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Ethereum price has confirmed a dreaded death cross pattern on the weekly chart. Will it crash as demand for its ETFs continues to falter? Summary Ethereum price has confirmed a death cross on the weekly chart. Over $2.6 billion has left spot Ether ETFs in the past four months. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price has plummeted since mid-January this year. Trading around $2,000, which is a key psychological support level, the leading altcoin by market cap remains 40% below its yearly high. The sharp downtick in price came amid massive liquidation events that have plagued the sector and a confluence of bearish headwinds coming from macroeconomic and geopolitical fronts. As of now, Ethereum price remains at risk of prolonging the downtrend as traders remain precarious now that a highly bearish pattern has been validated. On the weekly chart, the 20-day exponential moving average has crossed below the 50-day one, forming what traders call a death cross. Ethereum price has confirmed a death cross on the weekly chart — Feb. 18 | Source: crypto.news Death crosses are one of the strongest signals of potential downtrend in the market, especially when supported by other bearish indications. Recent ETH  price action has respected a descending parallel channel pattern, which had been forming since mid-August last year. Usually, as long as an asset’s price remains within the boundaries of the pattern, they tend to remain in a downtrend over the longer run. Such a bearish outlook looks highly likely as the ETH price has fallen below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level at around the $2,200 support, making ETH prone to a drop towards its April 7 low of $1,380. This would mark a roughly 30% drop from current prices. On the contrary, if bulls manage to drive ETH price back above…

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