Crypto community with 88% historical accuracy sets Ethereum price for March 31, 2023

The financial sector in the United States has been rocked by the failure of many financial institutions in the previous week, notably Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate Bank. In response, Bitcoin’s (BTC) value jumped from a low of $19,736 last week to its current level of $24,835, carrying the broader crypto market.

As for Ethereum (ETH), the leading smart contract platform and second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, the asset looks positive after rebounding from last week’s low of $1,379 to regain support at $1,600. 

However, the bullish turn of events, according to the 1,565 community votes cast by the members of the crypto tracking platform CoinMarketCap by press time, ETH is set to change hands at an estimated average price of $1,560 by March 31, a decrease of -7.67% or -$129.58 to the token’s price at press time, as per data retrieved on March 14.

ETH end of March price estimation. Source: CoinMarketCap

It is also important to note that the projections of the crypto community for Ethereum over the last six months have had a historical accuracy of 87.72%, making them a suitable alternative to the price estimates made by the artificial intelligence (AI) platforms that have set a slightly lot lower Ethereum price for the same period at the price of $1,529 by March 31.

ETH estimation accuracy. Source: CoinMarketCap

Shanghai update

Due to the Ethereum Shanghai update, the roughly $28 billion worth of ether that has been staked will begin to become accessible in a few weeks. This supply, which at this time is unable to be withdrawn or sold, will be progressively returned to the public markets, which will affect the price of Ethereum. With that being said, crypto trading analyst Ali Martinez noted:

“Ethereum whales with 1,000 to 10,000 $ETH added around 400,000 ETH to their holdings in the recent crypto market dip, worth around $600,000,000.”

ETH March whale purchases. Source: Ali Martinez

Regarding Ethereum’s technical analysis (TA) on the one-day gauges over at the finance monitoring website TradingView are very bullish. Its summary aligns with the ‘strong buy’ sentiment at 16, which results from moving averages (MA) pointing at ‘strong buy’ at 14, and oscillators in the ‘buy’ area at 2.

Ethereum is now testing resistance at $1,700, trading at $1,688; it is up 6.41% in the last 24 hours.

ETH 1-day price change. Source: Finbold

Over the last week, ETH is up 8%, with a total market capitalization of $210 billion.

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Source: https://finbold.com/crypto-community-with-88-historical-accuracy-sets-ethereum-price-for-march-31-2023/