Overview
- Ether fell roughly 6% to about $4,450 after a failed push through the $4,700–$4,800 resistance zone, with technicians citing a bearish divergence.
- Leverage unwound sharply, with roughly $635 million in crypto positions liquidated over 24 hours, including about $489 million in longs, and ETH longs leading the losses.
- CryptoQuant reported a $1.7 billion drop in ether futures open interest in the last day, indicating profit‑taking by traders who had been long.
- U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs logged about $421 million of net inflows on Oct. 7 for a seventh straight positive day, as exchange balances hover near multi‑year lows around 16.1–17.4 million ETH.
- Traders highlight $4,400–$4,420 as key support and $4,600–$4,750 as resistance, while broader flows stayed constructive with $875.6 million into Bitcoin ETFs and BTC trading near $122,000.