{"id":14588,"date":"2025-10-17T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/ethereum-correction-over-binance-funding-rates-signal-eth-surging-to-6800\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:00:16","slug":"ethereum-correction-over-binance-funding-rates-signal-eth-surging-to-6800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/ethereum-correction-over-binance-funding-rates-signal-eth-surging-to-6800\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Correction Over? Binance Funding Rates Signal ETH Surging To $6,800"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum (ETH) may be nearing the end of its price correction, as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap continues to trade slightly above $4,000, following a strong sell-off last week when it almost crashed to $3,400.<\/p>\n<h2>Ethereum Price Correction May Be Over\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>According to a CryptoQuant Quicktake post by contributor PelinayPA, Ethereum funding rates on Binance crypto exchange have remained positive, despite being in a narrow range. This shows that long positions on ETH still dominate the market.<\/p>\n<p>ETH funding rates fluctuating normally on Binance &#8211; despite the digital asset\u2019s recent extraordinary price appreciation &#8211; implies that futures traders are not exhibiting greed or euphoria, typically associated with the mid-phase of a healthy uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-839324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-8.27.25-PM.png?resize=2066%2C1144\" alt=\"ethereum\" width=\"2066\" height=\"1144\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For example, during the 2021-22 bull cycle, ETH funding rates often surged to 0.1% to 0.2%, aligning with local market tops. At present, these funding rates are hovering around 0.01% to 0.03%, implying that the market has not reached overheated levels just yet.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the absence of negative funding rates confirms a decline in short positioning, and elevated risk appetite among investors. The CryptoQuant analyst added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The overall trend remains upward. Low funding rates combined with strong price momentum suggest that the correction is likely complete. In the short term, minor profit-taking or sideways consolidation between $3,600\u2013$3,800 would be natural. If funding rates gradually rise above 0.05%, it could signal overcrowded longs and trigger a short term pullback.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The current combination of moderate levels of leverage and gradually rising spot demand hints toward a potential ETH rally, eyeing the $4,500 to $5,000 range in the long term. The price target could be even higher with a favorable derivatives structure and funding dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>That said, a sharp increase in funding rates could be seen as an early warning of another price pullback for the cryptocurrency. However, ETH\u2019s market structure still supports a potential surge to $6,800 by the end of 2025, the analyst concluded.<\/p>\n<h2>ETH Ready For New Highs?<\/h2>\n<p>Several indicators point toward ETH looking to resume its bullish momentum. For instance, ETH\u2019s Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) trend recently hinted toward the digital asset rising to $5,000 in the near term.<\/p>\n<p>Further, ETH exchange reserves continue to tumble at a rapid pace. Recent exchange data shows that ETH reserves on exchanges have hit a multi-year low, raising the possibility of an impending \u201csupply crunch\u201d for the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>That said, there are several other factors that may fuel another sell-off in ETH, pushing its price again below $4,000. At press time, ETH trades at $4,053, up 0.2% in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-839320 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ethereum_968e96.png?w=860&#038;resize=860%2C669\" alt=\"ethereum\" width=\"860\" height=\"669\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum (ETH) may be nearing the end of its price correction, as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap continues to trade slightly above $4,000, following a strong sell-off last week when it almost crashed to $3,400. Ethereum Price Correction May Be Over\u00a0 According to a CryptoQuant Quicktake post by contributor PelinayPA, Ethereum funding rates on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[62,497,14,63,64,43,45,47,4011,3672],"class_list":["post-14588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum","tag-altcoin","tag-binance","tag-crypto","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-digital-asset","tag-eth","tag-ethereum","tag-ethusdt","tag-funding-rate","tag-on-chain-data"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrise.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}