Hyperliquid introduces native options for Ethereum on its platform

The long-term prospects for Ethereum remain bullish, but short-term pain could come first, according to analysts.

David Hoffman says he sold ETH as the "ETH is money" thesis has played out, while staying bullish on Ethereum apps, L2s and stablecoin use.

Ethereum trades near $2,073 as bulls watch $2,500 and $3,100 SMA levels for signs of a stronger trend reversal. Ethereum bulls watch $2,500 and $3,100 SMA levels as key triggers for a possible uptrend. ETH remains near support, while weak momentum keeps pressure on buyers. A reclaim of the 200-week SMA and a break above […] The post Ethereum Bulls Eye $2,500 And $3,100 SMA Breaks To Confirm Uptrend appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,080. ETH is now consolidating above $2,050 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum remained in a bearish zone after a fresh decline. The price is trading below $2,100 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,095 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the $2,100 zone. Ethereum Price Consolidates Losses Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,120 and started a downside correction, like Bitcoin. ETH price dipped below the $2,110 and $2,100 levels. The price even traded below $2,080. Besides, there was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,095 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD. A low was formed at $2,052, and the price is now attempting to recover. There was a recovery wave above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,138 swing high to the $2,052 low.

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Bitmine purchased 111,942 Ether last week, its biggest buy so far in 2026, after the token dropped below $2,200.

Whale traders have taken their most aggressive net-long positions in eight months on Hyperliquid’s HYPE token, even as retail participants sit at a 12-month bearish extreme — a gap that data suggests typically resolves in favor of the larger players. Related Reading: When Bitcoin Gets Ignored, It Tends To Rally The Hardest, Analyst Says Retail Traders Stand Back As Big Money Moves In Data from Alphractal shows that since early May, large traders have been quietly building leveraged long positions while retail participants turned bearish and began short selling into the rising trend. That kind of split has historically triggered a wave of short covering by retail traders, pushing prices higher. HYPE was trading at $62.05 at the time of reporting, with a 24-hour trading volume of $830 million and a market cap of over $15 billion. The token slipped 2% over the past day, but its technical picture has stayed firmly bullish. Prices are tracking well above the 20-day simple moving average of

Ethereum has lost the $2,100 level as selling pressure overwhelms a recovery that has been struggling to find structural support since the mid-May highs. The decline is uncomfortable — but a CryptoOnchain analysis has identified a contradiction in the network data that makes the current price weakness considerably more complex than a straightforward bearish reading suggests. Related Reading: The Institutional Bitcoin Exit Is Real: Analyst Exposes Who’s On The Wrong Side Of The Trade The contradiction sits between two data points that should not be moving in the same direction simultaneously. The ETH 2.0 Staking Rate has reached a new all-time high of 32.18% — the highest proportion of Ethereum’s total supply ever committed to the network’s validator infrastructure. More ETH is locked in long-term staking contracts than at any previous point in the asset’s history, reflecting a cohort of holders whose conviction about Ethereum’s long-term value has never been stronger or more structural