The price of Ethereum (ETH) continued to impress in last week, briefly affecting the level of $ 2,700 (for the first time in almost three months) on Tuesday May 13. Although Altcoin has slowed somewhat at the start of this weekend, market confidence continues to bow to continuous recovery of the ETH price.
More specifically, the price of Ethereum should go further in its recovery by surpassing bitcoin (the largest cryptocurrency in the world by market capitalization) in the coming months. Is this overwhelming potential of the “King of Altcoins” exceeds the BTC folds the question: is the Alts-season on the horizon?
ETH sees increased demand for investors and reduced sales pressure
In its latest weekly report, the Cryptochant’s market analysis platform revealed that the price of Ethereum compared to Bitcoin may have touched its buttocks, suggesting that the first could prepare to surpass the BTC. According to Cryptochant, this evolution could mark the beginning of the Alts -season – a period when the capital turns from Bitcoin to other cryptographic assets.
The data provided by the cryptocurrency show that the ETH / BTC price ratio experienced a 38% increase last week. This positive rally came after the ratio fell to its lowest since January 2020, marking a historic relative background for ETH and Springboard for the Altcoin season.
In addition, Cryptoant stressed that Ethereum recently entered an extreme undervaluation region, based on ETH / BTC MVRV metric (market value of the value achieved), for the first time since 2019. When this occurred in 2017, 2018 and 2019, ETH continued the BTC with a significant margin.
Source: CryptoQuant
Cryptoquant also mentioned that the possible background of Ethereum Bitcoin is further accentuated by higher demand and the drop in sales pressure for ETH compared to the BTC. For example, the relative ratio of the Punctual Trading volume from ETH to Bitcoin has increased to 0.89 – its highest value since August 2024 – during last week, showing the greater propensity of investors to buy ETH instead of Bitcoin.
Meanwhile, investors also promote Ethereum through purchasing funds negotiated on the stock market (ETF), the ETF Holdings ratio increased sharply since the end of April. This growth peak suggests an increase in the purchase of ETH through ETF compared to Bitcoin – influenced by growth catalysts such as recent network upgrades and improving the macro environment.
Finally, the entries exchange data demonstrate the drop in sales pressure on Ethereum compared to Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency noted that in May 2025, the ETH exchange entry report fell to its lowest level since 2020, which suggests that Altcoin is faced with a significantly lower sales pressure than the BTC.
Ethereum Prize at a glance
To date, the price of the ETH is just under $ 2,500, reflecting a drop of more than 3% in the last 24 hours.
The price of ETH on the daily timeframe | Source: ETHUSDT chart on TradingView
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