The first quarter of 2025 presented a flagrant difference in the performance of the assets, with ETHEREUM (ETH) drop to depths that have not been seen since the FTX collapsed while gold rose to record highlands.
Since global markets are preparing for potential economic turmoil, encryption investors have left wondering whether this week, which is characterized by major geopolitical events, may finally bring a reflection.
Ethereum conflicts with the Gold Rally contradict
Q1 2025 is the worst start for ETH this year, as market analyst Michaël Van De Poppe male After its price decreased by 45 % during the three -month period. The year began to trade about 3,200 dollars, but steadily threw a lot of this value, as it decreased below the support of $ 2,500 in mid -February before touching 2200 dollars.
Last month alone, ETH lost another 18.5 %. The cryptocurrency is traded at $ 1813, or nearly 63 % of its highest level ever at $ 4,878, where it was identified in November 2021. In addition, it lost more than half of its value on an annual basis.
Conducting short -term price is just as much. Over the past week, the assets decreased by 14 %, which led to twice the broader encryption market, which decreased by 7.4 % less. The 24 -hour trading range was also very volatile, as ETH swings between less than $ 1782 and a height of $ 1838 amid delicate liquidity and poor demand.
Meanwhile, as the second largest coded currency by the market roof, gold is witnessing one of its strongest careers in nearly four decades. This week, the precious metal jumped to a record level of $ 3.128 an ounce, which represents an increase of 20 % for a quarter, its best performance since 1986.
According to analysts, this gathering feeds the increasing fears of inflation and economic instability as US President Donald Trump is preparing to announce the comprehensive definitions on April 2, which was called “Tahrir’s Day”.
“Gold is gathered due to the uncertainty surrounding the tariffs from Trump,” He said Van de Bobby. Also speculated that the ETH bottom may coincide with the peak of Gold, which paves the way for the potential apostasy in the encryption markets:
“I don’t know where this will lead to the bottom, although I think the peak of gold and the bottom ethereum will be associated.”
ETH/BTC ratio reaches the lowest level in four years
Asset conflicts are more clear when measured against bitcoin. The ETH/BTC pair fell to 0.02195, its lowest level since June 2020. At that time, the ecological system of decentralized financing (Defi) was still in its cradle, where the total value (TVL) was closed.
Data on the series from Intothheblock open A critical resistance area ranges between $ 2,200 and $ 2580, with 12.43 million portfolios 66.18 million souls. The collapse above this level may lead to a pushing short pressure and return to the upscale momentum, but at the present time, the course of the resistance is still the least declining.
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