{"id":90478,"date":"2025-10-30T17:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90478"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:05:51","slug":"ethereum-price-unmoved-by-fed-rate-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-price-unmoved-by-fed-rate-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Price Unmoved by Fed Rate Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization failed to hold above $4000. The asset has been trading sideways for about two weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/black-saturday-11-october-what-happened\">falling below $3700<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-d39bf39121af92ff-8225446352180625-1024x630.png\" alt=\"ETHUSDT_2025-10-30_16-17-30\" class=\"wp-image-268590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-d39bf39121af92ff-8225446352180625-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-d39bf39121af92ff-8225446352180625-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-d39bf39121af92ff-8225446352180625-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-d39bf39121af92ff-8225446352180625.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15-minute ETH\/USDT chart from Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AETHUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading at $3816, having decreased by 5% over the past day.<\/p>\n<p>Trader sentiment remains cautious even after the <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System of the USA\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Fed<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-shows-tepid-reaction-to-feds-rate-cut\">confirmed<\/a> a 0.25% interest rate cut and the end of quantitative tightening.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum futures are trading at a 5% premium to the spot price. This is the lower boundary of the neutral range of 5-10%, indicating low demand from traders using leverage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f74a1ed3e5b16662-8225518498568794.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-10-30 162403\" class=\"wp-image-268591\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-cant-hold-4k-eth-price-recovery-in-doubt-data-bearish\">Cointelegraph<\/a>, Glassnode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A brief rise <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-tops-111000-after-trump-hails-remarkable-meeting-with-xi\">to $4000<\/a> did not restore a sustained bullish sentiment in the market.<\/p>\n<p>The bearish trend in futures coincided with an outflow of funds from US spot <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETFs<\/a> based on Ethereum, which has been dominant since mid-October. An inflow of approximately $380 million earlier this week also failed to give the price momentum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-0981e4c781a04099-8225566097965759.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-10-30 163339\" class=\"wp-image-268592\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-eth-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Do Experts Say?<\/h2>\n<p>Analyst Ted Pillows noted that the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap failed to rise even amid positive developments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> has lost its $4,000 support level again.<\/p>\n<p>25 bps rate cut, QT ending in a month and US-China trade talks happened within 24 hours, and yet Ethereum is down.<\/p>\n<p>Either this is a classic bear trap, or the crypto market is going way lower. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tHUAs6QJ4R\">pic.twitter.com\/tHUAs6QJ4R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted (@TedPillows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TedPillows\/status\/1983812477646467081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the next support level is $3800. Its breach could trigger a sell-off to the $3500-3700 zone. For a resumption of growth, bulls need to hold above $4000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cEither this is a classic bear trap, or the crypto market is going way lower,\u201d added Pillows.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other analysts are more optimistic. An expert under the pseudonym FibonacciTrading considers a drop to $3300 a &#8220;healthy pullback&#8221; within an upward trend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> (weekly) \u2014 Still the leader of the pack for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SBET&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SBET<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BMNR&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BMNR<\/a>, but right now it\u2019s playing defense. <\/p>\n<p>Price is testing whether that prior resistance has truly flipped into support \u2014 and the pressure from above is building.<\/p>\n<p>A dip toward $3,300 would still count as a healthy\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQG9cq4I2f\">pic.twitter.com\/bQG9cq4I2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FibonacciTrading (@Fibonacci_TA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fibonacci_TA\/status\/1983831462013968526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An analyst known as Cactus believes that growth potential remains if bulls hold the support range of $3800-4200.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">all on track <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>strong Q4 is still on the cards in my opinion<\/p>\n<p>that said, important we do hold this support region HTF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wTgdqaOOIi\">pic.twitter.com\/wTgdqaOOIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cactus (@thecryptocactus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecryptocactus\/status\/1983825284743811100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back on October 26, the cost of transactions in Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-activity-surges-amid-record-low-gas-fees\">dropped to 0.16 Gwei<\/a> (about $0.01).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization failed to hold above $4000. The asset has been trading sideways for about two weeks after falling below $3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Market participants allowed a pullback to as low as $3300.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1249,1145,1138],"class_list":["post-90478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-federal-reserve-system","tag-market-analysis","tag-opinions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"387","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Market participants allowed a pullback to as low as $3300.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90480,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90478\/revisions\/90480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}