
Ethereum’s latest bounce off $2,550 has traders eyeing $2,800 once more. Three weeks of higher lows suggest whales still like ETH, while scalpers watch the same line for quick fades. My screen time has revolved around this level all week, and every chat room lights up the moment a candle blinks within twenty dollars of it.
Last Thursday, spot exchange-traded funds absorbed about $150 million in fresh capital in a single session, triggering a “Golden Cross” as the fifty-day average crossed above the two-hundred-day line. At the same time, staked ETH surpassed 34 million, locking nearly 29% of the supply and tightening the circulating float.
Market desks note that a daily close above $2,700 could clear a path to $3,000, though many short-term traders still expect ETH to tap $2,800 before choosing direction. Cooling inflation pushed the ten-year yield below 4.1%, boosting risk appetite, and record volumes on layer-2 rollups paired with subdued base-layer gas fees added further tailwinds.
The new Solana-staking ETF (ticker SSK) opened on Cboe and gave SOL a jolt to $156 before profit-takers clipped it back below $150. Volume stayed electric, though, with two-day turnover topping $3.7 billion. Average monthly SOL trading has climbed 25% year-on-year, now near $156 billion—a stat that keeps fast-money desks looping it into pairs trades with ETH.
On the payments side, XRP posted a 60% jump in weekly ledger transfers, surpassing eight million payments and reminding everyone that its network remains a throughput beast. Yet price action lagged: XRP still hovers near $0.62, boxed in by resistance at $0.66.
Traders comparing these charts see ETH holding the strongest structural bid—ETF demand, locked supply, cleaner uptime—while SOL offers blazing speed and fresh U.S. exposure, and XRP supplies raw settlement volume but less upside momentum. I’ve typed ETH into my ticket eight times this week; SOL six times; XRP seven. That ratio tells the story.
Should SOL log a four-hour close above $156 on strong volume, reallocating up to half of the ETH exposure into SOL offers a momentum play; otherwise, priority stays with ETH. XRP becomes attractive only once the price breaks decisively through $0.66.
Remittix commands late-session discussion. The PayFi presale price now sits at $0.081 with roughly $16 million raised and more than 546 million tokens sold.
Each wallet transaction burns a slice of RTX, creating the scarcity loop traders describe as “Solana speed paired with an XRP burn.” If the team activates its planned Asian payment corridor this month, the upside could eclipse current ETH and SOL positions.
Key levels and triggers stand out. Whether the strategy favors ETH, SOL, or selective exposure to XRP and RTX, price action at $2,800 will reveal which thesis prevails.
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