Ethereum Stares at $420 Thanks to PayPal as ETH 2.0 Gathers Steam

John P. Njui   •   ETHEREUM (ETH) NEWS - DEFI   •   OCTOBER 22, 2020

Summary:

• Ethereum’s value has received a major boost from the PayPal news
• Ethereum is one of the major digital assets that PayPal’s crypto service will support
• ETH has since broken the $390 and $400 resistance levels with $420 up ahead
• Progress on ETH2.0 has continued to gather steam with a deposit contract expected any time soon

The news of PayPal beginning to offer crypto services to its US users is still very much being felt in the crypto markets. Taking a quick look at Bitcoin, the announcement has resulted in the King of Crypto zooming past several resistance levels to print a 2020 peak value of $13,267 set earlier today. In the case of Ethereum, the PayPal news has had a similar effect with ETH breaking the $390 and $400 resistance levels in quick succession.

Ethereum is Staring at $420 Next

In terms of resistance levels, Ethereum is once again in familiar territory as ETH is facing resistance levels experienced in August during the DeFi boom of Q3. These resistance levels include those that can be found in the following price zones.

• $416 to $420
• $445 to $450
• $488 to $490 (August peak)

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At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading at $412 and according to the daily chart above, ETH could retest $420 in the hours or days to follow. The chart is the daily ETH/USDT which also provides the following information.

• Trade volume is in the green with the daily MACD confirming bullishness
• Price is above the 50, 100 and 200-day moving averages painting a bullish future for Ethereum
• However, MFI and RSI are a bit high at 70 and 67 respectively hinting that Ethereum only has enough gas in its tanks for one more push to the mentioned $420 price level

ETH2.0 Continues to Gather Steam

The PayPal news has pretty much overshadowed the recent ETH2.0 development update by ConsenSys developer Ben Edington in which he explained that the deposit contract should be launched any time soon. He also explained that ETH2.0’s beacon chain genesis will happen within the next six to eight weeks.

Speaking of which – I am expecting news about the deposit contract any day now. Probably about 10 minutes after I publish this. Basically, as I understand it, we are good to go: deposit contract in the next few days; beacon chain genesis 6-8 weeks later. (This is not an official statement!)

Conclusion

Summing it up, the news of PayPal offering crypto services has provided the bullish momentum for Ethereum to break the $390 and $400 resistance levels in quick succession. As a result, Ethereum is facing a similar situation to the one observed during August’s DeFi boom that resulted in ETH printing a local top at around $488.

Additionally, ETH2.0 development continues to gather traction with the deposit address for staking expected any time soon and beacon chain genesis could be launched in the next six to eight weeks.

In terms of short term price action, Ethereum is staring at $420 and a break of this level could open the doors to $450 and even $488 once ETH2.0 development starts moving to the Ethereum mainnet.

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Original article posted on the EthereumWorldNews.com site, by John P. Njui.

Article re-posted on Markethive by Jeffrey Sloe