{"id":35764,"date":"2021-02-02T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=35764"},"modified":"2025-08-29T02:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:54:16","slug":"ethereum-price-clears-1500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-price-clears-1500\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum price clears $1,500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, hit an all-time high of $1,500.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The chart below shows a strong uptrend in price amid a surge in trading volumes.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_123736\\\" style=\\\"width: 1472px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-123736\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-123736\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-14.png\\\" alt=\\\"Ethereum price breaks $1,500\\\" width=\\\"1462\\\" height=\\\"882\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-14.png 1462w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-14-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-14-1024x618.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-14-768x463.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1462px) 100vw, 1462px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-123736\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">15-minute BTC\/USD chart on Bitstamp from TradingView.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum&#8217;s market capitalization approached $170 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_123739\\\" style=\\\"width: 1289px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-123739\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-123739\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-376.png\\\" alt=\\\"Ethereum price breaks $1,500\\\" width=\\\"1279\\\" height=\\\"338\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-376.png 1279w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-376-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-376-1024x271.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-376-768x203.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-123739\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>ETH rose 13.6% in the last 24 hours, and 91.1% since the start of the year. For comparison, Bitcoin&#8217;s price rose by only 8.5% over the past month.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to IntoTheBlock, on-chain activity in the Ethereum network reached levels last seen in January 2018, when ICO fever was in full swing.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETH<\/a> breaks the $1500 barrier for the first time and enters into price discovery.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>And to celebrate the ATH, here are some facts:<br \/>\\n\u2014 100% addresses profitability<br \/>\\n\u2014 On-chain transactional activity back to Jan 2018 numbers (averaging 1.16m daily)<br \/>\\n\u2014 52.38m addresses holding ETH (ATH) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/wBahuL8UIk\\\">pic.twitter.com\/wBahuL8UIk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IntoTheBlock (@intotheblock) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intotheblock\/status\/1356649273052581891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Against the surge in on-chain activity, the price of gas required to execute transactions rose.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_123742\\\" style=\\\"width: 922px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-123742\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-123742\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-222.png\\\" alt=\\\"Ethereum price breaks $1,500\\\" width=\\\"912\\\" height=\\\"458\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-222.png 912w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-222-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-222-768x386.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-123742\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/ethgasstation.info\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">ETH Gas Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The largest gas consumer is the leading DEX platform Uniswap.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Glassnode analysts concluded that one of the most important drivers of Ethereum&#8217;s price growth <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/glassnode-whales-push-ethereum-to-new-highs\">is whales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, hit an all-time high of $1,500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-35764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35766,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35764\/revisions\/35766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}