{"id":36770,"date":"2021-02-20T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T07:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36770"},"modified":"2025-08-29T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:00:00","slug":"ethereum-price-breaks-above-2000-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-price-breaks-above-2000-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum price breaks above $2,000 for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, has for the first time breached the $2,000 mark.<\/p>\n

Soon after breaking the level, there was a small pullback, but the price nevertheless held the level.<\/p>\n

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30-minute BTC\/USD chart from Bitstamp on TradingView.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Against the backdrop of Ethereum’s rising price, average on-chain fees rose again.<\/p>\n

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Data: Blockchair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Average transactional costs for swapping tokens on the non-custodial exchange Uniswap and for depositing on the lending service Compound are $45 and $67 respectively.<\/p>\n

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Data: Dune Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bitcoin price also hit a fresh high, testing the $56,000 level. The market capitalisation of digital gold at the time of writing stands at $1.04 trillion.<\/p>\n

The screenshot below shows the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation.<\/p>\n

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Top performers in the last 24 hours \u2014 Polkadot, Binance Coin and Cardano. Data: CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Total cryptocurrency market capitalisation reached $1.75 trillion. Bitcoin’s dominance index stands at 59.3% (according to CoinGecko).<\/p>\n

As reported in February, Bitcoin’s market capitalisation first reached $1 trillion<\/a> as the price rose above $53,000.<\/p>\n

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