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Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHW) Soars 60% on New Claim of Reaching Parity with ETH Price

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Updated by Ali M.
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In Brief

  • ETHW was distributed to Binance on Tuesday.
  • ETHW is trading inside an ascending wedge.
  • There is resistance at $8.30 and $10.40.
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Ethereum Proof-of-Work (ETHW) trades inside a short-term bearish pattern and below two important horizontal resistance levels.

Updated Sep. 25, 11:30 AM UTC: Ethereum miner Chandler Guo claimed that Ether (ETH) and the new EthereumPoW (ETHW) would have the same USD value in ten years. Guo said the new forked token is “very cheap” and has great potential. “Currently, ETH price is high because there are many developers and over 200 different projects running on top of the Ethereum PoS [proof-of-stake] blockchain. On the other hand, there are less than 10 projects on the ETHW.”

After the Ethereum (ETH) Merge went live, some miners decided to remain and support the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus. This created a new fork and the launch of the ETHW mainnet. ETHW is a Layer 1 blockchain that preserves the pre-merge PoW consensus. So far, there are more than 20 active mining pools focusing on ETHW. 

The transition has not been completely smooth so far, since there was an issue with the proposed Chain ID, which was seemingly already used by a Bitcoin cash testnet. This in turn led to a replay attack, in which the same transaction was recorded twice.

On Tuesday, Binance completed the distribution of Ethereum proof-of-work tokens to eligible ETH holders following the merge. Now, deposits and withdrawals for ETHW are also open. This in turn led to a surge in price which is still ongoing.

Ethereum Proof of Work Current Increase

ETHW has been increasing since reaching a low of $3.88 on Monday. However, the upward movement has so far been contained inside an ascending wedge, which is considered to be a bearish pattern. More recently, the price was rejected by the resistance line of the wedge (red icon) on Tuesday.

If a breakdown from the wedge occurs, the closest support area would be between $5.25 and $5.65, created by the 0.5-0.618 Fib retracement support levels.

ETHW Wedge
ETHW/USDT Chart By TradingView

Future of EthereumPoW’s ETHW movement

A looker at the slightly longer-term movement shows that it is trading close to an all-time low, and there is no horizontal support below the current price. 

Moreover, there are two crucial resistance levels at $8.30 and $10.40. When combined with the bearish short-term pattern, these make it unlikely that it will manage to initiate a rally in the near future. 

Horizontal resistance
ETHW/USDT Chart By TradingView

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Valdrin discovered cryptocurrencies while he was getting his MSc in Financial Markets from the Barcelona School of Economics. Shortly after graduating, he began writing for several different cryptocurrency related websites as a freelancer before eventually taking on the role of BeInCrypto's Senior Analyst. (I do not have a discord and will not contact you first there. Beware of scammers)
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