest buying pressure can move price more than it used to.

Ethereum News: Ethereum and Base Split on Wallet Standards After AA Talks Collapse

Ethereum and Base can no longer agree on how crypto wallets should handle transactions across the two networks. Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang said talks between Base’s account abstraction proposal (EIP-8130) and Ethereum’s own Frame Transactions proposal (EIP-8141) collapsed last week after months of negotiation. 

Account abstraction lets wallets act more like smart contracts, powering features like gasless transactions and passkey logins instead of seed phrases.

The two networks simply want different things, according to Chiang:

• Ethereum’s base layer wants censorship resistance, privacy, and quantum-resistant signatures
• Base wants speed at scale and features that meet regulatory requirements

Chiang framed the split as each chain choosing its own best version rather than compromising, saying “we sometimes just gotta let the chains cook.” Wallet developers now carry the burden, needing to support two separate account standards instead of one shared system. He floated two fixes going forward:

• Give layer 2s like Base a real vote in shaping future Ethereum standards
• Accept the split and build wallets that quietly hide the difference from users

Ethereum Derivatives: Shorts Take the Bulk of Losses as Volume Surges 42%

ETH derivatives volume jumped 41.94% to $52.72 billion in the past 24 hours, but open interest barely moved, up just 0.33% to $32.59 billion. That gap means most of today’s trading was people closing and reopening positions, not new money entering the market.

Shorts took the bigger hit over the past 24 hours, losing $91.70 million as ETH pushed toward $2,600 earlier this week. Once the pullback hit, longs got caught instead, losing $10.29 million in the last four hours alone. Despite the whiplash, traders are still leaning long overall, Binance’s long/short ratio sits at 2.76.

Ethereum ETF Flows: A Two-Day Inflow Streak Builds After a Choppy Week

US spot ETH ETFs added $121.02 million in net inflows on September 14, extending gains after Friday’s $216.41 million inflow, the funds’ second straight positive session following a choppier stretch that included a $29.76 million outflow on September 10. Cumulative net inflows across all ETH ETFs now stand at $13.51 billion, with $1.07 billion traded across the funds on the day and total net assets at $16.42 billion.

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BlackRock’s ETHA led Monday’s tally, adding $80.50 million and pulling in 31.68K ETH, while Grayscale’s spot fund added $16.23 million. Fidelity’s FETH and BlackRock’s ETHB brought in smaller inflows of $8.86 million and $14.39 million. Invesco’s QETH was the only fund to see an outflow on the day, losing $5.43 million. 

Ethereum Price Prediction: Bullish and Bearish Scenarios for 

Bullish Case, Target: $2,600

ETH holds above $2,443 and reclaims $2,550, clearing the resistance band that has rejected every rally attempt since early September. Continued ETF inflows and a cooling in long liquidations would support a push back toward $2,600, with $2,650 the next test above that.

Bearish Case, Risk Level: $2,273 (50-Day EMA)

ETH loses $2,443 and the Parabolic SAR at $2,379 flips bearish. A break below the 50-day EMA at $2,273 would suggest this pullback is deepening, especially if long liquidations, already the dominant flow over the past four hours, keep building.

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