{"id":26345,"date":"2021-02-05T18:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T01:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/?p=26345"},"modified":"2021-09-17T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T21:19:11","slug":"crypto-craze-2021-is-ethereum-doing-an-exact-repeat-of-early-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/crypto-craze-2021-is-ethereum-doing-an-exact-repeat-of-early-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"CRYPTO CRAZE 2021: Is Ethereum Doing an EXACT REPEAT of Early 2018?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in crazy times. Volatility is the name of the game nowadays. Prices of stocks and commodities get pushed around on a daily basis. But no asset trades as insanely as the cryptos. We have covered Bitcoin&#8217;s price action in previous articles. Let&#8217;s now take a look at what&#8217;s up with Ethereum&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum is often compared to Bitcoin, like silver is compared to gold in the world of precious metals. It&#8217;s even more volatile than Bitcoin&#8230; and that&#8217;s saying something. LOL<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum has been flying high in the last few trading sessions. But we must also ask ourselves: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Is Ethereum Doing An EXACT REPEAT of Early 2018? Looking at the charts, it FEELS LIKE IT!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26347\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/eth.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26345]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26347\" src=\"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/eth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1110\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/eth.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/eth-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/eth-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/eth-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click image to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ethereum tends to have a delay in topping after Bitcoin does. It takes 4 weeks (28 days) more for Ethereum to reach its peak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Given that Bitcoin seems to have reached its top in this cycle on January 8, Ethereum&#8217;s top was due today.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, Ethereum tends to top and bottom in price on Sundays, so it is possible that Ethereum will spike even higher from here.<\/p>\n<p>According to our calculations, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>if Ethereum does repeat its pattern from the last cycle in 2018, then it is going to peak at $2,200 on Sunday, February 7, 2021.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But after that, beware folks, because the illusion of digital wealth might evaporate rather quickly!<\/p>\n<p>Last time Ethereum peaked this aggressively, it then gave back 75% of its peak in a mere 75 days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s never forget what Mr. Buterin, Ethereum&#8217;s creator, famously said soon after Ethereum&#8217;s collapse started back in 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder: cryptocurrencies are still a new and hyper-volatile asset class, and could drop to near-zero at any time. Don&#39;t put in more money than you can afford to lose. If you&#39;re trying to figure out where to store your life savings, traditional assets are still your safest bet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/964838207215955969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Reminder: cryptocurrencies are still a new and hyper-volatile asset class, and could drop to near-zero at any time. Don&#8217;t put in more money than you can afford to lose. If you&#8217;re trying to figure out where to store your life savings, traditional assets are still your safest bet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hear, hear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in crazy times. Volatility is the name of the game nowadays. Prices of stocks and commodities get pushed around on a daily basis. But no asset trades as insanely as the cryptos. We have covered Bitcoin&#8217;s price action in previous articles. Let&#8217;s now take a look at what&#8217;s up with Ethereum&#8230;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/crypto-craze-2021-is-ethereum-doing-an-exact-repeat-of-early-2018\/\"><div class=\"continue-reading\">Continue Reading<\/div><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-26345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-members","category-news","tag-public"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srsroccoreport.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}