{"id":47851,"date":"2025-08-12T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=47851"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:55:43","slug":"profit-taking-surges-as-ethereum-tests-4400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/profit-taking-surges-as-ethereum-tests-4400\/","title":{"rendered":"Profit-Taking Surges as Ethereum Tests $4,400!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Ethereum price<\/strong> rose 43% in the last 30 days, reaching $4,366. This sharp rally triggered <strong>profit-taking<\/strong> among short-term investors. On-chain data provider Glassnode reports an average daily profit-taking of $553 million over the past week. Most of this comes from investors who bought ETH recently.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Long-term holders are less aggressive. The profit-taking rate of investors holding ETH for more than 155 days remains around December 2024 levels. This is 39% lower compared to the highest daily profit-taking average seen last month when ETH was at $3,500.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ETH price currently trades <strong>12.7% below<\/strong> its November 2021 peak of $4,828. According to CoinGlass, if the price reaches $4,700, around $2.23 billion worth of positions could be liquidated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47852 \" src=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eth-kar-satislari.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eth-kar-satislari.png 947w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eth-kar-satislari-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eth-kar-satislari-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Increasing Institutional Demand Amid Price Resistance<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>ETH<\/strong> has recently crossed the $4,300 level multiple times but failed to hold above it. Meanwhile, institutional investors are increasing their Ether holdings. Companies with crypto treasuries now hold a total of 3.04 million <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/massive-ethereum-eth-purchase-by-a-mystery-institution\/\"><strong>ETH<\/strong><\/a>, equivalent to about $13 billion.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Additionally, <strong>BitMEX<\/strong> co-founder Arthur Hayes resumed Ethereum buying after selling $10.5 million last week. Hayes\u2019 move is seen as a confidence signal for breaking the critical resistance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Santiment analysts note that large institutional buys becoming public could trigger <strong>FOMO<\/strong> but may also lead to short-term price pauses or declines. The market remains cautious after failed rallies earlier this year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Breaking above the $4,300 resistance zone could create new momentum in the market, opening fresh opportunities for both short- and long-term investors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. Additionally, don\u2019t forget to follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Telegram,\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0channels for the latest news and updates.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum price rose 43% in the last 30 days, reaching $4,366. This sharp rally triggered profit-taking among short-term investors. On-chain data provider Glassnode reports an average daily profit-taking of $553 million over the past week. Most of this comes from investors who bought ETH recently.\u00a0 Long-term holders are less aggressive. The profit-taking rate of investors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":36560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[22285,22282,9769,22284,22281,9780,1006,13948,22283],"class_list":["post-47851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-news","tag-arthur-hayes-eth","tag-crypto-institutional-demand","tag-crypto-market-trends","tag-eth-liquidations","tag-eth-profit-taking","tag-eth-resistance","tag-ethereum-price","tag-long-term-holders","tag-short-term-investors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Profit-Taking Surges as Ethereum Tests $4,400! - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ethereum surged 43% to $4,366, sparking profit-taking. 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