What is the path to a $4,5K Ethereum Rally?

EtherETHThe price of the ETF (or ) rose to $3,310 in recent weeks, an 11% increase year-to date. New ETF purchasing and record-breaking onchain activity have placed this ETF on a trajectory toward $4,500 within the next couple of weeks.

The key takeaways

• Inflows into Spot Ethereum ETFs totaled $474.6 Million over the course of four days. This was more than double new supply, despite a surge in buying by institutions. 

• The Ethereum network has seen a surge in activity, as active addresses have reached a record high of 28 months. 

• Traders believe ETH will rally up to $4,500 if key support levels are maintained.

Ethereum ETFs bring in nearly $500,000,000

Ether’s demand has increased sharply from institutional investors, who recently increased exposure to Ethereum through exchange-traded (ETF) funds.

Farside Investors data shows that US-based spot Ethereum ETFs Inflows of $474.6 Million have been recorded over a period of four days. 

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This was the largest amount recorded since December 9th, 2025. largest single-day inflows of 2026. 

Data from Capriole Investments shows that daily institutional buying has increased, including DATs as well as ETFs. The net amount of ETH purchased per day is 6,964 according to the data.

Even though monthly and week-to-week volumes for Ethereum treasury firms continue to decrease, there are still some active players such as Bitmine (led by Wall Street analyst Tom Lee), which is a very popular player. continue to add ETH. 

Although inflows this week have attracted attention, a steady return of institutional demand will be necessary to sustain ETH’s price recovery.

Ethereum network activity can be described as “exploding”

According to Nansen, Ethereum network activity is still strong, as active addresses have increased by 53% in the past 30 days. On Thursday, they reached a new 28-month record of 995 779. data. 

This was the last time Ethereum’s daily activity address saw this level on September 13, 2023. surged to about 1.09 million — the second-highest level in the network’s history, only behind a peak of around 1.4 million in December 2022.

According to DefiLlama, the daily transaction number also hit a new record of 2.9 millions on Friday.

“Daily Ethereum transactions are exploding,” said CryptoRover posted a video on X Friday reacting to this milestone. 

“Ethereum smashed a new ATH with 2.6M daily transactions and gas fees are below $0.01!!!,” FenoXBT, a colleague analyst said, adding:

“This is what real scaling looks like.”

Analysts predict that Ether will be priced at “going higher”

When this was published, ETH had traded for $3,300. That’s an increase of 7.3% from the previous seven days. 

You can also read about the advantages of using Cointelegraph reportedETH’s upward prospects are boosted by holding above $3,050-3.170, which is the demand zone. It also sets up a potential rally over $4,000.

According to Coinvo Trading, the 50-week moving average is located within this area. A weekly close above that trendline would be required to ensure a bullish structure for the week. 

“The weekly structure stays intact, ETH is going higher.”

Crypto Rover says that ETH has shown strength since breaking through a symmetrical triangular pattern. According to data provided by Crypto Rover, the target for this triangle pattern is $4500 on the daily chart. TradingView. 

Crypto Rover has shared the chart below, which shows a Fibonacci analysis based rally that could reach $5,500.