{"id":413815,"date":"2020-02-07T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=413815"},"modified":"2024-06-12T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:31:44","slug":"ethereum-closes-above-200-and-it-has-strong-possibility-of-hitting-275-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/ethereum-closes-above-200-and-it-has-strong-possibility-of-hitting-275-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Closes Above $200 and It Has Strong Possibility of Hitting $275 Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traders encouraged by Ethereum’s impeccable growth<\/a> in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector have pushed its native token Ether to its five-month high.<\/p>\n

The Ether-to-dollar exchange rate cemented a new yearly peak of $222.63 after surging by 4.55 percent on Friday. The move uphill extended the pair’s year-to-date gains to 71 percent, making Ethereum one of the best performing blockchain projects<\/a> heading into 2020.<\/p>\n

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Ethereum in a parabolic price rally | Source: TradingView.com, Coinbase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The euphoria started when bitcoin broke above key resistance levels in January<\/a> \u2013 as investors’ appetite for safe-haven assets increased against an escalating US-Iran geopolitical conflict and fears of the Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

Ether tailed bitcoin’s price rally by heart, given it is an asset that has the highest correlation efficiency<\/a> with the benchmark cryptocurrency. Nevertheless, the altcoin outperformed bitcoin as traders assessed its growth in the DeFi industry.<\/p>\n

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$1 billion locked in DeFi for the first time ever<\/p>\n

Bitcoin hit $1b in 2013<\/p>\n

Ethereum hit $1b in 2016<\/p>\n

DeFi hit $1 billion in 2020<\/p>\n

Historical milestones<\/p>\n

Software eating money<\/p>\n

Software eating banks<\/p>\n

The next decade will be wild<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n

— RYAN S\u039eAN ADAMS – rsa.eth (@RyanSAdams) February 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n