📈 Ethereum Analysis: Outperformed Bitcoin Yesterday—but Institutions Are Still Exiting

$ETH Ethereum was the star of yesterday’s rebound: it rose about 6.5 percent to around $2,425, outperforming Bitcoin. The question is: is it leading a rally, or just bouncing within a downtrend?

First: Price Structure
• Price is now around $2,425, after a low near $2,254 early in the move
• Daily trend: a strong rebound, but price is still far below the September peak near $2,800
• Short-term picture: price is testing the $2,439 area, an important retracement level according to BeInCrypto

Second: Levels
• Support: $2,300, then $2,254
• Resistance: $2,439, then $2,500
• The level that will decide things today: $2,439—a daily close above it opens the way to $2,500, while rejection there would send price back to $2,300
• Invalidation level: a break below $2,254 invalidates the rebound thesis and brings the possibility of a new low back into focus

Third: Derivatives
• Liquidations: $239 million over 24 hours, more than half of them shorts
• Funding rate around 0.0074 percent—neutral, with no excess

Fourth: Flows—the dark spot
• Ethereum funds have not recorded a single day of net inflows since September 29, according to Glassnode
• October alone: $1.61 billion in outflows, the largest monthly outflow since the funds launched
• November 3: an additional $85.35 million in outflows, according to SoSoValue

Fifth: The Two-Scenario Roadmap
• Bullish: a close above $2,439 targets $2,500—invalidated by rejection and a move back below $2,300
• Bearish: rejection at $2,439 sends price back to $2,300, then $2,254—invalidated by a close above $2,439

What does all this mean? Ethereum is rising on the chart while being sold in the funds—until inflows return, the rebound remains just a rebound, not a confirmed trend reversal.

Quick question: Do you think Ethereum will get back above $2,439 today, or be rejected there? Write “above” or “rejected.”

Source: Kraken, BeInCrypto, Glassnode, SoSoValue — November 5, 2026
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