Ethereum Shatters Resistance—Analyst Calls ’Big Breakout’ as ETH Defies Market Gravity

Ethereum just ripped through key technical levels like a hot knife through institutional FUD—and Crypto X’s top chart-watchers are sounding the alarm.

Price action? A 20% weekly surge. Sentiment? Greedier than a VC at a seed round. The smart-money crowd is now whispering about $10K ETH by EOY—assuming the SEC doesn’t ’protect’ retail into oblivion first.

One hedge fund quant put it bluntly: ’This isn’t a breakout—it’s a middle finger to every TradFi boomer still waiting for crypto to die.’

Crypto Analyst Checks Ethereum Price Falling Wedge

MN Fund founder Michaël van de Poppe wrote in an update on Wednesday, Apr. 30:

“$ETH is consolidating before a big breakout upwards. The liquidity is up for grabs, it just needs a news related item to kick it off.”

$ETH is consolidating before a big breakout upwards.

The liquidity is up for grabs, it just needs a news related item to kick it off. pic.twitter.com/VQaGvfZcA0

— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) April 30, 2025

De Poppe then shared a TradingView screen grab of descending wedge lines with steeper lines of resistance and flattening lines of support. This is a classic chart indicator of a bullish reversal from a downward trend.

It is an especially suggestive indicator in this case because it has the textbook declining daily trade volume as the trend lines converge.

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One commentator replied to van de Poppe:

“Yeah that ETH chart’s wound tighter than a drum rn. Consolidation screams pre-breakout vibes. Just need that catalyst like you said. What kinda news are we realistically looking for tho?”

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The number two ranked cryptocurrency by total market cap has been in a price doldrums on Bitcoin’s current multi-month upswing. But that doesn’t mean it’s all over for Ethereum yet.

The leading smart contract altcoin has seen price growth deflate while several L2s grew vastly in market cap since the Dencun Upgrade in Mar. 2024.

These Layer 2 zip file style solutions to speeding up Ethereum have been making most of the percentage gains because that’s what the new incentive structure rewards.

The same day as his Ethereum falling wedge update, van de Poppe reminded followers the extreme bearish sentiment on many altcoins at the moment is a window of opportunity to capture ROI when the market turns again.

The next leg upwards is on the horizon for the #Crypto markets.

The bearish sentiment remains extreme on #Altcoins and that’s an ideal ingredient for the next leg up.

— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) April 30, 2025