Ethereum (ETH) Price Analysis: Retail Investors Exit While Whales Accumulate at $2,300

Key Takeaways

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ETH currently sits around $2,300 following a 5% decline across two sessions that eliminated weekend momentum
Critical support emerges at $2,200 where both the 50-day and 100-day simple moving averages meet
Bulls must recapture the $2,400 resistance zone to shift market structure
Small holders offloaded 756K ETH during the past seven days while large holders acquired 60K ETH
Reclaiming $2,400 could cascade into over $1.94 billion worth of forced short closures

Ethereum continues to fluctuate in the $2,290–$2,300 zone following a two-day pullback of 5% that eliminated earlier weekend momentum. The asset currently finds itself sandwiched between technical barriers: the 100-day exponential moving average around $2,350 overhead and the 100-day simple moving average near $2,220 underneath.

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Ethereum (ETH) Price

Market observers suggest this consolidation phase may persist for several additional sessions before momentum establishes a definitive trajectory.

According to Technical Crypto Analyst on Telegram, ETH surrendered its ascending $2,300 support trendline. “We’re likely looking at continued downside pressure for Ethereum, potentially testing lower support zones within the coming days,” the analyst stated. “A convincing breakdown accompanied by substantial volume would validate this scenario.”

Ted Pillows reinforced this perspective on X, stating: “ETH has breached the $2,300 threshold. Attention now shifts to the $2,200 zone as crucial support, which may serve as a foundation for a temporary recovery.”

$ETH has dropped below the $2,300 level.
The next crucial support zone is $2,200 which could be a level for a short-term bounceback. pic.twitter.com/NI3QI9koMk
— Ted (@TedPillows) April 28, 2026

Trader Daan Crypto Trades highlighted $2,100 as meaningful support while identifying $2,800 as an important resistance barrier that ETH has recognized across multiple years. Should price action fall beneath $2,200, market participants are monitoring the psychologically significant $2,000 mark and the $1,800–$1,750 range, which corresponds with the multi-year bottom established on February 6.

Retail Holders Drive Selling Pressure

Blockchain analytics reveal the Accumulation Addresses Realized Price (AARP) positioned at $2,400 has functioned as a ceiling since Ethereum dropped below this threshold in February. Whenever price action has tested this level, renewed distribution has emerged.

Smaller wallet addresses—those containing between 100 and 10,000 ETH—unloaded approximately 756,000 ETH throughout the previous week. The majority of these tokens were liquidated at a deficit, indicating capitulation or strategic loss-cutting among this cohort.

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Source: CryptoQuant

Large holders demonstrated contrasting behavior, incorporating roughly 60,000 ETH into their portfolios. Although their acquisition rate moderated, they refrained from distributing holdings.

Within derivatives markets, funding rates for ETH perpetual contracts have maintained negative territory, signaling dominance of short positioning. Simultaneously, open interest has experienced gradual contraction throughout recent weeks.

Significance of the $2,400 Threshold and Breakout Implications

CryptoQuant analyst CW8900 identified $2,400 as a crucial psychological barrier. “Surpassing this threshold indicates that large holders are moving into profitable territory,” the analyst explained on X, noting this would “establish conditions for enhanced accumulation strength.”

Based on liquidation metrics from CoinGlass, a rally beyond $2,400 would activate approximately $1.94 billion in forced short position closures across trading platforms.

Analyst Ali Charts observed on X that ETH is working to reclaim its Realized Price located at $2,335. “Successfully establishing this level as support represents a conventional technical requirement for an extended upward movement,” Ali Charts noted.

Ethereum $ETH is attempting to reclaim its Realized Price as support, which is currently at $2,335.
When we look at the MVRV pricing bands, we can see that successfully turning this level into a floor is a standard technical prerequisite for a sustained rally. Historically,… https://t.co/93y0hrX297 pic.twitter.com/5oBzCy5npw
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) April 28, 2026

Blockchain tracking from Lookonchain revealed that Bitmine, associated with Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, acquired an additional 45,000 ETH valued at roughly $103.5 million through FalconX and BitGo.

It seems that Tom Lee(@fundstrat)’s #Bitmine just bought another 45,000 $ETH($103.5M) via #FalconX and #BitGo.https://t.co/mBlJGSx22u https://t.co/sMAP11MnQD pic.twitter.com/FvpsB7VFAJ
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 29, 2026

The Relative Strength Index hovers around 52, indicating equilibrium in momentum. The Stochastic Oscillator has retreated toward oversold conditions, which technical analysts suggest may restrict additional downside provided ETH maintains its present EMA support framework.