 Analyst says ETH/BTC ’collapse is over’ as Ether reclaims $3.8K 
2024-12-05

Ether’s underperformance against Bitcoin could be nearing its end, with crypto analysts suggesting Ether is inching closer to the important $4,000 psychological price point. 
“I think the ETH/BTC collapse is over (or nearly over), and it should go higher over the next 6-12 months,” Into The Cryptoverse founder Benjamin Cowen said in a Dec. 4 X post. 
Ether to strength against Bitcoin over next two months 
When the ETH/BTC ratio — a metric showing Ether’s ETHUSD relative strength to Bitcoin BTCUSD — reaches a possible low point, many traders will begin speculating a surge in Ether. 
“I said my worst-case scenario was 0.03 and ETH/BTC went to 0.03187,” Cowen said.
At the time of publication, the ETH/BTC ratio is 0.03820 as Bitcoin crossed the $100,000 mark, according to TradingView data. The ETH/BTC pair hit its all-time low of 0.00217 in December 2015.
He added that “historically ETH/BTC usually starts going up” in either December or January.
It comes as Ether clocked a 5.5% gain over the past 24 hours, falling slightly short of tapping the $3,900 price level. At the time of publication, Ether is trading at $3,846, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin recorded a 5.5% gain during the same period, with its current price at $101,345.
Pseudonymous crypto trader DCInvestor told their 250,800 X followers that “ETH has the preeminent lane for a reason, and it’s about to remind people why.”
ETH $4,000 price will surprise ‘no one’
Bitwise Invest CEO Hunter Horsley believes that “no one will be surprised when ETH crosses $4,000.”
“There’s a lot of great L1s, but there’s room for multiple. Android, iOS, and Windows all co-exist and make different tradeoffs,” Horsley said in a Dec. 4 X post.
“The pie is growing, and ETH has a big lane,” Horsley added.
Meanwhile, pseudonymous crypto trader MisterSpread believes that reaching the $4,000 price level will result in a potential short squeeze pushing Ether’s price a further 25% higher.
“Once ETH breaks the $4,000 area, there is a high chance we see a God candle to $5,000,” MisterSpread said in an X post.
No ‘serious competition’ for Ethereum in the short term
“Shorts kept & keep piling up here, so watch the liquidation unfolds above $4k,” MisterSpread added.
Galaxy Digital head of research Alex Thorn recently told Cointelegraph Magazine he does not see any serious competition for Ethereum at this time. 
“Ethereum is the world’s most decentralized, valuable and mature general-purpose blockchain,” Thorn said.
“I don’t see any blockchain ecosystem, including Bitcoin and Solana, coming close to unseating the Ethereum ecosystem as the mecca for decentralized applications.”
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