- ETH has turned green on daily and weekly charts, hiking by 1.67% and 1.74% respectively.
- Ethereum’s Futures signaled a potential recovery as selling pressure eased.
Ethereum [ETH] has struggled to maintain an upward momentum over the past two weeks. Over this period, the altcoin has traded within a consolidation range of between $3500 and $3300.
These prevailing market conditions have left key stakeholders wondering what could boost ETH towards recovery.
Inasmuch, CryptoQuant analyst Burak Kesmeci has pointed out four key Futures market metrics and what they suggest about Ethereum’s trajectory.
Futures markets assess Ethereum
In his analysis, Kesmeci cited four crucial Futures market metrics including Funding Rate, Taker Buy-Sell Ratio, Open Interest, and liquidation.
Source: CryptoQuant
Ethereum’s Funding Rate was at 0.01 at press time, which suggested that the market was healthy, with longs able to support ETH’s spot market.
Secondly, Ethereum’s Taker Buy Sell ratio was at 0.57, suggesting that buying sentiment was dominating the derivatives market.
When buyers are active, it causes a higher buying pressure, which is critical for higher prices through demand.
Additionally, Ethereum’s Open Interest has surged by 3.18% in 24 hours, signaling a slight heating up in the derivatives, although for a short term.
Finally, Ethereum’s liquidation showed that a considerable amount of short positions were being actively liquidated, with $6 million over the past day until press time.
This reduces selling pressure in derivatives markets, thus undoing the impact of rising Open interest.
Thus, selling pressure in ETH Futures markets had eased considerably. But although Open Interest may show the market is seeing heating, the bulls had entered the market and appeared to be stepping up.
Could Futures boost ETH toward recovery?
While Ethereum’s performance on the derivatives markets offered a promising outlook, it’s essential to counter-check what performance on the spot market says.
For starters, while the Exchange supply ratio is not exclusive to spot markets, supply on exchanges correlates to spot market activity.
Source: Cryptoquant
As such, ETH’s exchange supply ratio has reduced over the past week to 0.14 at press time. Such a decline suggests that investors are keeping their assets off exchanges.
This market behavior reflects accumulation and hoarding in anticipation of better prices.
Source: IntoTheBlock
This positive sentiment has also been prevalent among large holders over the past week. As such, the large holder’s netflow has remained positive throughout the week.
This indicated more capital inflow from whales.
Source: Santiment
Finally, amidst accumulation, ETH long-term holders have turned bullish and were confident of the altcoin’s prospects, as their profit margins outweighed short-term holders.
In conclusion, bulls were stepping up in derivatives and across spot market activity. When investor confidence rises across these two, Ethereum could see a significant recovery on its price charts.
Read Ethereum’s [ETH] Price Prediction 2025–2026
With positive sentiments rising in the market, ETH could see more gains on its price charts. If these conditions continue to hold, Ethereum could break out of the consolidation range and reclaim $3700 levels.
However, if bears outweigh bulls crashing these sentiments, ETH will drop to $3200.
