Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) has rebounded 40% against Bitcoin (BTC) after bottoming out locally at 0.049 on June 13. Now, the ETH/BTC pair is at two-month highs and can extend its rally in the coming weeks, according to a classic technical pattern.
Specifically, ETH/BTC has been forming a cup and handle on its lower-timeframe charts since July 18.
A cup and handle setup typically appears when the price falls and then rebounds in what appears to be a U-shaped recovery, which looks like a cup. Meanwhile, the recovery leads to a pullback move, wherein the price trends lower inside a descending channel called the handle.
The pattern resolves after the price rallies to an approximately equal size to the prior decline. The ETH/BTC chart below illustrates a similar bullish technical setup.
Notably, the pair now trades lower inside the handle range but could pursue a recovery toward the neckline resistance near 0.071 BTC. Afterward, a decisive cup and handle breakout above the neckline level could lead ETH/BTC to 0.072, up 12.75% from the price of Saturday.
The success rate of the cup and handle pattern in reaching its profit target is 61%, according to veteran investor Tom Bulkowski.
The bullish setup for ETH/BTC also takes cues from Ethereum’s network transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) potentially via the Merge slated for mid-September.
Related: Will Ethereum Merge hopium continue, or is it a bull trap?
Meanwhile, market analyst Michaël van de Poppe says that Ether could see more upside versus Bitcoin due to the Merge hype as momentum builds in the coming weeks.
Basically a few levels on $ETH.
— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) July 23, 2022
Facing resistance at 0.0725 $BTC.
Facing support at either 0.0645 $BTC or 0.057 $BTC.
Overall, expecting more momentum going towards the merge in September. pic.twitter.com/QpmkyTwjyb
Van de Poppe anticipates ETH/BTC to test 0.072, the cup-and-handle profit target, as interim resistance while holding either 0.0645 or 0.057 level as support.
Conversely, the range of risks for Ethereum with the Merge update includes potential technical issues, delays or even a contentious hard fork. For instance, a bug had split the Ethereum chain during a 2020 network upgrade.
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