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Ethena Price Forecast: ENA Signals Bullish Reversal as OKX Listing Fuels Momentum

Ethena Price Forecast: ENA Signals Bullish Reversal as OKX Listing Fuels Momentum

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2025-09-17 05:00:00
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Ethena's native token ENA flashes bullish signals just as major exchange OKX announces listing—timing that couldn't be more perfect for traders seeking the next momentum play.

Technical Breakout Underway

ENA's chart pattern suggests a classic reversal setup is forming. Resistance levels are cracking as buying volume spikes—typical behavior when institutional money starts positioning before a major exchange listing goes live.

Exchange Effect: More Than Just Hype

OKX's integration isn't just another listing; it's liquidity access for millions of Asian traders. Remember when tokens would pump 50% on Binance listings? Now subtract the regulatory overhead—this is cleaner capital meets optimized infrastructure.

Macro Meets Crypto

While traditional finance debates rate cuts, crypto assets like ENA bypass the noise entirely. Who needs Fed policy signals when you've got exchange listings and actual utility driving price discovery?

Just another day in digital assets—where exchange listings still move markets more than fiscal policy. Some things never change, even if the underlying technology does.

OKX’s announcement of listing ENA aligns with high-volume activity

OKX exchange will list Ethena’s ENA token at 07:00 GMT, allowing its users to trade ENA against Tether’s USDT, which could boost the trading volume and market price. However, the ENA withdrawals from the exchange will begin at 10:00 GMT. 

https://x.com/okx/status/1968148426178044019

Amid the possibility of listing gains, high-volume on-chain activity indicates increased confidence among large-wallet investors, popularly called whales,  while corporates offload. In a recent X post, The Data Nerd, an on-chain specialist, has shared that Parafi Capital and Flowdesk have deposited 4.08M ENA and 5.03M ENA to Binance.

Still, a newly created wallet has accumulated 6.015M ENA through Amber, and a different wallet accumulated 6.72M ENA from Binance, indicating increased demand among whales. 

https://x.com/OnchainDataNerd/status/1967875057000255685

Bulls build positions, ignoring Open Interest decline 

CoinGlass data shows that the Ethena Open Interest (OI) has dropped by 1.26% in the last 24 hours, standing at $1.57 billion. This capital outflow from Ethena derivatives indicates a decline in active positions and lowered interest among traders. 

ENA Open Interest. Source: CoinGlass

Still, the active positions suggest a bullish bias as the OI-weighted funding rate remains positive at 0.0023% indicating that buyers are paying a premium to hold long positions, necessary to balance spot and swap prices. 

ENA OI-weighted funding rate. Source: CoinGlass

Additionally, the Taker buy volume maintains a steady rise to 49.18%, from 45.81% on Saturday, indicating a significant increase in long positions. 

ENA long/short ratio. Source: CoinGlass

Ethena prepares for a double-bottom reversal 

Ethena holds above a crucial support level of $0.6837 at the time of writing on Wednesday, hinting at a double bottom reversal on the 4-hour chart. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 35 is higher compared to the previous bottom position, indicating a bullish divergence, which is considered a buy signal. 

Additionally, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) moves closer to its signal line, hinting at a potential crossover that will mark a bullish shift in trend momentum. 

If ENA bounces back from the support level above the $0.7000 level, it will confirm the double bottom reversal, and potentially target the 100-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $0.7290. 

ENA/USDT 4-hour price chart.

On the contrary, if Ethena drops below the $0.6837 level, it could result in a freefall to $0.6109, last tested on September 2. 

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