Ethereum Fights To Hold $2,300 After Bulls Stall At Resistance

Alexey Bondarev
Alexey BondarevApr, 17 2026 3:54
Ether trades below $2,350 as resistance near $2,400 caps the recent rally (Image: Shutterstock)
Ether trades below $2,350 as resistance near $2,400 caps the recent rally (Image: Shutterstock)

Ethereum (ETH) slipped below $2,350 after stalling near $2,400, and traders now watch the $2,360 trendline for the next directional cue.

ETH Price Holds $2,300

Ethereum pared recent gains on Thursday after sellers defended the $2,400 region, capping a rally that had pushed the second-largest cryptocurrency through $2,320 and $2,350. The swing high printed at $2,417 before the pair rolled over.

The correction carried price under $2,320 and into the 50% Fibonacci retracement of the climb from the $2,180 low to that $2,417 peak.

ETH is still trading above $2,300 and the 100-hourly simple moving average.

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Resistance Levels

A clean break above $2,420 would open a path toward $2,450, with further upside pointing to the $2,500 to $2,550 band in the near term. Failure at $2,360 flips the bias, with $2,295 as first support and $2,265 below it.

The MACD is losing momentum in bullish territory, while the RSI has slipped under 50, signaling fading short-term drive.

The pullback follows a stronger stretch for Ethereum, which gained more than 12% over the past 30 days and outperformed every other top-10 asset. Network activity jumped 41% week over week to roughly 3.6 million daily transactions, and Ethereum ETFs pulled $187 million in weekly inflows as Bitcoin funds bled $325 million on Apr. 13.

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Alexey Bondarev is the Head of Content at Yellow.com, having reported on crypto for the last 10 years. He specializes in in-depth Research and Learn pieces, with a focus on analytical reporting, industry context, and the bigger forces shaping crypto, from the AI era and security technologies to fintech innovation. He believes that everything digital will imminently overcome everything analogue and is working hard to make that come true.

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