Ethereum (ETH) Price Faces Resistance at $2,580 as Bulls Target the $2,600 Level

Ethereum price found support at $2,460 and started a fresh increase. ETH is now struggling and might drop again below the $2500.

Ethereum price faced support at $2,460 and started a fresh increase. The bulls pushed the price above the key resistance levels of $2,500 and $2,520. It even managed to test the $2,600 resistance, but the bears remained active.

As a result, the price pulled back and fell below the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average and the connecting bullish trend line with support at $2,555.

Ethereum Price Analysis: Still Bearish Below $2,600

After hitting a low of $2,463, Bitcoin price started a fresh increase and broke the $25,000 resistance. BTC price is now trading in the $25,400-$25,500 support zone and it seems to be holding the gains.

On the other hand, Ethereum price faced support at $2,460 and started a fresh increase. ETH price was able to recover above the $2,500 and $2,520 resistance levels. The bulls pushed the price above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,730 swing high to the $2,463 low.

However, the bears were active near the $2,600 resistance zone. The price failed to clear $2,600 and reacted to the downside.

Ethereum price is now trading near $2,550 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a connecting bullish trend line with support at $2,555 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD.

On the upside, the price could face resistance near the $2,580 level. The next key resistance is near the $2,600 level. It is close to the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,730 swing high to the $2,463 low.

The first major resistance is near the $2,650 level. A clear move above the $2,650 resistance might send the price toward the $2,720 resistance. An upside break above the $2,720 resistance might call for more gains in the coming sessions. In the stated case, Ether could rise toward the $2,800 resistance zone or even $2,850 in the near term.

If Ethereum fails to clear the $2,600 resistance, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $2,550 level. The first major support sits near the $2,520 zone.

A clear move below the $2,520 support might push the price toward the $2,460 support. Any more losses might send the price toward the $2,420 support level in the near term. The next key support sits at $2,350.