Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Outperforms as Market Rally Intensifies

Ethereum (ETH) outperformed the broader crypto market today, surging past the critical $2,200 resistance level to trade around $2,250. The move represents a 6.5% gain over the past 24 hours, driven by President Trump’s announcement of a two-week ceasefire with Iran, which has eased global risk-off sentiment.

Cause: Ceasefire and easing risk sentiment

As geopolitical tensions ease, investors have rotated capital back into higher-beta assets. While Bitcoin’s move above $71,000 drew attention, Ethereum’s breakout is viewed as a more meaningful signal for the altcoin complex, suggesting a potential shift in the mid-term trend.

Development: Strait of Hormuz reopening and lower inflation expectations

The rally to $2,250 was catalyzed by reports that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen for commercial traffic during the truce. Bloomberg reported that the sharp drop in oil prices has lowered global inflation expectations, giving the Federal Reserve more room to maintain its current interest-rate trajectory—an environment generally supportive of risk assets, including Ethereum.

Data and market reactions

Key market reactions cited in the report include:

• Ethereum price: up 6.2% at the time of writing.
• Network activity: gas fees have ticked up slightly as decentralized finance (DeFi) activity increases alongside the price.
• Total crypto market capitalization: rose 4% to approximately $2.44 trillion.

Technical picture: $2,200 support flip

Technically, Ethereum has broken out of a multi-week descending channel. The move above $2,200 is described as bullish because the level acted as a major resistance “brick wall” throughout March.

The report also notes that a short-term cooling period could follow. Indicators such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) are approaching overbought territory. A typical market correction could bring ETH/USD back to the $2,200 to $2,180 zone to test whether it has flipped into new support. If that area holds, the next major upside target highlighted for bulls is the $2,400 psychological resistance.

Impact: Short squeeze accelerates the move

The rally was further supported by a short squeeze. Data from major exchanges indicates that more than $150 million in Ethereum short positions were liquidated in the last six hours alone. That forced buying helped accelerate the move from $2,150 to $2,250.